419th Fighter Wing

An F-35A Lightning II, assigned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Anthony Pham) — 419th Fighter Wing News

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Senior Master Sgt. Jeffrey Mansfield and his family are interviewed by a local television reporter at the Salt Lake International Airport Saturday. Sergeant Mansfield and about 30 civil engineers from the 419th Fighter Wing set out for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan where they will service and construct facilities at Bagram Airfield and several forward operating bases and combat outposts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kari Tilton)

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Weapons? Check.

Several civil engineering personnel from the 419th Fighter Wing check in their weapons with airline security at the Salt Lake International Airport Saturday prior to their departure for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kari Tilton)

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Seeing them off

Col. Walter Sams, 419th Fighter Wing commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Cindy George, newly-appointed command chief, greet family members of wing civil engineer squadron personnel at the Salt Lake International Airport Saturday. Family and friends gathered at the airport to send off about 30 CES personnel departing for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kari Tilton)

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PHOTO ESSAY: Civil engineers seen off

Published Aug. 2, 2010
By Kari Tilton
419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH -- About 30 Air Force Reserve civil engineers from the 419th Fighter Wing departed for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan July 31.