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[Complete] Scene Caption: MASTER Sergeant Bill Gann, USAF, sprays heavy-duty solvent while AIRMAN First Class Sean Blanchard, USAF, drives a sweeper fitted with scrubbing pads to clean stains off the hangar floor at the US Air Force detachment, Istres Air Base, France. MSGT Gann and A1C Blanchard are two of a four-man civil engineer team from 3rd Civil Engineers, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, deployed, as part of JOINT FORGE, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US Air Force unit located on the French air base. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 U.S. Service member to help maintain a capable military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has been determined. The mission will be assessed periodically and the force size will be adjusted, as circumstances require."

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Base: Le Tube Air Base 125

State: Istres

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Keith Reed, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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