KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Tech. Sgt. Charles Williams, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air terminal operations center representative and Team Top Dawgz leader, gives his team's written answers to quiz questions to evaluators as part of the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. The event is organized to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of Team Top Dawgz, 41st Aerial Port Squadron, gather together to discuss quiz questions the team must answer in the Port Dawg Challenge event at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. The team leader, Tech. Sgt. Charles Williams, air terminal operations center representative, writes the answers agreed upon by the team as part of the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge. The event is organized to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of Team Top Dawgz, 41st Aerial Port Squadron, carry a load as part of the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. This part of the fitness portion has chosen team members lift and share the weight of a packed load as teammates and evaluators observe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Willig,41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation craftsman, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. The event is organized to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Airman Jemyra Smith, 41st Aerial Port Squadron passenger services representative, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. Part of the fitness portion was a relay course with a team member bear-crawling with twenty pounds of chains on their shoulders to one end of the course, and performing burpees or push-ups before the next team member does the same tasks to complete the relay portion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Taylor Landry (center), 41st Aerial Port Squadron acting first sergeant and non-commissioned officer in charge of special handling, distributes documents to evaluators of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. Landry organized this year's event that is designed to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

ST. CROIX, US. VI

After the last flight into Hurricane Sam, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron returned to their forward operation location in the St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct 2, 2021. This location is used to operate 24 hours a day for storms that are located in the Atlantic Ocean that are not within reach of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tauston Jackson) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Willig, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation craftsman, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. This part of the fitness portion has Willig raising a heavy tire tread up to pitch it over multiple times as his teammates and evaluators observe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Robert Koltas, 403rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., removes an engine oil pan hoist from an overhead hoist after successfully using it to remove an oil pan from a C-130J engine Oct. 1, 2021. A team from the 403rd MXS recently submitted their idea of the engine oil pan hoist to AFWERX’s Spark Tank competition, placing 29th out of 184 and earning recognition as a ‘Just Do It’ submission.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., work to remove an engine oil pan Oct. 1, 2021. A team from the 403rd MXS recently submitted their idea of an engine oil pan hoist to AFWERX’s Spark Tank competition, placing 29th out of 184 and earning recognition as a ‘Just Do It’ submission.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Robert Koltas, 403rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., removes a harness strap from an engine oil pan hoist Oct. 1, 2021. A team from the 403rd MXS recently submitted their idea of the engine oil pan hoist to AFWERX’s Spark Tank competition, placing 29th out of 184 and earning recognition as a ‘Just Do It’ submission.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Donald Maloid, of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., operates an overhead hoist as Senior Master Sgt. Michael Lee, 403rd MXS propulsion shop flight chief, monitors the lowering of a C-130J engine oil pan Oct. 1, 2021. Lee and a team from the 403rd MXS recently submitted their idea of an engine oil pan hoist to AFWERX’s Spark Tank competition, placing 29th out of 184 and earning recognition as a ‘Just Do It’ submission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share