Flightline ready
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Eric Culbreath, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron spall unit member, pours a quick-set concrete into a spall here, April 28. Spalls are sections of the runway that crack or split. The spall unit is on call 24 hours a day ready to respond immediately to the need for repairs. Airman Culbreath is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)