Photo by Senior Airman Jhade Herrera | 355th Wing | 02.21.2025
A U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airman from the 48th Rescue Squadron enters a cave during an exercise at Peppersauce Cave in Oracle, Arizona, Feb. 21, 2025. The cave rescue exercise challenged Airmen to search and rescue simulated patients in deep areas of austere environments in a timely manner. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jhade Herrera)...
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
John Lamb, left, a biologist with Arnold Air Force Base, puts a used swab in a collection tube held by Dr. Amy Turner, the National Environmental Policy Act, natural and cultural resources planner for Arnold AFB, while collecting samples and data in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022. The swab was swiped across the muzzle and forearm of a tricolored bat. Researchers are looking......
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
John Lamb, left, a biologist with Arnold Air Force Base, swabs the muzzle and forearm of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech concerning white-nose syndrome. The fungus that causes the WNS disease infects multiple bat species and has caused significant declines in the population of some. Also pictured is Dr. Amy Turner,......
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
John Lamb, left, a biologist with Arnold Air Force Base, swabs the muzzle and forearm of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech concerning white-nose syndrome. The fungus that causes the disease infects multiple bat species and has caused significant declines in the population of some. Also pictured is Dr. Amy Turner,......
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
John Lamb, a biologist with Arnold Air Force Base, swabs the muzzle and forearm of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech. Researchers are studying how some tricolored bats are surviving white-nose syndrome. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)...
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
A tricolored bat hangs from a crack in a cave near Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022. Tricolored bat populations have significantly declined due to the impact of white-nose syndrome. Arnold AFB personnel monitor species, such as the tricolored bat, that inhabit or utilize base resources to manage natural resources for the continued health of the ecosystem. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
John Lamb, center, biologist with Arnold Air Force Base, swabs the muzzle and forearm of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech concerning white-nose syndrome. Also pictured is Dr. Amy Turner, left, the National Environmental Policy Act, natural and cultural resources planner for Arnold AFB, and Mark Winland, botanist with......
Photo by Jill Pickett | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.05.2022
A tricolored bat after being swabbed is ready to be banded before being returned to the area it was found in a cave near Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022. The bands allow researchers to identify the bat if it is recaptured on a subsequent trip into the cave. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)...
