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

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Mapel, 58th Training Squadron CV-22 special mission aviator student, poses with his father Chief Master Sgt. Mark Mapel, 1st Special Operations Group chief enlisted manager standards and evaluations 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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