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Engineers from the U.S. Air Force 786th Civil Engineering Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, construct a plywood floor for a tent at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 20, 1999. U.S. aircraft and support personnel are deploying to their forward staging bases in Europe for potential NATO air operations.

Engineers construct a plywood floor for a tent at Aviano Air Base, Italy.

Engineers from the U.S. Air Force 786th Civil Engineering Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, construct a plywood floor for a tent at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 20, 1999. U.S. aircraft and support personnel are deploying to their forward staging bases in Europe for potential NATO air operations.

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