\"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Obviously, my opinion certainly isn't an official one or representative of the Air Force. As you can tell, I've had a positive experience. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Air Force Combat Arms: The Best Job No One Knows About","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-combat-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/air-force-combat-arms\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126790,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2020-02-21 06:00:47","post_date_gmt":"2020-02-21 11:00:47","post_content":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k9ENCaRlYOM\n\nIn 2018, we first reported of the U.S. Air Force equipping its airmen with a new carbine<\/a>: The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. Well, Air Force gunsmiths recently completed delivery of the new takedown M4-style carbine<\/a> for pilots and air crews.\n\n[in_content post=\"206076\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n\nThe carbine breaks down and stows under pilot ejection seats. The Air Force Gunsmith Shop delivered 2,700 of carbines, classified GAU-5A, chambered in 5.56mm.\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n As we wrap up this article, it's appropriate here to disclose that I am incredibly biased on this subject. I am an Air Force Combat Arms Instructor, currently in the AF Reserve. I think it's the best job in the Air Force that doesn't involve shooting missiles at people. The opportunity to teach new shooters, to work on guns, and to shoot free ammo is awesome. In my time in, I've been to all kinds of fun schools, shot 40mm HEDP out of a Mk19, deployed, and genuinely loved it. The job's not for everyone, but if you like teaching, shooting machine guns, and working on broken guns, it might be for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, my opinion certainly isn't an official one or representative of the Air Force. As you can tell, I've had a positive experience. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Air Force Combat Arms: The Best Job No One Knows About","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-combat-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/air-force-combat-arms\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126790,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2020-02-21 06:00:47","post_date_gmt":"2020-02-21 11:00:47","post_content":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k9ENCaRlYOM\n\nIn 2018, we first reported of the U.S. Air Force equipping its airmen with a new carbine<\/a>: The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. Well, Air Force gunsmiths recently completed delivery of the new takedown M4-style carbine<\/a> for pilots and air crews.\n\n[in_content post=\"206076\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n\nThe carbine breaks down and stows under pilot ejection seats. The Air Force Gunsmith Shop delivered 2,700 of carbines, classified GAU-5A, chambered in 5.56mm.\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n As we wrap up this article, it's appropriate here to disclose that I am incredibly biased on this subject. I am an Air Force Combat Arms Instructor, currently in the AF Reserve. I think it's the best job in the Air Force that doesn't involve shooting missiles at people. The opportunity to teach new shooters, to work on guns, and to shoot free ammo is awesome. In my time in, I've been to all kinds of fun schools, shot 40mm HEDP out of a Mk19, deployed, and genuinely loved it. The job's not for everyone, but if you like teaching, shooting machine guns, and working on broken guns, it might be for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, my opinion certainly isn't an official one or representative of the Air Force. As you can tell, I've had a positive experience. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Air Force Combat Arms: The Best Job No One Knows About","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-combat-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/air-force-combat-arms\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126790,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2020-02-21 06:00:47","post_date_gmt":"2020-02-21 11:00:47","post_content":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k9ENCaRlYOM\n\nIn 2018, we first reported of the U.S. Air Force equipping its airmen with a new carbine<\/a>: The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. Well, Air Force gunsmiths recently completed delivery of the new takedown M4-style carbine<\/a> for pilots and air crews.\n\n[in_content post=\"206076\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n\nThe carbine breaks down and stows under pilot ejection seats. The Air Force Gunsmith Shop delivered 2,700 of carbines, classified GAU-5A, chambered in 5.56mm.\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Yes, and their jobs are just as interesting as active duty instructors. Depending on the base, there are usually plenty of opportunities for TDYs and schools, because fully trained red hats are in high demand. Guard\/Reserve instructors are eligible for all the same schools as active duty. They're also subject to deployment the same as other Guard\/Reserve members. If someone serves 6 years in the Reserves as a Security Forces member and\/or Combat Arms, they can expect to deploy at least once, maybe twice. That's in addition to TDYs, schools, and regularly scheduled drill weekends and annual tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we wrap up this article, it's appropriate here to disclose that I am incredibly biased on this subject. I am an Air Force Combat Arms Instructor, currently in the AF Reserve. I think it's the best job in the Air Force that doesn't involve shooting missiles at people. The opportunity to teach new shooters, to work on guns, and to shoot free ammo is awesome. In my time in, I've been to all kinds of fun schools, shot 40mm HEDP out of a Mk19, deployed, and genuinely loved it. The job's not for everyone, but if you like teaching, shooting machine guns, and working on broken guns, it might be for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, my opinion certainly isn't an official one or representative of the Air Force. As you can tell, I've had a positive experience. