Airmen construct new airfield damage repair training site

Airmen of the Ohio National Guard's 200th RED HORSE Squadron construct a new airfield damage repair training site at the Virginia National Guard's Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Airmen from the Virginia Air National Guard's 203rd RED HORSE Squadron and the Montana Air National Guard's 219th RED HORSE Squadron also worked on the project, and it will provide a location for Air Force civil engineers to train on tasks associated with airfield operations and damage repair. The training site measures 1,000 feet in length and is 150 feet wide, and it replaced an existing asphalt surface. The project placed 550 cubic yards of high strength concrete with more than 2,800 tons of asphalt and 6,000 tons of stone, and the asphalt from the old site will be recycled. It features special areas for creating a simulated crater for training on airfield repair operations and employment of a mobile aircraft arresting system.