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This Week in Photos - Week of 10/22
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| Searching for the challenge |
| FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. -- Senior Airman Chris Clawson sets up a base of fire during a tactics training exercise here recently. Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge team are spending three weeks here in preparation for the 2004 Defender Challenge competition. Defender Challenge, held at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is an annual security forces competition. more |
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Mission not impossible
INDIAN SPRINGS AIR FORCE AUXILIARY FIELD, Nev. -- Two pararescuemen descend from an HH-60 Pave Hawk to "rescue a downed pilot" during a firepower demonstration here recently. The Airmen are assigned with the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca)
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| Kirkuk firefighters train Iraqi guards |
| KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Shannon Anderson shows an Iraqi firefighter how to attack a fire during a joint training session here. Sergeant Anderson is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's fire department and is from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz) |
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Making the cut
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Matthew Nerat uses an acetylene torch to cut metal. He and other 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen here build, maintain and repair facilities for the Air Force's Western Pacific airlift hub. They also provide engineering, fire protection, environmental planning, housing and utilities for a 1,750-acre base and 12 satellite installations totaling 2,251 acres. more
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Providing protection
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| NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman Franklin Travis protects the front gate with an M-249 machine gun during an operational readiness inspection here Oct. 20. The ORI will evaluate of the wing's ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. Airman Travis is assigned to the 99th Security Forces Squadron. more |
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Infrared reflection
MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airman 1st Class Zachary Conat installs an infrared lens on the wing of a C-17 Globemaster III here recently. Airman Conat is assigned to the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kevin Tosh)
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Lending a helping hand in Uzbekistan
KARSHI, Uzbekistan -- Airman 1st Class Nick Melahn plays with a 4-year-old orphan at a children's home here. The facility is a home for orphans and poor children whose families are unable to take care of them. He is assigned to the 416th Air Expeditionary Group at nearby Karshi-Khanabad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Rosine) Download Full Image
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Last stop for gas
OVER IRAQ -- An F-15E Strike Eagle flies off in the early evening light after receiving fuel from a 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender during a recent mission here in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)
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| In my sight |
| FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. -- Staff Sergeant Sally McCabe sights on pop up targets here Oct. 18. Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge team are spending three weeks here in preparation for the 2004 Defender Challenge competition. Defender Challenge, held at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is a security forces competition pitting competitors from major commands against one another. more |
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"Tarzan" coming through
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. -- Senior Airman Dustin McPhillips swings hand to hand on the training obstacle named "Tarzan" here Oct. 18. Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge team are spending three weeks here in preparation for the 2004 Defender Challenge competition. The security forces competition is held at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. more
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-------------------------------- Q  Graduation day
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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen carry state flags during Basic Military Training graduation here Oct. 22. The ceremonies were attended by Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden) Download Full Image
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Follow me
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. -- Senior Airman Adam Dermish checks map coordinates prior to a tactics exercise here recently. Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge team are preparing for the 2004 Defender Challenge competition. Airman Dermish is assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. more
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