CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

Combat controllers fire at their targets March 29, 2017 at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Their motto "First There," reaffirms their commitment to undertake the most dangerous missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

Special Tactics instructors observe newly assigned combat controllers at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29, 2017. Combat Controllers are trained special operations forces and certified air traffic controllers. Their mission is to deploy undetected into hostile combat and austere environments to establish assault zones or airfields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

Special Tactics instructors discuss training objectives at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29, 2017. They produce mission-ready operators for the Air Force and United States Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

A Special Tactics instructor teaches combat controllers how to grade targets at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

Combat controllers grade their targets at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29, 2017. They are highly trained special operations forces that integrate air power into the special operations battlespace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

A combat controller adds up the points on his target at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

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CCTs refine shooting techniques during Advanced Skills Training

Published March 29, 2017
By Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost
Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Combat controllers fire at their targets March 29, 2017 at the Fire and Pistol Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Their motto "First There," reaffirms their commitment to undertake the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)