Warehouse Warriors

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Staff Sgt. Jon Ruff, left, and Senior Airman Jim Doyle make an angle cut for the frame of their team’s triangular display case. Ruff and Doyle are members of the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The Band of the Golden West and the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., each sent a three-person team here to participate in the Do-It-Yourself Network television show, Warehouse Warriors. (Courtesy photo)

Watt

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Senior Airman Nicole Watt, an oboe player assigned to the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., uses a hole saw to cut out spaces that were used to display unit coins. The Band of the Golden West and the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, Scott AFB, Ill., each sent a three-person here, April 4 to participate in the Do-It-Yourself Network television show, Warehouse Warriors. (Courtesy photo)

Setting the sights

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Angel Degennaro, a security forces craftsman deployed from the 301st Security Forces Squadron, Carswell Air Reserve Station, Fort Worth, Texas, to the 363rd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, sets up an M-249 machine gun prior being relieved by night shift in a guard tower on April 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)

Controlled entry

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Bryce Weight, a security forces journeyman deployed from the Salt Lake City, Utah, Air National Guard to the 363rd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, guards an entry control point with a M-60 machine gun on April 3, 2003. The 363rd ESFS members work around the clock performing force protection measures, air base defense, and protecting personnel in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed location in southwest Asia. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)

Strike Eagle keepers

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron maintainers work on a F-15E Strike Eagle. The 336th EFS is deployed to a location supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The maintanence crews work around the clock to ensure every aircraft is ready for the next mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Donovan)

Tank build up

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Airman 1st Class Donald Slayton, an F-16 crew chief deployed as part of a tank build-up team from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., reconnects a wiring harness before buttoning up an auxilliary fuel tank. The tank was repaired after a scheduled inspection turned up defects. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ball)