K-9 detection exercise

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kara Greene, chief of wing plans and programs with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, explains the objective of the detection exercise to Staff Sgt. Christopher Kench, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and his military working dog Beta at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. Kench and Beta participated in an exercise designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Kench, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and his military working dog Beta, walk toward a C-17 Globemaster III during a detection exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. The exercise was designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force military working dog Beta chews on her treat inside a C-17 Globemaster III while resting during a detection exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. The exercise is designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force military working dog Roy sniffs around a case left on the floor of a C-17 Globemaster III during a detection exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. The exercise is designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force military working dog Aramis sniffs inside a wall compartment on a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. Aramis and his handler, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Rayos, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, are taking part in a detection exercise designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Amadio Apilado (left), military working dog trainer assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and Senior Airman Ryan Rayos, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379 ESFS, look on as military working dog Aramis draws attention to a target planted in a compartment on the interior wall of a C-17 Globemaster III during a detection exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. The exercise is designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Kench, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and his military working dog Beta, walk toward a C-17 Globemaster III during a detection exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. The exercise was designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Louis Diaz-Garcia, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and his military working dog Roy take a walk under the runway lights at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. Diaz-Garcia and Roy are unwinding after participating in a detection exercise designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)

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K-9 detection exercise

Published May 12, 2017
By Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kara Greene, chief of wing plans and programs with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, explains the objective of the detection exercise to Staff Sgt. Christopher Kench, a military working dog handler assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and his military working dog Beta at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 4, 2017. Kench and Beta participated in an exercise designed to give the K-9 teams an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the general layout and specific challenges associated with detection aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)