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A medium close up rear view of an instructor watching US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Bobby Singleton from Air Force Special Operations Command, competing in the combat weapons competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. SSGT Singleton is reloading the M203 grenade launcher attached to his 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle
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A US Air Force Security Policeman stands watch with the 7.62mm M60 general purpose machine gun during the combat weapons competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, part of Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in 24 events held over six days
Team competitors of Air Force Special Operations Command, armed with M16A2 rifles, swiftly hustle to the last phase of the combat rifle competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days
US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Timothy Arnold, a member of the Air Mobility Command team, fires a M9 9mm pistol during the Pistol competition portion of Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Exercise is as annual Air Force wide competition, sponsored by Air Force Security Forces, which showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in 7 physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over a period of 6 days
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) John Houston, 27th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), mans a 7.62mm M60 general purpose machine gun, mounted atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), during heightened threat condition in place during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM)
A close up right side view of US Air Force AIRMAN Lee Lyles of the Air Force Material Command team, lying in the prone firing position, aiming his 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle during the combat rifle competition portion of Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Exercise is as annual Air Force wide competition, sponsored by Air Force Security Forces, which showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in 7 physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over a period of 6 days
US Air Force PETTY Officer Second Class Scott S. Faculak, Air Force Materiel Command, attaches an M60 machine gun back on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) top mount during the combat weapons competition of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Camp Bullis, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days
STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Brian Pederson and SSGT Richard Hunt, 39th Security Forces Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, adjust the Reflex Quadrant Sight on an M-203 grenade launcher attached to the Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle. Weapons training, one of the categories judged during the US Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge. Members of the 39th Security Forces Squadron will compete against other security forces for a slot on the eight-member USAFE team to compete in an Air Force-wide competition in late October
An instructor watches the 7.62mm M60 machine gunner from the US Air Force Special Operations Command Fire Team, as he readies his weapon before the live fire portion of the combat weapons competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Other members of the team carry 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles one with an M203 grenade launcher attached and there is High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked in the background
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Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000
Base: Camp Bullis
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Benjamin M. Andera, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
02/11/2000
Source
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