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US Air Forces Central Command

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firefighters landed at Forward

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Operating base Apache in Qalat

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Afghanistan , part of a newly assigned

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Quick Strike team or Q . S . T . The

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six Airmen and three trucks give crash

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fire and rescue support unique mission .

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The Q . S . T . Work alongside us

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soldiers ensuring a fire plan is in

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place for both the airfield and the

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base . We used to not have one really .

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It was just a bucket brigade from guys

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with buckets and fire extinguishers .

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Having three fire trucks on the post is

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huge on the airfield side of it every

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day , general officer would have to

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sign a waiver saying safe to land these

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aircraft . Now we have those fire

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trucks increased our capability on the

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airfield , pilots and commanders and

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the people who are concerned about the

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aircraft and the people inside it in

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the contents . They're able to kind of

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keep their mind at ease knowing that

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the firefighting capabilities are here

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and we're ready to respond in a

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moment's notice . Fire protection is a

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traditional role for the team . However ,

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this dirt landing strip is outside the

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wire which although unusual , is not

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impossible to maintain . There's a

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major thorough way with the Afghan

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nationals that they're able to travel

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back and forth . So yeah , it's a real

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real new to a lot of us having to carry

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weapons and basically pull the security

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detail as well . We're able to go out

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with the army and just be able to pull

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our security . It's kind of different

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driving with all that stuff on but it's

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not too bad , not too bad for the u s

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team .