Heated competition

Chefs Giancarlo Martini, Gamaliel Serrano and Tara Davis fight for room around the stove during their meal preparation for the base’s first “Chopped” cooking competition July 24 at Eglin. Five Airmen from the 96th Force Support Squadron had an hour to cook a meal with three secret ingredients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Salad plate

Airman 1st Class Giancarlo Martini arranges his salad plate during his meal preparation for the base’s first “Chopped” cooking competition July 24 at Eglin. Five Airmen from the 96th Force Support Squadron had an hour to cook a meal with three secret ingredients. Martini placed second in the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Spice it up

Airman 1st Class Dominique McKelvey spices up his chicken dish during his meal preparation for the base’s first “Chopped” cooking competition July 24 at Eglin. Five Airmen from the 96th Force Support Squadron had an hour to cook a meal with three secret ingredients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Bison Fury exercise

728 ACS personnel construct an Alaskan shelter on their ‘deployed site’ during a deployment readiness exercise called Bison Fury July 24 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This exercise marks the last large-scale exercise for the squadron, which is scheduled to be deactivated in 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Bison Fury exercise

Airman 1st Class Daniel Hilliard hand cranks the deployment of a TPS-75 radar set antenna in support a 728th Air Control Squadron deployment readiness exercise called Bison Fury July 24 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This exercise marks the last large-scale exercise for the squadron, which is scheduled to be deactivated in 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Bison Fury exercise

Senior Airman Darnell Stewart and Airman 1st Class Matthew Buxkemper, take a hydration break during a 728th Air Control Squadron deployment readiness exercise called Bison Fury July 24 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Temperatures climbed over 95 degrees and rest and hydration breaks were mandated. This exercise marks the last large-scale exercise for the squadron, which is scheduled to be deactivated in 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)