Families feel the fun at Family Day

Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Alan Kokes, 302nd Communications Flight, signals he’s ready for more Aug. 4, 2012, as his dunk tank seat gives way during the 302nd Airlift Wing’s 2012 Family Day event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Hundreds of Air Force Reservists assigned to the 302nd AW and their families enjoyed several activities during the annual event, including a Herc Adventure Tour, a display of military weaponry and a picnic lunch. This year’s Family Day also featured a bungy trampoline and a C-130 Hercules simulator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Cheyenne, 6, “fights off” Air Force Reservist Senior Airman Shane White during a security forces demonstration at the 302nd Airlift Wing Family Day event Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Hundreds of Air Force Reservists assigned to the 302nd AW and their families enjoyed several activities during the annual event, including a Herc Adventure Tour, a display of military weaponry and a picnic lunch. This year’s Family Day also featured a bungy trampoline and a C-130 Hercules simulator. Cheyenne is the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Hope Lira-Ornelas, 302nd Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Lukas, 11, anxiously awaits his turn at “flying” a C-130 Hercules in a Lockheed Martin aircraft flight simulator at the 302nd Airlift Wing Family Day event Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Hundreds of Air Force Reservists assigned to the 302nd AW and their families enjoyed several activities during the annual event, including a Herc Adventure Tour, a display of military weaponry and a picnic lunch. This year’s Family Day also featured a bungy trampoline and a C-130 Hercules simulator. Lukas is the son of Tech. Sgt. Brandilen Leary who is assigned to 302nd Maintenance Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Giovionni, 8, checks out an M-4 automatic rifle with the help of Air Force Reservist Senior Airman Carlos Gonzalez during the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Herc Adventure Tour event Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Herc Adventure Tour also offered the children of AF Reservists the opportunity to experience the wing’s aeromedical evacuation mission, check out the survival gear of C-130 flight crews and sit in the pilot’s seat of a C-130 Hercules. The tour was part of the wing’s annual Family Day event. Giovionni is the son of Tech. Sgt. Brian Trujillo, 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130 crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Mya, 9, watches as Air Force Reservist Senior Airman Shauna Anderson, a C-130 Hercules flight engineer, signs her Herc Adventure Tour passport Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Herc Adventure Tour also allowed the children of AF Reservists to experience the wing’s aeromedical evacuation mission, check out the survival gear of C-130 flight crews and sit in the pilot’s seat of a C-130 Hercules. The tour was part of the wing’s annual Family Day event. Mya is the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Rodolfo Ramirez who is assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Stella, 4, takes a break from checking out her dad’s job of being a C-130 pilot during the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Herc Adventure Tour event Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Herc Adventure Tour also offered the children of AF Reservists to experience the wing’s aeromedical evacuation mission, check out the survival gear of C-130 flight crews and sit in the pilot’s seat of a C-130 Hercules. The tour was part of the wing’s annual Family Day event. Stella is the daughter Maj. Kevin Baylis, a 731st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Phillip and his sister Aliya get a kick out of the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s wireless headsets during the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Herc Adventure Tour event Aug. 4, 2012, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Herc Adventure Tour also offered the children of AF Reservists the opportunity to experience the wing’s aeromedical evacuation mission, check out the survival gear of C-130 flight crews and sit in the pilot’s seat of a C-130 Hercules. The tour was part of the wing’s annual Family Day event. Phillip and Aliya are the children of Capt. Phillip Purcell who is assigned to the 731st Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Herc Adventure Tour, time together highlight annual Family Day event

Published Sept. 5, 2012

Families feel the fun at Family Day