Staff Sgt. Jason Nipp, a crew chief deployed from Ramstien Air Base, Germany, to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron, protects his eyes during a sand storm while spotting a munitions handling unit carrying an Air to Ground-88 missile for download to an F-16CJ aircraft on a flight line in preparation for a mission on March 25, 2003. 363rd EEMXS members work 12-hour days 7 days a week preparing precision guided missiles to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed locationin Southwest Asia.