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Safeguarding the Airfield: CRG Defenders provide air base defense in northern Iraq

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Armbright, 821st Contingency Response Group first in security team member, fires a flare from a defensive fighting position while on perimeter watch 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Castelan)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Jordan Castelan
VIRIN: 161117-F-YC884-0058.JPG
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