Staff Sgt. Brett Phillips, 19th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, brief students on range safety before going out to the range on base Jan 21. Combat arms training is held at least six times in one month with approximately 21 students in each class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
Staff Sgt. Robert Soger, 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron corrosion control shift lead, practices placing and replacing a magazine into an M-16A2 rifle during a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class Jan 21. The proper way to load a weapon is to release the bolt catch/release and then insert magazine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
A student tests clearing procedures on an M-16A2 rifle during a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class on base Jan 21. The steps for clearing out a weapon are to make sure the weapon is on safe, release the magazine, check the chamber to make sure it is empty and then check the safety one last time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
Students walk toward their targets to review their shot accuracy after firing on the range Jan. 21. Students fire five rounds, four different times to zero out their weapons and make sight corrections if necessary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
Senior Airman Victor McKenzie, 19th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, makes sight corrections on a zero target on the firing range Jan 21. During site correcting, instructors brief students on fundamentals of weapons firing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
A student loads a magazine during the live-firing portion of a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class on base Jan 21. The M-16A2 fires 5.56 mm semi-jacketed frangible rounds and each magazine holds up to 30 rounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
Students lie in the prone-supported position in preparation of firing M-16A2 rifles Jan 21. They must fire from five 5 different positions for qualification: prone-supported, prone-unsupported, prone-supported with gas mask, kneeling and over barricade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)
Airman 1st Class Enrique Pecson, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron engineering apprentice, fires over barricade with an M-16A2 rifle as part of his qualification Jan. 21. The over barricade position is the last string in the firing sequence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lausanne Pacheco)