Air Force Col. Rhett Champagne, center, 821st Contingency Response Group commander, shepherds his Airmen to harden their warrior ethos and make sacrifices to strengthen the Air Force and complete the mission at hand at Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq, Nov. 19, 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. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Ira


Air Force Col. Rhett Champagne, center, 821st Contingency Response Group commander, shepherds his Airmen to harden their warrior ethos and make sacrifices to strengthen the Air Force and complete the mission at hand at Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq, Nov. 19, 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. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant operations in the Middle East region and around the world.


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