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Alaska and South Carolina Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 176th and 169th Civil Engineer Squadrons pour a concrete pad to support new Air Force Research Labs and Antiterrorism and Force Protection capabilities in Niger. The squadron's wartime mission is to repair war damage to air bases, support force bed-down of Air Force units and weapons systems, operate and maintain air base facilities and utilities, provide crash rescue and fire suppression and identify unexploded ordnance. (Alaska National Guard Courtesy Photo)