366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations and 366th Munitions Squadron Airmen pose in front of an assembled GBU-31 Version 3 munition at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The assembling of a GBU munition was part of an immersion tour, where Teel learned about the mechanics of building GBUs and how the 366th MUNS Airmen sustain their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations, speaks with 366th Munition Squadron Airmen at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. Teel’s visit to the 366th MUNS storage area was part of an immersion tour, where Teel learned about the mechanics of building GBU munitions and how the 366th MUNS Airmen sustain their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Bischoff, 366th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance crew member (mid), briefs Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations, and 366th MUNS Airmen on munitions safety and assembly procedures at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The briefing outlined specific safety requirements for the bomb build and the order of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Derek Gunn, 366th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, applies a speed handler to a shipping lug at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The shipping lugs are replaced by improved lugs and lug sleeves in order to make it easier to install a hardback assembly to a BLU-109 bomb body. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations (mid), uses a mechanical torque wrench to further secure the fuse that is installed into a BLU-109 bomb body at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. A GBU munition is made of two parts a 2000 lb BLU-109 and a JDAM tail kit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travante McGhee, 366th Munitions Squadron crew member, (right) ties a fuse cable to a BLU-109 bomb body at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. Securing the fuse cable prevents it from retracting back into the body of the bomb. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Mazzarerri, 366th Munitions squadron conventional maintenance crew member (left) and Airman 1st Class Travante McGhee, 366th MUNS conventional maintenance crew member (mid), install a JDAM tail kit to a 2000 lb BLU-109 bomb body at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. A JDAM tail kit is attached to a BLU-109 bomb body and has a GPS installed inside, it helps guide a GBU munition to its intended target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Derek Gunn, 366th Munitions Squadron crew chief (left), secures an umbilical connector on an umbilical cover at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The umbilical connector allows for aircraft-to-weapon communications, function testing and adjustments to the tail kit’s pilot selectable options. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly conveyor at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The assembly was accomplished as part of the immersion tour where U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations, learned about the mechanics of building GBU munitions and how the 366th Munitions Squadron Airmen sustain their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell

366th MUNS conducts bomb build training during immersion tour

Published Oct. 30, 2020
By Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell
366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations and 366th Munitions Squadron Airmen pose in front of an assembled GBU-31 Version 3 munition at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The assembling of a GBU munition was part of an immersion tour, where Teel learned about the mechanics of building GBUs and how the 366th MUNS Airmen sustain their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. Campbell)