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Air Force Combat Arms: The Best Job No One Knows About","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-combat-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/air-force-combat-arms\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126790,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2020-02-21 06:00:47","post_date_gmt":"2020-02-21 11:00:47","post_content":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k9ENCaRlYOM\n\nIn 2018, we first reported of the U.S. Air Force equipping its airmen with a new carbine<\/a>: The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. Well, Air Force gunsmiths recently completed delivery of the new takedown M4-style carbine<\/a> for pilots and air crews.\n\n[in_content post=\"206076\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n\nThe carbine breaks down and stows under pilot ejection seats. The Air Force Gunsmith Shop delivered 2,700 of carbines, classified GAU-5A, chambered in 5.56mm.\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n Yes, and their jobs are just as interesting as active duty instructors. Depending on the base, there are usually plenty of opportunities for TDYs and schools, because fully trained red hats are in high demand. Guard\/Reserve instructors are eligible for all the same schools as active duty. They're also subject to deployment the same as other Guard\/Reserve members. If someone serves 6 years in the Reserves as a Security Forces member and\/or Combat Arms, they can expect to deploy at least once, maybe twice. That's in addition to TDYs, schools, and regularly scheduled drill weekends and annual tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we wrap up this article, it's appropriate here to disclose that I am incredibly biased on this subject. I am an Air Force Combat Arms Instructor, currently in the AF Reserve. I think it's the best job in the Air Force that doesn't involve shooting missiles at people. The opportunity to teach new shooters, to work on guns, and to shoot free ammo is awesome. In my time in, I've been to all kinds of fun schools, shot 40mm HEDP out of a Mk19, deployed, and genuinely loved it. The job's not for everyone, but if you like teaching, shooting machine guns, and working on broken guns, it might be for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, my opinion certainly isn't an official one or representative of the Air Force. As you can tell, I've had a positive experience. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Air Force Combat Arms: The Best Job No One Knows About","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-combat-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:09:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/air-force-combat-arms\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126790,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2020-02-21 06:00:47","post_date_gmt":"2020-02-21 11:00:47","post_content":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k9ENCaRlYOM\n\nIn 2018, we first reported of the U.S. Air Force equipping its airmen with a new carbine<\/a>: The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon. Well, Air Force gunsmiths recently completed delivery of the new takedown M4-style carbine<\/a> for pilots and air crews.\n\n[in_content post=\"206076\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\n\nThe carbine breaks down and stows under pilot ejection seats. The Air Force Gunsmith Shop delivered 2,700 of carbines, classified GAU-5A, chambered in 5.56mm.\n Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman proved himself in battle like few others. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan in 2002, a new book by Dan Schilling, entitled \"Alone at Dawn,\" chronicles Chapman's heroic exploits that fateful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Schilling should know a thing or two about combat. The author spent more than 30 years in the military<\/a>, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer. He reportedly saved Ranger and SEAL lives in Mogadishu during Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down. Later, he founded two special operations squadrons. Then in his spare time, he set a Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps, 201, in a 24-hour period. So yeah, he's an all-around badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recently-released video, Schilling narrates CIA Predator Drone footage of the fight that ultimately claimed the life of one of America's ultimate badasses, John Chapman. This is the only known footage of a Medal of Honor recipient in action. Shilling offers incredible insight as Chapman and other team members battle overwhelming enemy forces in the mountains of Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman was first to literally charge the hill, straight into the face of an enemy ambush. He immediately charged a bunker, taking out several enemy forces single-handedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions,\" said Chapman's Medal of Honor citation<\/a>. \"He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, after being left for dead, he again exposes himself to enemy fire. Chapman laid down suppressive fire to cover the landing of an approaching Quick Reaction Force (QRF). With Shilling's narration, the video is both amazingly uplifting and tragically heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force,\" the citation concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, visit danschillingbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"VIDEO: John Chapman's Fight, First-Ever Medal of Honor Action Recorded","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-chapman-medal-of-honor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-06 09:31:54","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-06 14:31:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2019\/06\/28\/john-chapman-medal-of-honor\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130016,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-11-02 07:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2018-11-02 11:00:12","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfIid3CRJZw[\/embed]\n\nA U.S. Army<\/a> Humvee accidentally dropped right next to a house near Fort Bragg, N.C., last week.\n\nThankfully, there were no injuries and no property damage as a result of the incident.\n\n[in_content post=\"195498\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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Army Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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Army Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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![\"John](\"https:\/\/dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/John-Chapman.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
BROWSE BY BRAND
Air Force Fields GAU-5A, Aircrew Self Defense Weapon<\/h2>\n\"We were asked to design a stand-off weapon that was capable of hitting a man-size target at 200 meters,\" Richard Shelton, chief of the Gunsmith Shop, told airforce-technology.com<\/a>. \"It disconnects at the upper receiver ... and can be put together within 30 seconds if needed.\"\n\nThe new takedown carbine comes via the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate, according to airforce-technology.com. The GAU-5A, also known as the Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, weights 7 pounds and utilizes iron sights. The weapon system, which cost $2.6 million, aims to increase aircrew survivability.\n\n\"The most rewarding part of my job is getting [small arms] through the shop and taking a weapon that has been beat up and heavily used, and returning it to the user practically brand new,\" Shelton told airforce-technology.com \"The other rewarding thing is when we work with the using community to develop specific weapons for a specific Air Force need.\"","post_title":"VIDEO: Airman Fires Takedown GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2020\/02\/21\/gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128078,"post_author":"914","post_date":"2019-06-28 06:00:52","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 10:00:52","post_content":"\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
BROWSE BY BRAND
Air Force Fields GAU-5A, Aircrew Self Defense Weapon<\/h2>\n\"We were asked to design a stand-off weapon that was capable of hitting a man-size target at 200 meters,\" Richard Shelton, chief of the Gunsmith Shop, told airforce-technology.com<\/a>. \"It disconnects at the upper receiver ... and can be put together within 30 seconds if needed.\"\n\nThe new takedown carbine comes via the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate, according to airforce-technology.com. The GAU-5A, also known as the Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, weights 7 pounds and utilizes iron sights. The weapon system, which cost $2.6 million, aims to increase aircrew survivability.\n\n\"The most rewarding part of my job is getting [small arms] through the shop and taking a weapon that has been beat up and heavily used, and returning it to the user practically brand new,\" Shelton told airforce-technology.com \"The other rewarding thing is when we work with the using community to develop specific weapons for a specific Air Force need.\"","post_title":"VIDEO: Airman Fires Takedown GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2020\/02\/21\/gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128078,"post_author":"914","post_date":"2019-06-28 06:00:52","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 10:00:52","post_content":"\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Air Force Fields GAU-5A, Aircrew Self Defense Weapon<\/h2>\n\"We were asked to design a stand-off weapon that was capable of hitting a man-size target at 200 meters,\" Richard Shelton, chief of the Gunsmith Shop, told airforce-technology.com<\/a>. \"It disconnects at the upper receiver ... and can be put together within 30 seconds if needed.\"\n\nThe new takedown carbine comes via the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate, according to airforce-technology.com. The GAU-5A, also known as the Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, weights 7 pounds and utilizes iron sights. The weapon system, which cost $2.6 million, aims to increase aircrew survivability.\n\n\"The most rewarding part of my job is getting [small arms] through the shop and taking a weapon that has been beat up and heavily used, and returning it to the user practically brand new,\" Shelton told airforce-technology.com \"The other rewarding thing is when we work with the using community to develop specific weapons for a specific Air Force need.\"","post_title":"VIDEO: Airman Fires Takedown GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2020\/02\/21\/gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128078,"post_author":"914","post_date":"2019-06-28 06:00:52","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 10:00:52","post_content":"\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Air Force Fields GAU-5A, Aircrew Self Defense Weapon<\/h2>\n\"We were asked to design a stand-off weapon that was capable of hitting a man-size target at 200 meters,\" Richard Shelton, chief of the Gunsmith Shop, told airforce-technology.com<\/a>. \"It disconnects at the upper receiver ... and can be put together within 30 seconds if needed.\"\n\nThe new takedown carbine comes via the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate, according to airforce-technology.com. The GAU-5A, also known as the Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, weights 7 pounds and utilizes iron sights. The weapon system, which cost $2.6 million, aims to increase aircrew survivability.\n\n\"The most rewarding part of my job is getting [small arms] through the shop and taking a weapon that has been beat up and heavily used, and returning it to the user practically brand new,\" Shelton told airforce-technology.com \"The other rewarding thing is when we work with the using community to develop specific weapons for a specific Air Force need.\"","post_title":"VIDEO: Airman Fires Takedown GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2020\/02\/21\/gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128078,"post_author":"914","post_date":"2019-06-28 06:00:52","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 10:00:52","post_content":"\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
John Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
Missing Grenade Launcher Ammo<\/h3>\r\nAs for the missing grenade launcher ammunition, Minot AFB said it fell out the back of a Humvee<\/a> driven by a\u00a0Security Forces team from the 91st Missile Wing. The vehicle was traveling between missile sites on rough terrain when the back hatch popped open. The metal ammo box then fell out.\r\n\r\nAs you can imagine, the Air Force would like its stuff back, so it spent a considerable amount of time and resources toward recovering the ammunition. They were unsuccessful in finding the ammo and ultimately called off the search<\/a>. The service says the rounds are specific to the MK 19 grenade launcher and won't work in any other launcher without \"catastrophic failure.\"\r\n
Relieved Of Command<\/h3>\r\nThe one-two punch of embarrassing incidents resulted in Col. Jason Beers, 91st Security Forces Group commander, being relieved of command on May 23, \"due to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership, including a recent loss of ammunition and weapons,\" a Minot AFB release stated<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeers was subsequently assigned<\/a> as the chief of the installations division under the Logistics directorate at the\u00a0Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at\u00a0Hurlburt Field, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"We are fully confident in the Colonel's ability to manage our Security Forces and Civil Engineer programs for the command,\" Capt. Amanda Farr told Air Force Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in an email, adding that Beers would \"support the readiness of our [security forces and civil engineer] personnel, as well as implementing Air Force policy that affects the division.\"","post_title":"USAF Finds Missing Machine Gun, But Not Grenade Launcher Ammo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/06\/22\/usaf-m240-missing-machine-gun\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFinal Thoughts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Air Force Fields GAU-5A, Aircrew Self Defense Weapon<\/h2>\n\"We were asked to design a stand-off weapon that was capable of hitting a man-size target at 200 meters,\" Richard Shelton, chief of the Gunsmith Shop, told airforce-technology.com<\/a>. \"It disconnects at the upper receiver ... and can be put together within 30 seconds if needed.\"\n\nThe new takedown carbine comes via the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate, according to airforce-technology.com. The GAU-5A, also known as the Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, weights 7 pounds and utilizes iron sights. The weapon system, which cost $2.6 million, aims to increase aircrew survivability.\n\n\"The most rewarding part of my job is getting [small arms] through the shop and taking a weapon that has been beat up and heavily used, and returning it to the user practically brand new,\" Shelton told airforce-technology.com \"The other rewarding thing is when we work with the using community to develop specific weapons for a specific Air Force need.\"","post_title":"VIDEO: Airman Fires Takedown GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:15:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2020\/02\/21\/gau-5a-aircrew-self-defense-weapon\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128078,"post_author":"914","post_date":"2019-06-28 06:00:52","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 10:00:52","post_content":"\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo&rco=1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJohn Chapman Exemplifies Courage Under Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArmy Humvee Near Miss<\/h3>\nThe incident occurred on Oct. 24 around 1 p.m. The Humvee landed a literal stone's throw from a house approximately five miles from Fort Bragg.