Air Force Combat Engineering

Headquarters U.S. Air Force 

Fly – Fight – Win 

Combat Engineer Panel 

Brigadier General Tim Byers 

Director of Installations and Mission Support 

Air Combat Command 

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RH Demo Op 


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Combat Engineer Panel 

Brigadier General Tim Byers 

Director of Installations and Mission Support 

Air Combat Command 

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� Air Force Civil Engineers – Who We Are 


Way Ahead 

� Air Force Engineers Supporting Air Bases 

� Air Force Engineers Supporting Joint Community 

� Contract Support to the Fight – AFCEE / AFCESA 

� Heavy Construction – The RED HORSE 

� Growing to Meet the Demand 

Air Force Engineers are fully engaged in the GWOT fight, 

from sustaining our bases to reconstructing nations. 

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Air Force Civil Engineer 


Mission 

Provide, operate, and maintain installations, 

infrastructure, and facilities necessary to create and 

sustain responsive, persistent and effective combat 

operations on a global basis. Civil engineer forces 

support contingency operations by providing engineer 

support capabilities to employ, protect, sustain, and 

recover forces to meet Air Force and Joint taskings. 

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How do we do this mission? 

� Prime BEEF 

� In-garrison/Base Operational Support 

� 10-12 short tons 

� 29,000 Airmen in Total Force 

� RED HORSE 

� Heavy construction/Outside the Wire 

� 3,000+ short tons 

� Self-Sustaining Capability 

� 3,000 Airmen in the Total Force 

� Contract Support 

� AFCEE / AFCESA 

Prime BEEF and RED HORSE provide a full spectrum 

of engineer support to the warfighter 


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Expeditionary Combat Support 

37 contingency bases in CENTCOM … 11 still in use 

Largest effort since Vietnam! 

23.5K deployed to CENTCOM AOR 


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5000 

4000 

3000 

2000 

1000 

0 

Sep-01 

Feb 02 

OEF 

Steady State 

Deployed Requirements 

Nov 02 

May 03 

OIF 

Aug-03 

Jan-04 

Jan-05 

Jan-06 

Airmen Open, Establish and Operate Airfields 


Jan-07 

Apr-07 

Jun-07 

CENTCOM EUCOM SOUTHCOM 

NORTHCOM PACOM Joint 

Iraq/Afghanistan 

Joint Requirements 

Aug-07 

AEF Supporting AF: 1483 AEF Supporting Army/Joint: 1009 

AEF Other COCOM: 184 AEF Total Requirements: 2676 

Standard Tour: 6 Months deployed, 12 months at home 

Dec-07 

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� Individual Augmentees and 

Joint Manning Document 

requirements driving 365day 

requirements 

� - Filling Joint Staffs 

� - Provincial Reconstruction 

� - EOD Staffs/WIT 

� - Training Teams 

� - Civil Affairs missions 

� Large demand for EOD, 

Power Production and 

Officers 


365-Day TDY 

Requirements 

AFSC Title Aug 07 Dec 07 

032E Officer 35 37 

3E0X1 Electrical 0 3 

3E0X2 Power Pro 15 15 

3E1X1 HVAC/R 0 3 

3E3X1 Structures 6 6 

3E4X1 Utilities 2 2 

3E6X1 Ops Mgt 6 6 

3E7X1 Fire 0 1 

3E8X1 EOD 17 17 

Totals 81 90 

Continued “growth” expected in FY08 

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CE Support to Air Bases 

� 60% of total requirements (1500 of 2500) 

� Al Udeid – 280 Airmen, increasing to 320 

� Balad AB, Iraq – 210 Airmen 

� Ali, BIAP, Al Dhafra, Ali Al Salem, Kirkuk & Manas: 

� 100-130 Airmen 


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CENTAF: 

