Dyess engages in ORE
Senior Airman Kenneth Redmon, 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, uses a portable control unit to remove a bomb module out of the forward weapons bay on a B-1 Bomber during an Operational Readiness Exercise April 8, 2013, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. An ORE is one of many exercises designed to test a base’s ability to deploy quickly. The first two days of the exercise were conducted as a Phase I exercise and the last two as a Phase II exercise. In Phase II, Airmen traveled to Ray Rangel Air Base, Dyess’ mock deployment location, where Airmen were tested on their ability to function in a deployed environment. While at Ray Rangel, Airmen faced many challenges in the form of injects, which are scenarios that can vary from unexploded ordinances to opposition forces attacking the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Damon Kasberg/ Released)