\n\nA C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, was conducting \"routine air drop test training\" when the Humveein advertently dropped.\n\nAccording to a statement from Joint Base Charleston<\/a>:\n\n\"The C-17 took off from Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a routine air drop test training mission and inadvertently dropped a U.S. Army Humvee vehicle prematurely over Cameron, North Carolina, approximately five miles from the Fort Bragg drop zone.\"\n\nThe aircraft landed safely at Pope Army Airfield, N.C.\n\nThe incident is currently under investigation.\n\nFor those wondering how it's properly done, watch the video below.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynm0emprTRY","post_title":"Army Humvee Prematurely Drops From C-17, Nearly Hits NC House","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"army-humvee-premature-drop","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:19:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/11\/02\/army-humvee-premature-drop\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131010,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-07-04 09:00:26","post_date_gmt":"2018-07-04 13:00:26","post_content":"\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Air Force<\/a> is equipping its airmen with a new carbine: the GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"184590\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
GAU-5A Rifle<\/h3>\r\nBased on the M4 carbine, the GAU-5A features Cry Havoc Tactical's Quick Release Barrel<\/a>, the Air Force Times<\/a><\/em> reports. It's designed to fit into the standard survival kit under the ejection seat for downed fighter and bomber crews.\r\n\r\n\"The [GAU-5A] and four full magazines, 30 rounds [each], must all fit in the ejection seat survival kit,\" said\u00a0Maj. Docleia Gibson, Air Combat Command spokeswoman. \"This has driven the dimension of 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches.\"\r\n\r\nIn a separate statement to The Firearm Blog<\/a><\/em>, Gibson added that the\u00a0GAU-5A is \"capable of firing a 3-round burst. It uses standard 5.56mm\u00a0ammunition\u00a0with an effective\u00a0range\u00a0beyond 200m. The weapon can be assembled\/disassembled in 60 seconds without\u00a0tools.\"\r\n\r\nGibson told Military.com<\/a> that the rifle will not replace anything in the USAF survival pack.\r\n\r\n\"This is just an addition to the current capability that they already have,\" she said.\r\n
Designation<\/h3>\r\nInterestingly, as\u00a0The Drive<\/a><\/em> points out, the Air Force already used the\u00a0GAU-5A designation back in the Vietnam War for a M16 rifle variant. That particular model was equipped with a 10-inch barrel, shorter than the 14.5-inch barrel found on today's M4s. In addition, the GAU-5A\/A was the service's version of the XM177E2\u00a0rifle used by MACV-SOG soldiers.\u00a0Furthermore, beginning in the '90s, both of these rifles were modified into a configuration called the\u00a0GUU-5\/P. If the USAF wanted the\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon to be a\u00a0GAU-5A variant, it would have been designated the\u00a0GAU-5B\/A.\r\n
Fielding<\/h3>\r\nIn any event, the new GAU-5A is being made at\u00a0Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas at a rate of 100 per week. Air Combat Command expects 2,137 in total to be fielded to combat-coded\u00a0A-10, B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15C, F-15E, F-16, and F-22 aircraft.\r\n\r\n\"The ASDW will be given to all combat-coded ejection aircraft,\" said Gibson. \"There are continuous evaluations of Air Force programs and policies. The ASDW allows aircrew to have a longer stand-off range.\"\r\n\r\nPrior to the new\u00a0GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, crews used a knife or a personal sidearm for self defense.","post_title":"USAF to Equip Airmen with GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"air-force-gau-5a-rifle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:21:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2018\/07\/04\/air-force-gau-5a-rifle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":131114,"post_author":"645","post_date":"2018-06-22 09:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-22 13:00:07","post_content":"\r\n\r\nOn May 1, a unit from\u00a0Minot Air Force Base, N.D., lost a box containing 32 40mm high-explosive dual purpose\u00a0grenade rounds for the\u00a0MK 19 grenade launcher. A couple of weeks later, that\u00a0same unit lost a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. The grenade ammo is still missing, but the service just revealed that the missing machine gun has been located.\r\n\r\n[in_content post=\"195245\" alignment=\"align-left\" \/]\r\n
Missing Machine Gun<\/h3>\r\nAccording to a Minot AFB\u00a0press release<\/a>, agents\u00a0from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations obtained a federal search warrant and\u00a0found the missing\u00a0M240 at an\u00a0Airman's home off-base. The release doesn't have any additional information due to the fact that the investigation is ongoing.\r\n\r\nThe M240 was originally discovered missing<\/a> during a\u00a0standard weapons inventory check at Minot Air Force Base on May 16. The discovery resulted in the\u00a05th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing opening an investigation with the OSI.\r\n
