Smoke emanates from Air Force Senior Airman Brian Melendrez’s M4 carbine during live-fire sustainment training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 28, 2017. During the live-fire training exercise the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron Airmen honed their marksmanship skills and practiced firing from various positions utilizing the M9 pistol and M4 carbine. Melendrez, a native of Sacramento, Calif., is a tactical air control party specialist.

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