506 ECES, Kirkuk IZ 

PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 

74 39 7 6 0 126 

332 ECES, Ba la d IZ 


129 51 10 8 123 321 

447 ECES, BIAP IZ 


80 47 25 6 56 214 

438 EMSG, Al Asa d IZ 


1 0 0 0 0 1 

407 ECES, Ali IZ 


82 47 6 5 39 179 

387 ESPT , KCIA KU 


11 0 0 2 28 41 

386 ECES, Ali Al Sa le m KU 


83 39 6 6 132 266 

64 ESS, Eska n KSA 


9 0 4 2 5 20 

BOS-I SAA 

CENTAF Airbase 

TOTAL: 1952 

PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT 

844 359 76 54 619 

as of 10 Jul 07 


Laydown 

376 ECES, Ma na s KG 


64 33 6 4 53 160 

451 ECES, Ka nda ha r AG 


14 0 0 0 9 23 

455 ECES, Ba gra m AG 


27 0 0 0 0 27 

379 ECES, Al Ude id Qa ta r 380 ECES, Al Dha fra UAE 

PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 

205 56 6 9 141 417 76 47 6 8 61 198 

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Combat Airmen 

SrA Jordan Davenport, Barksdale AFB, LA 

� Deployed Firefighter, 332 CES, Balad Airbase, Iraq 

� Turkish civilian plane crash outside base 

� Zero-visibility fog 

� 40 passengers on board 

� Still on fire 

� Dispatched AF P-19 and Army security 

� 4-man P-19 Crew extinguished aircraft and several spot fires 

� Cooled the wreckage to extract bodies 

� Recovered 39 remains/1 survivor 

� Plane had been refused landing, but pilot 

tried to land anyway 

Ordinary Airmen providing extraordinary engineer support to 

the warfighter 


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SSgt Barton I. Rembert, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 

� Deployed EOD Flight/Team Leader, 332 CES, FOB Paliwoda, Iraq 

� EOD convoy forced down a narrow driveway into a kill zone 

� IED placed behind cab of dump truck 

� Directed team to deploy robot, investigate, and disarm IED 

� Insurgents set off simultaneous detonation at Iraqi checkpoint 

� Several burning ordnance items & suicide vests 

� First responders would not extinguish due UXOs 

� SSgt Barton neutralized burning ordnance 

� Saw two soldiers standing on a command wire IED 

� Barton left his vehicle to bring soldiers to safety 

� Returned to disarm IED & detonate explosive 

� Awarded Bronze star medal for this deployment 


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CE Support to the 

Joint Community 

� 40% of total requirements (1000 of 2500) 

� 70% of Officer requirements (142 of 211) 

� Facility Engineer Teams/Dets – 9-18 Airmen @ 6 

locations 

� Utility Detachments – 55 personnel @ 3 locations 

� Training Teams – 70 Airmen in multiple locations 

� EOD Companies – 6 @ 20-50 Airmen each 

� PRTs – 20 Airmen Engineers, mult locs 


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Ft. Lewis WA 

SF/CST 

Ft. Riley KS 

TT/CST 

Ft. Sill OK 

CST 

Ft. Huachuca AZ 

Interrogator & EWO 

JSTO ILO Training Sites 

Specialty Training 

Blue on Blue Training 

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ILO Training Locations 

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Ft. Bliss TX 

SF/CST 

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Ft. Hood TX 

CST 

Leonard Wood, MO 

Security Forces 

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Camp Bullis 

BC3 

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Camp Shelby MS 

SF/CST 

Ft. McCoy WI 

CE/CST 

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Redstone, AL 

GATOR (EOD) 

Ft. Dix NJ 

SF/CST 

Landover, MD 

DOCEX 

Aberdeen MD 

Weapons 

Intelligence 

Ft. Lee VA 

Supply 

Ft. Eustis VA 

Transportation 

Ft. Bragg NC 

PRT, CA & SIS 

Ft. Jackson, SC 

Postal / NIACT 

Ft. Gordon GA 

Communications 

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� UXO/IED Training 

� Map Reading/Land Navigation 

� Combat Lifesavers (CLS) 

