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Title: Patchwork Runway
Date: 1 June, 2013
Name: SrA Aaron Hauser
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Runtime: 1 Min 41 Sec
Description: Nellis Air Force Base’s 820th Red Horse Squadron teamed up recently with the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to train on a unique runway repair technique.
Key Words: 820th Red Horse Squadron, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, Nellis AFB, Runway, repair, construction, training
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SrA Aaron Hauser - Reporting for 99 ABW/PA
TSgt Philip McAlpin - Airborne Pavements & Equipment Craftsman, 820 RHS/CA
Tim Rushing - Research Civil Engineer, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center
MSgt Nathan Laidlaw – NCOIC Airborne Team A, 820 RHS/CA
(SrA Aaron Hauser - Reporting for 99 ABW/PA)
As the old saying goes “What goes up, must come down”. But who do you call when your runway is in disarray? Nellis Air Force Base’s 820th Red Horse Squadron teamed up recently with the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to train on a unique runway repair technique.
(TSgt Philip McAlpin - Airborne Pavements & Equipment Craftsman, 820 RHS/CA)
“A-D-R is Airfield Damage Repair. It’s pretty much the process of, if we were going to overtake a airfield, the Army would secure it, and we would jump in and try to get the airfield up and ready to either land planes or get them to take off again. For instance fighters and stuff.”
Using a new fiber reinforced panel, or F-R-P matting system, construction units like the 820th Red Horse and the 82nd Airborne Division can quickly patch up damaged portions of runways making it possible for aircraft to land under emergency conditions.
(Tim Rushing - Research Civil Engineer, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center)
It's great to see the system that we've worked so hard at developing on a lab level come out to the users and see, get their feedback so that we can make adjustments to the final kit before it's brought to the field.
According to Master Sergeant Laidlaw, training together on techniques like the F-R-P system is a great way to prepare for future deployments.
(MSgt Nathan Laidlaw – NCOIC Airborne Team A, 820 RHS/CA)
“The joint training is great, and it’s great for us to come together. We’ve been working together throughout the last ten to twelve years in Afghanistan and Iraq together as Army and Air Force and for us to finally get together and train is great for the future of what we’re doing.”
Senior Airman Aaron Hauser, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Available in High Definition.
| Date Taken: | 06.01.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 06.06.2013 19:31 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 292665 |
| VIRIN: | 130601-F-AT629-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_100832110 |
| Length: | 00:02:01 |
| Location: | LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, US |
| Downloads: | 29 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 29 |
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