1st ECEG restores Q West Airfield to support OIR operations
A member of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group jackhammers a damaged section of the flightline at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, during a restoration project May 16, 2017. Qayyarah West is an airfield in northern Iraq’s Ninawa Province and serves as the logistical hub and strategic launching pad resupplying the frontlines in an attempt to recapture Mosul. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Battles)