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Airmen receive M9 pistol instructions during training.

Pistol Practice

Air Force Senior Airman Macklin O’Connor, center, and Tech. Sgt. Robert Carrington II, right, observe an M9 pistol drill demonstration during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 29, 2017. O’Connor and Carrington are tactical air control party specialists assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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