A U.S. Airman deployed with the 819th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer team uses an excavator to dig up the earth at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Dec. 13, 2019. In Niger, deployed RED HORSE teams are continually improving base infrastructure and building new facilities for current and future missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by <PERSON>. <PERSON>)