BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Gen. Gary North, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces commander, meets with Lt. Col. Gary Schneider, 1st Lt. Adam Strecker and Maj. Walter Yazzie from the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here Jan. 26. The general toured many Balad facilities and talked with many Airmen and Soldiers Jan. 26-27. Lieutenant Strecker is deployed from Langley’s 1st Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Cabral)