A U.S. Airman the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering
Summary
A U.S. Airman the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Group operates a loader during runway repair operations at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct. 8, 2017. The 1st ECEG has been tasked with repairing the destroyed runway after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL destroyed it using heavy machinery and explosives to disrupt Coalition forces from gaining control of the area. A Coalition of regional and international nations have joined together to enable Iraqi forces to counter ISIL, reestablish Iraq’s borders and re-take lost terrain thereby restoring regional stability and security. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)
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55th signal company
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qayyarah west
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Date
08/10/2016
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