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Laughlin military working dog retires after 10 years of honorable service

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Heckler, a 47th Security Forces Squadron military working dog trainer, gives MWD Cchico, a retired 47th SFS military working dog, his first bone Jan. 28, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. U.S. Air Force military working dogs are given specific diets to promote healthy growth and ensure the dogs are toy-motivated, not treat-motivated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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Laughlin military working dog retires after 10 years of honorable service

Members of the 47th Security Forces Squadron render a final salute to military working dog Cchico, a 47th SFS military working dog, as his handler Staff Sgt. Keith Collett, a 47th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, escorts him to a waiting cruiser Jan. 28, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. MWD Cchico was officially retired from the U.S. Air Force after 10 years, or 70 dog years of honorable service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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Laughlin military working dog retires after 10 years of honorable service

Military working dog Cchico, a retired 47th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, is officially passed from Staff Sgt. Keith Collett, a 47th SFS military working dog handler, to his new owner and second handler, Jorge Cervantes Melchor, a former U.S. Air Force Security Forces member, Jan. 28, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Melchor now works as an animal cruelty investigator for the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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Laughlin chaplains join forces with Border Patrol

Laughlin Chapel staff and U.S. Customs and Border Protection chaplains tour the chapel at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on 27 Jan. 2020. The teams met for a round table discussion, went on a tour, spent some time in flight rooms seeing the nuts and bolts of the pilot training mission and then had lunch together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Langton)

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Laughlin chaplains join forces with Border Patrol

Laughlin Chapel staff and U.S. Customs and Border Protection chaplains tour the chapel at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on 27 Jan. 2020. The teams met for a round table discussion, went on a tour, spent some time in flight rooms seeing the nuts and bolts of the pilot training mission and then had lunch together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Langton)

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Thunderbirds prepare at Laughlin for ‘Fiesta of Flight’

Maj. Jason Markzon, U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, also known as the “Thunderbirds”, speaks with KDLK 94.1 FM hosts, during a radio broadcast in Del Rio, Texas on 24 Jan. 2020. Markzon visited Del Rio and Laughlin Air Force Base as part of the U.S. Air Force "Thunderbirds" advanced site survey to prepare for the 2020 'Fiesta of Flight' air & space expo on 14 March 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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Thunderbirds prepare at Laughlin for ‘Fiesta of Flight’

Maj. Jason Markzon, U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, also known as the “Thunderbirds”, taxis on the flightline at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on 23 Jan. 2020. Markzon visited Del Rio and Laughlin Air Force Base as part of the U.S. Air Force "Thunderbirds" advanced site survey to prepare for the 2020 'Fiesta of Flight' air & space expo on 14 March 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

Capt. Judd Hailey, 47th Medical Group base operational medicine clinic flight commander, assesses simulated injuries of a volunteer patient during the Ready Eagle exercise on Jan. 17, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Lt. Col. Brian Caruthers, Air Education and Training Command medical readiness division chief, visited the base throughout the week and observed the exercise. “This experience is designed to leave team chiefs and the wing inspection team members a set of standardized training tools and techniques to create their own home station training program,” Caruthers said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

Two medics lower a stretcher with a simulated patient after being cleansed at the in-place patient decontamination tent during the Ready Eagle exercise on Jan. 17, 2020 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. According to 1st Lt. Gabriel Lazurka, 47th Healthcare Operations Squadron medical logistics flight commander, they used the crawl-walk-run philosophy while training, practicing faster response times and exploring what the group can improve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

47th Medical Group medics wearing powered, air-purified respirator suits roll a stretcher carrying a volunteer patient to the in-place patient decontamination tent before further treatment can be administered during the Ready Eagle exercise on Jan. 17, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The medics put the training the Ready Eagle team provided them into practice and received guidance along the way. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

47th Medical Group medics wearing powered, air-purified respirator suits tend to a simulated patient in the in-place patient decontamination tent on Jan. 17, 2020 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. In the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear disaster, patients who come to the clinic for care would have to go through this cleansing process before being admitted to the clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

Staff Sgt. Gaetan President, a 47th Healthcare Operations Squadron laboratory technician, paints moulage on a volunteer patient before the Ready Eagle exercise, Jan. 17, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Each volunteer patient displays different injuries which might be seen in the event of an explosion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

A team of experts sent by the U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Agency host the first-ever Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13-17, 2020. “This exercise is intended to help Airmen of every rank by introducing standardized readiness tools for continued self-guided training by team chiefs here at Laughlin or wherever they go next,” said Col. Cruz, 47th Medical Group commander. “Revitalizing our skillsets will provide us the tactics needed to respond to home station medical contingencies.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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Laughlin’s power lines going underground

Construction is performed in front of the aerospace physiology building at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The base, along with several Department of Defense installations, is currently undergoing a new utility privatization contract, which aims to modernize failing power grids. (Photo courtesy of the Rio Grande Electric Co-op)

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Laughlin’s power lines going underground

Construction is performed in front of the aerospace physiology building at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The base, along with several Department of Defense installations, is currently undergoing a new utility privatization contract, which aims to modernize failing power grids. (Photo courtesy of the Rio Grande Electric Co-op)

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Laughlin’s power lines going underground

Construction is performed in front of the aerospace physiology building at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The base, along with several Department of Defense installations, is currently undergoing a new utility privatization contract, which aims to modernize failing power grids. (Photo courtesy of the Rio Grande Electric Co-op)

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Trusted Care Hero: Senior Airman Morgan Davis

Senior Airman Morgan Davis, an Aerospace and Operational Physiology technician with the 47th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, poses for a portrait Jan. 16, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Davis was recognized by the Air Force Medical Service as the Trusted Care Hero for the week of Jan.6, 2020. The AFMS, based out of the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, highlights medics around the Air Force who excel at their respective career field on their Facebook Page, every week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

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Exercise Ready Eagle expands skills of Laughlin AFB medics

Staff Sgt. Ray Salazar, 47th Medical Operations Squadron dental technician, and Airman 1st Class Jalen Stephenson, 47th Medical Group commander support staff, empty water from hoses in the in-place patient decontamination tent at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Jan. 14, 2020, as part of the practice phase of exercise Ready Eagle. The exercise is not graded in the same way most base exercises are; instead it focuses on teaching new information. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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Exercise Ready Eagle expands skills of Laughlin AFB medics

Airmen from the 47th Medical Group at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, plan the set-up of their in-place patient decontamination tent on Jan. 14, 2020, as part of the practice phase of exercise Ready Eagle. The exercise is intended to provide training for the home station medical response in case of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear mass casualty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)

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Built to spec, made with care

Luis Kalinchuk, a 47th Maintenance Directorate machinist, tags bagged couplings for their transfer to the cleaning section on Jan. 14, 2020 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. 47th MXD machinists use specialized cutting and shaping tools to fabricate replacement pieces for any number of aircraft and aircrew ground equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

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