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MQ-9 Assist Missile Defense Agency with FTG-12

From left to right: U.S. Air Force Senior Amn. Timothy Crowder, an aircraft armament systems specialist assigned to the 163d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 163d Attack Wing (ATKW), annotates the serial number on an AGM-114 Hellfire missile, while Staff Sgt. Sada Phon, a crew chief assigned to the 163d AMXS, 163d ATKW, drags the power supply cable to the MQ-9 Reaper on the hot cargo pad at March Air Reserve Base in Calif., Dec. 10, 2023. For the first time in the 163d ATKW's history, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency tasked the unit to participate in a ballistic missile defense exercise (Flight Test Ground-Based Midcourse Defense or FTG-12). (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan
VIRIN: 231210-Z-WT190-1001.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 7_2

LENS

NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

1600

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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