Two members of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group prepare to cut out the damaged regions of the Qayyarah West Airfield flightline 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.

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