Airman 1st Class Asia Gray, 2nd Security Forces Squadron installation patrolman, loads an M18 Modular Handgun System at the Red River Range in Shreveport, La., Nov. 20, 2019.
Empty shell casings from an M18 Modular Handgun System are spread across the floor during an M18 course of fire qualification process at the Red River Range in Shreveport, La.
P230 pistol of the Nara Prefectural Police
Senior Airman Matthew Lazo (left), 2nd Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructor, gives firing instruction to Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn Mullins (right), 2nd SFS Electronic System Sensor operator, during an M18 Modular Handgun System course.
Senior Airman Matthew Lazo, 2nd Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructor, calls out instructions to 2nd SFS personnel during an M18 Modular Handgun System course of fire qualification process at the Red River Range in Shreveport, La.
Sig Sauer P230 SL Right
The M18 Modular Handgun System is a 9mm, striker-fired pistol that is replacing the M9 Beretta for the 2nd Security Forces Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The M18s first arrived on base in July of 2019.
enior Airman Derrick Carosello, 2nd Security Forces Squadron installation patrolman, fires an M18 Modular Handgun System at the Red River Range in Shreveport, La., Nov. 20, 2019.