Deployed Peterson lieutenant provides air base defense

Protecting thousands of lives and an estimated $3.2 billion in U.S. military resources is not a job to be taken lightly, especially when those personnel operate the primary aerial hub for Operation Iraqi Freedom and provide vital airlift support throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

This is the challenge 2nd Lt. Christopher Heinen, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Raptor Flight commander deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., faces each day here at an undisclosed location.
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