435th AEW Airmen support Operation Octave Quartz
Contractors build helicopter pads to support a base build-out tasker in support of Operation Octave Quartz at a base in East Africa, Dec. 23, 2020. The objective of OOQ was to re-posture assets and personnel within Somalia to other locations within the region at the direction of the president of the United States and the acting secretary of defense. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)