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OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Air Force heavy equipment operators from the 823rd Red Horse Squadron compact gravel while building a taxiway at a forward-deployed location. Squadron airmen are working around-the-clock to build a taxiway and support ramps more than a mile long to increase capacity for heavy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen

Ground pounders

20 Feb 2003 |

Air Force heavy equipment operators from the 823rd Red Horse Squadron compact gravel while building a taxiway at a forward-deployed location. Squadron airmen are working around-the-clock to build a taxiway and support ramps more than a mile long to increase capacity for heavy aircraft. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)