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Staff Sgt. Schnathan Johnson, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, latches a GBU-12 munition to the bomb bay of a B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. Combat Hammer is a week-long evaluation of the wing’s capacity to generate, load and employ conventional weapons on target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Staff Sgt. Schnathan Johnson, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, tightens a bolt of a GBU-12 munition during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. Combat Hammer was an exercise that encompassed end-to-end evaluations from units across the wing, assessing proficiency across the board. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Airman 1st Class Marcus Macias, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, stabilizes a CBU-105 munition before pick up during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. A key mission objective of Combat Hammer was to evaluate the reliability, maintainability, sustainability, accuracy and readiness of complete fielded combat weapons systems against realistic threats and targets when employed by the operational Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Staff Sgt. Schnathan Johnson, left, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, and Airman 1st Class Marcus Macias, right, 96th AMU weapons load crew member, verify a AGM-158 munition is properly tightened before being loaded onto a B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. Combat Hammer was an exercise that encompassed end-to-end evaluations from units across the wing, assessing proficiency across the board. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Airmen from the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit raise an AGM-158 munition onto a B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. A key mission objective of Combat Hammer was to evaluate the reliability, maintainability, sustainability, accuracy and readiness of complete fielded combat weapons systems against realistic threats and targets when employed by the operational Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Staff Sgt. Schnathan Johnson, left, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, and Airman 1st Class Marcus Macias, right, 96th AMU weapons load crew member, load a CBU-105 munition to a B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. Airmen from the 96th AMU loaded and employed nearly 6 types of various munitions and flew a total of eight sorties in support of exercise Combat Hammer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

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Staff Sgt. Schnathan Johnson, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, inspects a AGM-158 munition to verify its properly fastened onto a B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 7, 2022. Airmen from the 96th AMU loaded and employed nearly 6 types of various munitions and flew a total of eight sorties in support of exercise Combat Hammer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos)

96th AMU executes exercise Combat Hammer

Published June 8, 2022
By Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos
2nd Bomb Wing

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, Louisiana --