� Cultural Awareness/Language 

Training 

� CFLCC Rules for Use of Force 

� Media Awareness 

� Troop Leading Procedures 

(TLPs) 

� Small Arms Qualification 

� Foreign Weapons Identification 

� Personnel Recovery 

� CASEVAC Procedures 

ILO Training Curriculum 


� Army Commo Skills & 

Procedures 

� HMMWV Drivers Training 

� Tactical Driving 

� Convoy Ldr Training & Convoy 

Operations 

� Convoy Live-Fire Exercise 

� Crew Served Weapons 

Amplifies the combat skills learned at home station 

just in time, in a joint environment 

AETC ILO Spin-Up, Nov 06 

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732 ECES, Balad 

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ILO C2 Staff 

732 ECES Det 6, Balad 

55 

Utilities Team 

732 ECES Det 15, Balad 

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Facility Engineer Team 

732 ECES Det 24, Speicher 

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Facility Engineer Team (28 Oct 07) 

732 ELRS, (various) 

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MTT Regional & Garrison Support Unit 

732 ECES Det 14, Al Asad 

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9 AFELM, (various) 

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MNSTC-I, MNF-I, MNC-I, SOCCENT, etc 

386 EMSG, Ali Al Salem 

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AAS TLE 


ILO/IA in OIF 

586 EMSG Det 1, KNB 

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KNB TLE 

732 ECES Det 10, Speicher 

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TF Troy EOD, Various 

97 (+32) 

TF Troy EOD 

732 ECES Det 5, Various 

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C-IED Weapons Intel Teams (WIT) 

732 ECES Det 3, VBC 

55 


732 ECES Det 2, VBC 

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732 EMSG, Various 

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CAFTT-I 

586 AEG, Arifjan 

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S&D Team 

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9 AFELM, (various) 

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CFC-A, CJTF-76, OSC-A, etc 


ILO/IA in OEF 

755 AEG, Kabul 

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Bridage Support Teams 

755 AEG, Bagram 

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FET 

TF Paladin EOD, Bagram 

67 

EOD Company and Clearance Det 

ILO Fire Team, JAF 

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Rapid Air Mobil Squad (FF/Rescue) 

755 AEG, (various) 

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Embedded Training Teams 

755 AEG Det *, (various) 

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Provincial Reconstruction Team 

755 AEG, (various) 

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Area Support Groups 

RDD 29-July-07 

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Projects: Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan 

Scope: A combined team of Airmen, Soldiers, U.S. civilians and 

Afghans make up this PRT. They support the construction of micro 

hydro plants for electricity generation, roads, bridges, wells, schools, 

and even a radio station through Task Force Cincinnatus. 

Effect: Providing Technical Advice and support to help the Afghans 

rebuild their country. 

“That is a win-win situation, the Afghans have control over 

the project and they build it themselves, which instills pride” 


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Project: Beddown of U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team “Surging” into 

Baghdad AOR (Camp Taji, Iraq) 

Scope: Bed-down troops, Erect Force Provider DFACs, Construct 8 

C2 Facilities, Renovate Detainee Holding Area 

Effect: Provided additional work, living and maintenance areas at 

Camp Taji to support additional personnel surging into the MND-B 

AOR. 


