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Show IWrt May HE SHIELD V finder im U.S. airmen reached their deployment sites on the Arabian many of them found there was very little "there" there. Facilities ranged from ultramodern complexes to lonely airstrips surrounded by nothing but sand as far as the eye could see. Roads and buildings needed to be built Tent cities rose from the desert like w heat on the American plain. The work was hard enough, and it was made harder by temperatures and the fine, powdery sand that seemed to get into As 120-degr- 4, "m1 f r ee i t everything. RED HORSE, Prime RIBS and Prime BEEF people had their work cut out for them as they worked around the clock to rebuild desert bases, and everyone gardless of specialty pitched in. Once tent cities were built, the most popular people in the desert camp w ere the air conditioning specialists, w ho provided w elcome relief from the stifling heat Through it all, the Air Force was open for business from the moment it arrived. i;v r ,ry 1 .i. - si ill -' JT" 8 - iir,-;- IE c;-" V 4. T .f'--r- J ID z!- - -- i 'j l- -- -- . Lhr Oh f 1 v '' Kim Yarysan FT i I . - Sgt p I --- --- V : lf 1 & i M l . TSgt Fwnarxto Sena Top: TSgt Bruce Maliszesky works on a satellite dish during Operation Desert Shield. Middle left: Medical people set up a new hospital. Above: Supply specialists palletize goods for transport. SSyt BiPy Johnston Left. To protect themselves from the effects of intense heat, deployed people were required to drink several gallons of water per day. |
