Ground pounders
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)