Air Force Tech. Sgt. Will Harden, 821st Contingency Response Group ramp coordinator, prepares an airfield for approaching MH-47 Chinooks at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Nov. 17, 2016. The 821st CRG is highly-specialized in training and rapidly deploying personnel to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain and coordinate air mobility operations in austere, bare-base conditions.

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