Story by Craig Rodarte | Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center | 10.27.2023
For the first time since 2018, the best security forces Defenders in the Air Force competed in three areas to determine the best-of-the-best....
Story by Deborah Aragon | Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center | 10.06.2023
The security forces career field is set to evaluate air base ground defense capabilities delivered to the Department of the Air Force, and joint and coalition mission partners around the globe during two major events at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 23-27....
Story by Staff Sgt. Devin Nothstine | 86th Airlift Wing | 03.06.2020
Twenty-seven security forces members within the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa competed in the 2020 USAFE Defender Challenge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 4-6....
Story by Airman Ariel Owings | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 09.19.2018
Air Mobility Command’s team earned first place for dismounted operations at the 2018 Defender Challenge, which commenced Sept. 11 with a ceremony to remember Sept. 11, 2001 here. For the first time since 2004, 14 Security Forces teams from each Air Force major commands, Air National Guard, Air Force District of Washington, and nations Great Britain and Germany, competed against each other......
Story by Vicki Stein | Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center | 08.06.2018
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Story by Senior Airman Donald Hudson | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.06.2018
Recently a team of 374th Security Forces Squadron defenders won the Advanced Combat Skills Assessment competition held June 18-22, 2018, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The competition featured teams made of the best security forces members from Air Force bases across the Pacific. During the span of one week, the teams were tested on their tactical and field knowledge in various......
Story by Senior Airman Donald Hudson | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.06.2018
Recently a team of 374th Security Forces Squadron defenders won the Advanced Combat Skills Assessment competition held June 18-22, 2018, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The competition featured teams made of the best security forces members from Air Force bases across the Pacific. During the span of one week, the teams were tested on their tactical and field knowledge in various......
Story by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Day | Minot Air Force Base | 04.26.2018
The 5th Security Forces Squadron held a Defender Challenge at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 21, 2018. During the challenge, Airmen competed against each other in an M4 carbine and Beretta M9 pistol competition, combatives and a 1.5-mile run. Two elements from each shift in the operations section competed for a trophy, ultimately won by mids element two. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
