Weapons specialists assigned to the 332nd EFS check the munitions on F-16C block 30s #85-1482 & #85-1565 from the 138th FS before a combat mission over Iraq on July 8th, 2008 at Balad AB. The personnel and aircraft are both deployed from the 174th FW at Hancock Field ANGB. The 174th FW will become the first Air Guard unit to adopt an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system mission when it returns from its deployment to Iraq. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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News: Syracuse ANG Airmen 'don't fear the Reaper' [2008-08-01]
Instead of the Fighting Falcon's roar, the hum of a turboprop engine will carry the 174th Fighter Wing's weapon system of the future into the skies -- but the pilots will stay on the ground half a world away.
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