CADJ dream team keeps planes in the sky

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. LeighAnn D’Andrea, base civil engineer, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS), and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darius Etheridge, operations management, 776th EABS, evaluate various civil engineering projects, Jan. 8, 2021, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti. The civil engineer element’s mission is to assess the base operating support contract that keeps the base running for the 12th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron (ESOS). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristin Savage)



By Senior Airman Kristin Savage Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Chabelley Airfield, Djbouti Jan 18, 2021
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