Heavy Equipment Operators Demo

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Warkocz, pavements and heavy equipment operator, uses an excavator to remove debris from a demolished building May 9, 2018, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Heavy equipment operators are capable of constructing, maintaining and inspecting concrete and asphalt runways, aircraft parking aprons and roads. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Warkocz, pavements and heavy equipment operator, uses an excavator to remove debris from a demolished building May 9, 2018, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Pavement and construction equipment airmen operate and maintain heavy construction equipment, and can also detonate explosives in order to care for and create the facilities we need most. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)

Master Sgt. Gregory Lund, heavy equipment shop chief, demolishes a building at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 9, 2018. Heavy equipment operators construct runways and airfields in remote global locations in addition to maintaining facilities already in use. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)