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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --
Civil Engineer Squadrons from Kadena, Yokota and Misawa Air Bases teamed up here with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to conduct training for the new Rapid Airfield Damage Repair technique Sept. 12 through 15.
Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations have highlighted a need for better methods to quickly and effectively establish or improve airfields. Craters, spalls, and other conditions that limit airfield use can create costly delays not adequately resolved by old techniques.
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, selected Kadena as a test base for the RADR program because of its key location in the Pacific.
Civil Engineer Squadrons from Kadena, Yokota and Misawa Air Bases teamed up here with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to conduct training for the new Rapid Airfield Damage Repair technique Sept. 12 through 15.
Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations have highlighted a need for better methods to quickly and effectively establish or improve airfields. Craters, spalls, and other conditions that limit airfield use can create costly delays not adequately resolved by old techniques.
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, selected Kadena as a test base for the RADR program because of its key location in the Pacific.
PACAF civil engineers improve airfield repair skills
Posted from kunsan.af.mil
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Kadena AB
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As a former enlisted combat engineer I appreciate Rapid Airfield Damage Repair technique training TSgt Joe C.. In the 1970's we used interlocking Pierced Steel Plank Landing Mats for
"rapid" manpower intensive airfield construction :-)
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"rapid" manpower intensive airfield construction :-)
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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SrA Ronald Moore
Great improve mental to the run ways if needed by the photos' ,didn't have them out in my days there,But awful Typoons,Let me tell you.
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This is great. Need to test the way it should be done then implement it when needed.
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SrA Ronald Moore
Being there ket me say, The ground has to be so dry, due to adverse weather there,but almost year round graded just right it is great ,But Adding some kind of gripping surface to not tear up the Aircraft tires,And that will not cause more emergencies upon touch down landings
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SrA Ronald Moore
Great ideas you men continue with,If you got an P-4 or P-2 Fire fighting unit,The landing structure has to tolerate the weight distribution,Keep up the Great work
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