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USACE (GRD) Integration 

Major Mike Zuhlsdorf, HQ ACC/A7Z 

� Deployed Location: Balad Air Base, Iraq 

� USACE Gulf Region North, Dep Area Engr 

� 35 mil/civ; 70 projects; $400M dsn/const 

� A/F pavements, C2 Center, Hospital, 

incinerators, vehicle mx, dorms, 

overhead cover protection 

� Challenges: 

� Deconflicting Army & AF reqts and 

execution methods 

� Lack of security drove CoE to cut QA 

� Foreign Nationals live/work on-base 

� One living compound hit w/ IDF; 

contract suspended due to exodus 

� Contractor plane crash killed 40 Turkish 

workers; delayed finish of 3 projects 


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AFCEE Iraq Program 

� As of 1 Oct 07: 

� 245 task orders valued at $4.24B have been awarded 

� 17 additional task orders/mods valued at $361M are pending 

� 72% construction complete 

� AFCEE approach / reasons for success: 

� Cost plus DB contracts to US prime & Iraqi subcontractors 

� Minimum in-country presence – small AFCEE PM staff, on-site 

Title II via contract, all CONS from San Antonio 

� High level of Iraqi involvement: 

� 72% of Title II engineers 

� 91% of construction workers 

� Fast project execution – parallel planning and construction 

� Low cost – fee renegotiated semi-annually (currently ~2.5%) 

� Significant socio-economic impacts 

“AFCEE is the reason for our success.” 


- LTG Petraeus (USA) Former MNSTC-I CG 

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AFCEE Iraq 

Accomplishments 

� 4,217 facilities (>60 million SF) 

� 57 major military installations 

� 469 schools 

� 11 medical clinics 

� 3 Ministry facilities (MOT, MOD, MOE) 

� 3 airports (repaired/expanded) 

� 534 miles of roads 

� 174 miles of fence 

� 179 miles of water & sewer lines 

� 15 border forts and expeditionary camps 

� 256 police stations 

� 1 prison 

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Additional AFCEE SWA 

Programs 

� Afghanistan 

� 24 task orders valued at $286M have been awarded 

� 2 additional task orders/mods valued at $6.4M are pending 

� 92% of the construction workers are Afghan 

� Qatar 

� 13 task orders valued at $27.5M have been awarded 

� Kuwait 

� 28 task orders valued at $65.6M have been awarded 

� Oman 

� 1 task order valued at $4.2M has been awarded 


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RED HORSE 

� 570 Airmen supporting ILO and CENTAF reqts 

� Completed 200+ projs/$100M+ at 15 separate FOBs 

� Dramatically enhanced combat capability, force 

protection, communications capability & quality of 

life for 150K soldiers 

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Balad AB/LSA Anaconda 

557 th ERHS Hub 

404 Airmen 

Spokes: 

Q-West, Speicher, Besmaya, 

BIAP, Warhorse, Al Asad 

TOTAL: 571 

as of 10 Jul 07 


RED HORSE 

Al Udeid, Qatar 

1 st ERHG Hub 

167 Airmen 

Spokes: 

Bagram AB, Al Jabar, BIAP, 

Al Asad 

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RED HORSE Early in 


OIF/OEF 

Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom 

� Thumrait AB, Oman (Sep 02-May 03) (~$25M) 

� Ramp, taxiway construction 

(2M square feet of pavement) 

� Jacobabad Pakistan (Oct 02-Mar 03) (~$1.5M) 

� K-Span Construction/Ramp Replacement 

� Masirah Island, Oman (Mar 03-May 03) (~$27M) 

� 30K linear foot taxiway extension 

� Tallil AB, Iraq (Mar 03-Apr 03) 

� Initial beddown and airfield opening with 820 SFG 

� Baghdad International Airport (Apr 03-May 03) 

� Assessed and repaired runway for first operations 

Initial Entry into OIF/OEF 

Placed 820,000 SqYd Concrete, 3,200 tents, 3.2 million 

square feet of facilities, 190 miles of water pipe, and storage 

for 200 million gallons of fuel 

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� COB Al Asad (~$1.0M in construction) 

� 438 AEG beddown 

� Balad AB (~$3.3M in construction) 

� 36K ft2 K-Span structures 

� BIAP (~$2.5M in construction) 

� 24K ft2 K-Span structures (4 bldgs) 

� Bagram (~$11.2M in construction) 

� CAS Ramp construction 

� COB Speicher (~$5.3M in construction) 

� 2,500 m 3 concrete T/W / Ramp repair 

� FOB Q-West (~$1.5M in construction) 

� Garrison upgrades 

RED HORSE Today 

RED HORSE provides new mission beddown, surge 

operations support, and facility expansion for the warfighter 


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Projects: FOB Hammer Beddown for U.S. Army Combat Brigade 

Scope: A combined force of the 557 th ERHS and 92 nd Engineer 

Battalion (US Army) built an entire base camp at a bare base location 

(lacking even a water source). $4.5M in construction in 45 days. 

