KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony on Camp Losano Oct. 14 in celebration of the build-up of the wing's new headquarters compound.
"The new headquarters symbolizes the growth and expansion of the U.S. Air Force and our partnership between the U.S., coalition nations and the citizens of Afghanistan," said narrator 1st Lt. Zaqueo Salazar from the 451st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron.
The build-up, which consists of 11 separate projects, will include fourteen two-story billeting facilities housing 500 to 700 Airmen. Three hardened facilities with a total of 18,000 square feet of space for administrators will become the new 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, 451st Expeditionary Operations Group and 451st Expeditionary Mission Support Group headquarters. The new medical clinic will also relocate there.
Completion of these projects is scheduled for spring of 2010. Total costs amount to approximately $7 million.