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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Academy, armed with an M16A2 rifle, rapidly proceeds to the next 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 Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operations Command, in a gas mask, displays his M16A2 rifle to US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Marc Hawsey, 81st Security Forces, during 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 Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operations Command, tiredly stands down after a simulated chemical attack during the combat rifle competition at Lackland Air Force Base, 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 Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operations Command, dressed in chemcial gear and armed with an M16A2 rifle, mentally prepares himself for the next phase of the combat rifle competition at Lackland Air Force Base, 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

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

Team competitors from Air Force Space 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

Air Force Materiel Command's PETTY Officer Second Class Scott S. Faculak, armed with an M60 and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Brenton K. Pomeroy, armed with an M16 rifle, fire at targets down range as an evaluator looks on 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

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Tim Kane of Air Force Materiel Command concentrates hard on a target during the combat rifle competition portion 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

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Bobby Singleton, Air Combat Command, fires his Beretta M9 pistol at pop-up targets during the pistol competition at Medina Range, 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 Anthony Bechtold, Air Force Special Operations Command, fires his M16A2 rifle down range during 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

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Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00

Base: Lackland Air Force Base

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Amanda Edwards, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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Major General Reed Ernst, Deputy Commander Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Reserve Mobility and past commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing signs the EC-130E Hercules number 63-7783 after a decommissioning ceremony as Colonel (ret) Nickolas Bereschak past commander of the 193rd Tactical Electronics Warfare Group watches. The aircraft is the first to be decommissioned as part of the units conversion to C-130J's

Spc. Bradley Bynum, a Paratrooper assigned to 5th Squadron,

Security forces airmen move in a wedge formation during

SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Sawyer, representing the 11th Wing at Defender Challenger 2000, takes aim at targets in the Combat Rifle range during the competition at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force 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

Royal Air Force Regiment's Corporal Antony Doherty fires his M203 grenade launcher at targets down range 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

Left side rear view medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Miller, from the 130th Security Forces Squadron, 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, Charleston, West Virginia, lays in the prone position and prepares to fire the M16 rifle during the Combat Rifle competition in the Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2000. A safety judge looks on at the right of the image

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Ivin Osores, Air Force Space Command, fires his M16A2 rifle down range during 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 AIRMAN First Class Craig A. Crose, US Air Force Academy, conquers the High Step obstacle during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the Annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talent and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skill events over 6 days

The United States Joint Services Honor Guard, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, presents the colors at the 9th Annual Salute to Vietnam Veterans at the Edward Medard Park near Plant City Florida, on April the 13th, 2002

CPT Jean J. Deslauriers of Canada (wearing beret) helps transport a patient, on a litter, underneath barbed wire during an Army Medical Officer Advanced Course field training exercise at Camp Bullis

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Timothy J. Arnold, a machine gunner for team Air Mobility Command, fires heavy rounds from his 7.62mm M60 General Purpose Machine Gun on targets (Not shown) from atop of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at the Combat Weapons event during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on October 31st, 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 seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over six days

STAFF SGT. Johnny Reid, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, takes part in a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

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