Effect: Built 4,000 soldier base camp supporting Operation Enforcing 

the Law, known to the media as the "Fardh al-Qanoon," or "Baghdad 

Security Plan." 

"If you've ever seen Extreme Makeover on TV, that's what it 

was like ... only for 4,000 Soldiers instead of just one family" 


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RED HORSE Total Force 

� Validated Warfighter reqt for 40% more HORSE 

� Active Duty: 

� Increase by 318 Civil Engineers 

� Relocate 554 th from Korea to Guam 

� Round-out 819 th then spread across all three 

� Air National Guard: 

� Round-out of units in OH and PA 

� Air Force Reserves: 

� New units at Seymour-Johnson and Charleston 

� Associate training with Active Duty squadrons 

The warfighter needs more capability and we are working 

to provide that – moving from 7 to 10 squadron equivalents 


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554/254 RHS 

Andersen AFB 

820/555 RHS 

Nellis AFB 

RED HORSE Squadrons 

819/219 RHS 

Malmstrom AFB 

Active Duty (~4) 

Air National Guard (3 +) 

AF Reserve (2+) 

307 RHS 

Barksdale AFB 

200 RHS Det 

Mansfield 

200 RHS 

Camp Perry 

823/556 RHS 

Hurlburt AFB 


201 RHS 

Ft Indiantown Gap 

557 ERHS & 1ERHG 

Al Udeid, Qatar 

201 RHS Det 

Willow Grove 

203 RHS 

Camp Pendleton 

567 RHS 

Seymour Johnson AFB 

560 RHS 

JB Charleston 

202 RHS 

Camp Blanding 

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Take-Aways 

� The Warfighting Comanders request a full spectrum 

of engineer capabilities and effects 

� Air Force Civil Engineers are organized, trained and 

equipped to provide solutions to the joint force 

� Air Force Engineers are fully engaged in the fight 

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Questions? 

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Backup Slides 

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Projects: ECP Upgrades @ COB Speicher 



Scope: Upgrades to Primary ECP, including: Three New Defensive 

Fighting Positions; Two New Guard Shacks; Friendly Fire Protection; 

Repairs to Interpreter Facilities; Provide Power, HVAC and Water 

utilities for multiple facilities, and; Replace Railroad Gate. 

Effect: Safe, functional facilities for the primary ECP improved the 

safety/defense of the 50+ troops controlling the main entry point and 

the security of the 14,000 Base population. 

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Combat Skills Training 


(CST): 

Support to Army 

� Upward trend in joint operation 

rotations in combat areas for… 

� EOD in joint improvised 

explosive device operations 

� Prime BEEF and RED HORSE 

� En route Combat Skills Training 

� Army Power Projection 

Platforms 

� Lack of standardization at PPPs 

� Early CST challenges met head on 

� AF working long term solutions 

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ILO Terminology 

� In-Lieu-Of (ILO) Sourcing – overarching term for 

sourcing alternative force solutions when preferred 

Service solution is not available 

� Individual Augmentee (IA) – Unfunded TDY position 

identified on a Joint Manning Document by a 

supported CoCOM to augment HQ operations during 

contingencies 

� RFFs – Requests for Forces, flow from Combatant 

Commander (CENTCOM), JFCOM to services for Joint 

Sourcing Solution 


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2AF ILO Spin Up Training

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