They never know what’s coming next. Or where they’re going to be sent. They dig holes, pour concrete, repair buildings, and do it all over the world.
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona — Continuously working out in the sweltering Arizona heat, pouring concrete and maintaining the flight line, the Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineering Squadron here are nicknamed the "Dirt Boyz" — and for a good reason.
"We get dirty and run heavy equipment," said Tech. Sgt. John Scherstuhl, 56th CES horizontal construction section chief. "We have stockpiles of dirt and many dump trucks. We do a lot of ground work for building pads and sidewalks."
They routinely go out and inspect every square inch of airfields to ensure there nothing to get sucked into intakes to down aircraft.
A truly interesting story @ Here's how the Air Force's 'Dirt Boyz' keep bases working and jets soaring
