Testing the range with an M-4

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Bee, the 35th Security Forces Squadron assistant combat arms NCO in charge, shoots an M4 carbine during a hazardous noise test at the new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. Members from the 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering unit from Kadena Air Base, Japan, conducted tests to certify the outdoor range for final inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Staff Sgt. Tyler Bee

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Bee, the 35th Security Forces Squadron assistant combat arms NCO in charge, holds an M9 pistol during a photo at the new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. The 35th SFS synergized with the 35th Operations Support Squadron to incept a plan, increasing the ability to qualify Airmen on weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Loading magazines

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Bee, the 35th Security Forces Squadron assistant combat arms NCO in charge, loads an M4 carbine magazine prior to conducting a hazardous noise test at the new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. In order to certify, the outdoor range must undergo additional inspections by the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 35th Fighter Wing safety office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Waiting to fire

An M4 carbine and an M9 pistol sit on the ground of the new 35th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. Conceptualized nearly three years ago, the outdoor range provides CATM six times more space to qualify Airmen on a variety of weapons. The new outdoor range qualifies six times as many Airmen at a time than the existing indoor range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Cleaning up targets

Members with the 35th Security Forces Squadron and 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron move practice targets from the new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. Conceptualized nearly three years ago, the outdoor range provides CATM six times more space to qualify Airmen on a variety of weapons. The outdoor range qualifies six times the amount of Airmen at a time than the current indoor range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Shot ammunition

Expended 5.56 mm shell casings from an M4 carbine lay on the new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance outdoor firing range at Draughon Range adjacent Misawa City, Japan, April 18, 2018. Draughon Range facilitates live and inert munitions training for F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots, survival, evasion, resistance and escape training scenarios, explosive ordnance disposal exercises and cargo drops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)

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Innovation arms new Misawa weapons training range

Published April 24, 2018
By Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman
35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Security Forces Squadron teamed up with the 35th Operations Support Squadron to convert space at Draughon Range into an outdoor firing range—increasing their ability to train the Wing's Airmen on weapons, April 18.

Testing the range with an M-4

Staff Sgt. Tyler Bee

Loading magazines

Waiting to fire

Cleaning up targets

Shot ammunition