Fire School acquires new trainer

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- An instructor guides students from the first class to use the new large frame aircraft trainer at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, Jan. 12, 2010. The academy provides training to all branches of the DoD to include civil service firefighters. Fire protection specialists from numerous foreign countries also train at the academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)

Fire School acquires new trainer

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - An instructor from the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy observes the new large frame trainer being brought on line, Jan. 12, 2010. The academy provides training to all branches of the DoD too include civil service firefighters. Fire protection specialists from numerous foreign countries also train at the academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)

Fire School acquires new trainer

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Alex Cumming, Kidde Fire Trainers project manager, demonstrates how to use the controls of the new large frame aircraft trainer at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, Dec. 17, 2009. The new trainer replaces the 11 year old trainer that had become unsafe due to extensive use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane)

Rookies take on Firefighter Combat Challenge

Airman 1st Class Raymond Surber of the "Rockafellas" team dodges around a fire hydrant in the fourth portion of the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)

Rookies take on Firefighter Combat Challenge

Competitors wait their turn to run the grueling course, often called the "toughest two minutes in sports." Competitors in the Rookie Firefighter Challenge must carry a 45-pound hose up five stories, hoist another 45-pound toolbox the same distance, move a 150-pound block of solid steel eight feet using only a sledgehammer, dodge fire hydrants, pull a charged 1 2/3-inch hose 100 feet and drag a 165-pound dummy more than 100 feet to the finish line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)

Rookies take on Firefighter Combat Challenge

Members of the winning "Smokin’ Armadillos" team at the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21 cheer on a teammate as he drags a 165-pound dummy 50 feet toward the finish line. The Smokin’ Armadillos are Marine Corps Pfcs. Joseph Gillespie, Jase Conners and Mikhail Okshin, and Airmen Basic Bryan Reid and Daryl Teage. The team won the event with an overall time of 1 minute, 32 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)