5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

A U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airman with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron clears an M4 weapon system at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron safely maneuver with M18 weapon systems on a firing range at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron safely maneuver while firing M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

A U.S. Air Force small arms training instructor with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron initiates a double feed malfunction on an M4 weapon system at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron fire M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cory Lesinger, basic small arms training program manager and electrical power production NCOIC with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, instructs tactical air control party Airmen during a training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron fire M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

A U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airman with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron fires an M4 weapon system and checks his surroundings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron and Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron fire M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron fires an M4 weapon system at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron listen to instructions during a training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

A U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airman with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron fires an M4 weapon system at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

Published April 21, 2023
By Senior Airman Callie Norton
62d Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron and Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron fire M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic proficiency training in small arms tactics focused on safely maneuvering with the M4 and M18 weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)