Photos by Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie,
406th Air Expeditionary Wing
U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Airmen with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron civil engineering team frame a wooden housing structure at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2026. The team is building new and improved billeting housing units, known as BHUTs, to sustain the base and provide Airmen with comfortable accommodations during East African missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
Left, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Daskam, and Senior Airman David Endsley, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron civil engineer flight, work together to secure the base framing of a housing unit at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2026. The civil engineering team is building new housing units to provide comfortable accommodations and sustain the base in support of the East African mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
A U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Guillen, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron HVAC technician, carries wooden beams on his shoulder at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2026. The civil engineering team is constructing new billeting housing units to support Airmen who enable airpower across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Fuess, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron structural technician, uses a nail gun to secure a plywood panel on a wall frame at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sept. 11, 2026. The squadron’s civil engineering team is building new housing units to provide Airmen with comfortable accommodations and support the mission in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie)