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4th AS welcomes newest ‘Pilot for a Day’

McKay Neel, McChord’s newest Pilot for a Day participant, sits inside a fire truck with his dad during a tour of McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 20, 2018. The Pilot for a Day program invites children with serious or chronic conditions of all ages, military or civilian, to be a guest at the 62nd Airlift Wing and one of McChord Field’s flying squadrons for a day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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4th AS welcomes newest ‘Pilot for a Day’

McKay Neel (third from left), McChord’s newest Pilot for a Day participant, and two friends take a photo with Blitz, Seattle Seahawks mascot, during a tour of McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 20, 2018. McKay was joined on his tour by his parents, two friends, their dad and 4th Airlift Squadron personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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4th AS welcomes newest ‘Pilot for a Day’

Capt. Hatton Updike, 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, tells McKay Neel (back right), McChord’s newest Pilot for a Day participant, and two friends about the features of a C-17 Globemaster III during a McChord Field tour at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 20, 2018. McKay, along with his family and friends, spent the day learning about life at as an Airman and ended it with cake and ice cream at the 4th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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4th AS welcomes newest ‘Pilot for a Day’

McKay Neel (right), McChord’s newest Pilot for a Day participant, and Senior Airman Skylar Putnam, 4th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, record video of a military working dog in action during McKay’s tour at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 20, 2018. The goal of the program is to benefit local children who have serious or chronic conditions and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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4th AS welcomes newest ‘Pilot for a Day’

McKay Neel, McChord’s newest Pilot for a Day participant, sits in the pilot seat of a C-17 Globemaster III during his tour of McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 20, 2018. During his day as a 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, McKay visited military working dogs; the fire department; survival, evasion, resistance and escape training office; a C-17 Globemaster III simulation and received of tour of a C-17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Groessler, 62nd Maintenance Squadron munitions technician, practices kneeling behind a barricade during the 627th Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. Airmen were required to fire in four positions to pass their qualification: prone with and without a prop, as well as kneeling and leaning against a barricade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Staff Sgt. Dan Antonio Deldingco, 627th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor, teaches a class on how to properly handle and use an M-4 carbine at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. The purpose of combat arms is to train and qualify Airmen on the characteristics, nomenclature, assembly and disassembly, maintenance and firing of small-arm weapons such as the M-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Shell casings from an M-4 carbine lay on the ground during the 627th Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. Team McChord Airmen undergoing combat arms training fired practice rounds where they could receive coaching from instructors before firing for their qualification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Groessler, 62nd Maintenance Squadron munitions technician, fires an M-4 carbine during the 627th Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. Combat arms provides training for Airmen who have been tasked to deploy as well as those who have to fire every 24 or 36 months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Ely, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, fires at a target during the 627th Security Forces Sqaudron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. During combat arms training the Airmen were tested on their ability to fire while in the prone position, kneeling, leaning over a barricade and wearing a gas mask. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Team McChord Airmen prepare to fire for their M-4 carbine qualification training during the 62nd Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. Due to a new readiness initiative, the 627th SFS’ combat arms course has increased by 50 percent from last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Combat arms leads McChord down Road to Readiness

Staff Sgt. John A. Lucic, 62nd Maintenance Squadron unit training manager, looks through the scope of an M-4 carbine during the 627th Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018. The course consisted of a classroom portion followed by shooting at a range to qualify. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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