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2023 Defender Challenge

Members of the Pacific Air Forces Defender Challenge team take on the tactics portion of the competition Oct. 24, 2023, at the Fort Bliss Doña Ana Range Complex near Chaparral, New Mexico. The competition, hosted by the Air Force Security Forces career field and planned and executed by the Air Force Security Forces Center, determines the best-of-the-best security forces teams and individuals using a variety of base ground defense scenarios. Eleven teams of five represented each Air Force major command. This is the first Defender Challenge since the COVID-19 pandemic with organizers hoping to now return to a biennial schedule. (U.S. Air Force photo by Craig Z. Rodarte)

PHOTO BY: Craig Rodarte
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CAMERA

NIKON D810

LENS

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

40

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