Shootout at the Rodeo corral

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Airman 1st Class Joshua Sams, 97th Security Forces Squadron Rodeo Team member, shoots it out at the corral during the Combat Weapons course at the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo July 27 while a Rodeo umpire watches for mistakes and missed targets. The SF squadron has a team of four competing at Rodeo for top scores and this course tested competitors’ accuracy and basic weapon skills within short time limits. (Courtesy photo / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs)

Team Altus spurs through third day of AMC Rodeo competition

JOINT BASES LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – (L to R) Senior Airman Eric Hazlewood, Staff Sgt. Eric Sims, Senior Airman William Martineau, Airman 1st Class Joshua Verran and Staff Sgt. Michael Ladrigan, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo team from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., listen as Rodeo Umpire, Chief Master Sgt. Samer Alkhoury debriefs them after completing the 25k Halvorson driving course July 26, 2011 during the AMC Rodeo. During the event, operators demonstrated their proficiency in maneuvering the vehicle around obstacles, followed by precisely aligning and unloading pallets in a highline dock area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Rodeo Public Affairs)

Team Altus spurs through third day of AMC Rodeo competition

JOINT BASES LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – (L to R) Senior Airmen William Martineau and Eric Hazlewood, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo team members from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., direct driver Staff Sgt. Eric Sims while being evaluated by a Rodeo umpire July 26, 2011 at the 25k Halvorson driving course during the 2011 AMC Rodeo. During the event, operators demonstrated their proficiency in maneuvering the vehicle around obstacles, followed by precisely aligning and unloading pallets in a highline dock area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Rodeo Public Affairs)

Team Altus spurs through third day of AMC Rodeo competition

JOINT BASES LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – (L to R) Senior Airmen Eric Hazlewood, William Martineau, Airman 1st Class Joshua Verran, Staff Sgt. Michael Ladrigan and driver Staff Sgt. Eric Sims, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo team from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., moves through the 25k Halvorson course July 26, 2011. During the event, operators demonstrated their proficiency in maneuvering the vehicle around obstacles, followed by precisely aligning and unloading pallets in a highline dock area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Rodeo Public Affairs)

Altus wrangles first day of AMC Rodeo competition

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo kicked off with the Fit-to-Fight event July 24, 2011 with teams completing for perfect fitness scores of 100. Altus’s five-man team led by Team Chief Maj. Mike Stanifer battled through one minute of pushups, one minute of sit ups and a 1.5 mile run. The event was based on the Air Force physical fitness test and judges made sure every pushup and sit up was correctly performed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Rodeo Public Affairs)

Altus wrangles first day of AMC Rodeo competition

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – An Airman parachutes to the ground from a C-17 Globemaster III while streaming an American Flag during the opening ceremony of the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo July 24, 2011. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command’s premier international combat skill and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman / Released / 97th Air Mobility Wing Rodeo Public Affairs)