Sniper training
Staff Sgt. Curtis Huffman sets his sites while on top of a lookout point where his sniper team has set up surveillance for terrorist activity Nov. 14 in Iraq. The 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, houses a close precision engagement team of Air Force snipers who train as anti-sniper teams to target terrorist and insurgent snipers attacking U.S. and coalition forces in the area...
Air Force sharpshooters provide extra eyes outside the wire
Airman 1st Class Matt Leeper slowly squeezes the trigger of his M-24 sniper rifle, the military version of a Remington 700 Nov. 14 near Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Airman Leeper is a memeber of the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Close Precision Engagement team. The CPET train as anti-sniper teams to target terrorist and insurgent snipers attacking U.S. and coalition forces in the area.
Air Force sharpshooters provide extra eyes outside the wire (2)
Staff Sgt. Curtis Huffman (background) and Airman 1st Class Matt Leeper set up surveillance on top of a lookout point Nov.13 near Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen are with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Close Precision Engagement team. The CPET members train as anti-sniper teams to target terrorist and insurgent snipers attacking U.S. and coalition forces in the area.
Upgraded A-10s prove worth in Iraq
Senior Airman Daniel Young marshals in an A-10 Thunderbolt II for munitions disarming after an Oct. 28 mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq...
Airmen keep base safe in austere conditions
IRAQ -- Staff Sgt. Jason Seaborn references a map during a nighttime patrol near Kirkuk Air Base. Security forces Airmen make nightly trips off base to ensure security of base people.