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AFSO21 Large aircraft part storage

Senior Airman Branden Jones, 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron flight service center, directs a forklift to pick up large aircraft parts at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 30, 2014. Jones and other members of the 6th LRS moved KC-135 Stratotanker parts from a loading dock storage facility to a newly renovated facility inside hangar two to mitigate safety risks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melissa V. Paradise/Released)
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AFSO21 Large aircraft part storage

Staff Sgt. Juan Vasquez, 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron NCO in-charge of mobility readiness of spare packages, uses a forklift to put an aircraft part into a new storage facility inside hangar two at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 30, 2014. The move was part of the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century process to prevent mishap and maneuver large aircraft parts with ease. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melissa V. Paradise/Released)
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AFSO21 Large aircraft part storage

Senior Airman Branden Jones, 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron flight service center, uses hand signals to direct Staff Sgt. Juan Vasquez, 6th LRS NCO in-charge of mobility readiness of spare packages, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 30, 2014. Jones and Vasquez moved large aircraft parts from a loading dock to a newly renovated storage facility inside hangar two as part of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melissa V. Paradise/Released)
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A community of culinary specialist

Staff Sgt. Luis Porras-Vargas shows Fernando Gomez, Chamberlain High School student, how to properly wrap a tortilla for a buffalo chicken wrap at the Diners Reef on MacDill Air Base, Fla. The students learned industry standard recipes, next day menu preparation, and culinary arts skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Bulow-Gonterman/Released)
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A community of culinary specialist

Blue cheese is placed on a buffalo chicken wrap at the Diners Reef on MacDill Air Base, Fla. Diner’s Reef serves more than 276,000 active, reseve, guard and civilians annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Bulow-Gonterman/Released)
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A community of culinary specialist

Students from Chamberlain High School visit Diners Reef to learn from food service Airmen and apply skills learned in the class room to a real life senario at MacDill Air Base Fla. Students paired up with Airmen assigned to different zones within the kichen including salads, deli, Mediterranean, main –line cooking, light grilling and express. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Bulow-Gonterman/Released)
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A community of culinary specialist

Sunday Padonu, 6th Force Support Squadron assitant excecutive chef, teaches students from Chamberlain High School how to effectively cut vegtables at the Diner’s Reef on MacDill Air Base, Fla. The students learned industry standard recipes, next day menu preparation, and culinary art skills such as different types of cutting, slicing, dicing and serving techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Bulow-Gonterman/Released)
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Testing to the next level

Career Development Courses are part of an airmen’s upgrade training, which is needed to receive the next skill level in a career field. CDCs are important to every airmen’s success; they teach airmen the skills needed to progress in a career field and in the U.S Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tori Schultz/Released)
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6th OSS

A screen on the Instructor Operator Station in the flight simulator shows different environment setups that can be used during training at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 16, 2013. Recently, pilots have been relying more on flight simulators for mission essential training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

Maj. Rob Garrison, 106th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and Capt. Donnie Hart, 91st ARS pilot, work through a training scenario in a flight simulator at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 16, 2014. Recently, pilots have been relying more on flight simulators for mission essential training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

Maj. Rob Garrison, 106th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and Capt. Donnie Hart, 91st ARS pilot, go through a pre-flight brief with Steve Graham, flight simulator instructor, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 16, 2013. The pre-flight brief was part of a three-hour training on different system malfunctions pilots can expect on any aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

A screen on the Instructor Operator Station in the Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer shows different boom options at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 16, 2013. Recently, pilots have been relying more on flight simulators for mission essential training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

Nate Peachey, boom operator instructor, sets up a training scenario on the Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 16, 2014. The BOWST is a fully simulated, large-scale procedural trainer for aerial refueling with replicated aircraft systems, controls, and functions within a complete aircrew boom compartment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

Airman 1st Class Kyle Sinkler, 91st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, goes through a pre-flight brief with Nate Peachey, boom operator instructor, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 14, 2013. Sinkler’s pre-flight brief was part of a three-hour training in the Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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6th OSS

An aircraft is refueled in the Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013. The BOWST is a fully simulated, large-scale procedural trainer for aerial refueling with replicated aircraft systems, controls, and functions within a complete aircrew boom compartment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ned T. Johnston/Released)
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Meet the new dorm superintendent

Master Sgt. Patrick McSweeney, 6th Civil Engineer Squadron superintendent of unaccompanied housing, looks through his email Dec. 14, 2014 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. McSweeney was a 6th Security Forces Squadron member before he became an airmen dorm leader Nov. 30, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tori Schultz/Released)
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6 CONS tops

The 6th Contracting Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., was announced as the 2013 Air Mobility Command Outstanding Contracting Unit on Dec. 11, 2013. Four of their Airmen were announced as award winners and will represent AMC as they compete against members across all the major commands for Air Force level awards. (Courtesy Photo)
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Nobody rock until comm rolls

Senior Airman Jessica Hilderbrand, 6th Communications Squadron communication focal point controller, puts in a work order at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 3, 2014. CFP controllers are the center point of maintenance and job control for the 6th CS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tori Schultz/Released)
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The eyes of the skies

The 6th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controllers work every day at MacDill Air Force Base Fla., to keep the skies safe for all inbound and outbound air traffic. Annually more than 15,300 aircraft visit MacDill, to include heads-of-state, foreign dignitaries and men and women returning home from deployments. The air traffic controllers are also charged with keeping the paratroopers of United States Special Operations Command safe as they complete over 1,600 jumps a year. (Photo story by Senior Airman Melissa V. Paradise/Released)
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The eyes of the skies

Senior Airman Romulo Montero, 6th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, looks through binoculars at a departing KC-135 Stratotanker at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 18, 2013. Annually 15,300 aircraft use the skies above MacDill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melissa V. Paradise/Released)
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