BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- U.S. Air Forces Central band "Yuma" (known in CONUS as "Max Impact") plays "Locked and Loaded" here Oct. 10. The song, an original composition for their next album, made its Afghan debut as the finale to their feature performance here at Bagram Air Field. Yuma continued on to play in Kabul before ending their tour in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- Master Sgt. Regina Coonrod, lead female vocalist for U.S. Air Forces Central band "Yuma," (known in CONUS as "Max Impact") sings "Piece of My Heart" to Master Sgt. Ervin Tate during the band's feature performance here Oct. 10. Sergeant Tate is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, and hails from Delray, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Tech. Sgt. Robert Smith performs a crowd pleasing drum solo of Led Zepplin's "Moby Dick" that brought the crowd to their feet during a Sept. 10 concert at a morale and recreation center on Manas Air Base, Krygyzstan. The U.S. Air Forces Central Band Yuma (known in CONUS as "Max Impact") performed there during their eight-day tour where they played at six schools, villages and orphanages and four concerts on base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Patrick McCracken)

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Max Impact is "Locked and Loaded"

Published Jan. 13, 2009
By The USAF Band

BOLLING AFB, Washington, DC -- The USAF Band's Max Impact recently released a recording of their original song "Locked and Loaded" and it has since become one of the Band's most popular and downloaded songs.

The song by Max Impact appears on a CD titled Connected.

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With powerful and dynamic lyrics, each stanza of "Locked and Loaded" is meant to exhibit the complete synergy of each imperative component of the fight.

Lyrics: LOCKED AND LOADED
We live by the light of the stars at night
Afterburners glowing, getting to the fight
JP-8 in the bottle, thrust at full throttle
3, 2, 1, we're gone

Walk in the shade of the clouds at night
Crawling in the dirt, calling an A-10 strike
Dancing in the shadows, lives are on the line
Bombs are gonna fall, just in time

Locked and Loaded

We give to the fight out on the flight line
Pack up the gear, and get it there on time
Warheads armed, countermeasures too
Wheels up, still more to do

We come to the fight stained in oil and grease
Turning the wrenches, keeping all the O's at ease
Cleaning, maintaining and ops checks too
To keep our planes up in the blue

Locked and Loaded

If you're searching for Integrity, first look here
Service before self, is what you hold dear
Excellence in all we do, dreams take flight
The power of the force is reaching new heights

Locked and Loaded