Carrying on tradition: Father and son, now brothers in arms

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mark Mapel, 1st Special Operations Group chief enlisted manager standards and evaluations secures a panel cover on a CV-22 Osprey as his son, Airman 1st Class David Mapel, 58th Training Squadron CV-22 special mission aviator student looks on at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 25. Airman Mapel, is following in the footsteps of his father, Chief Mapel, as a CV-22 Osprey special mission aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II
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