![]() ![]() It’s intended to be lightweight and expeditionary. “The equipment you’re going to see is much smaller than traditional airfield damage repair. Each temporary repair has to withstand the weight and stress from tactical and cargo aircraft potentially dozens of times before a permanent fix can be made later on. Essentially E-ADR is a downsized version of the existing Runway Airfield Damage Repair (RADR) concept currently in use albeit with much leaner logistics. What the E-ADR concept offers versus traditional runway repair operations is a light footprint in personnel and materials. The idea is that we refine the tool kit down to what’s necessary for the mission,” Amina said. We’re trying to go leaner, leaner, leaner and more expeditionary. There are some TTP (tactics, techniques, procedures) modifications, hardware modifications and tools that are different based on what we learned the first time. We’ve tweaked the kit based on the things that we learned the first time back in April. What makes this round different is the lessons learned from April were incorporated into this MUA. The objectives included the rapid cut out and removal of debris in the craters, filling and compacting the craters with materials, capping the craters and performing a quality assessment of the repair. After receiving some classroom instruction, the two teams travelled to the field site where they proceeded through several graded and timed objectives. ![]() Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps engineers were divided into two teams to tackle several capabilities to be tested. Just like last time in April, the first week started with the blasting of 18 craters in the old runway. Tim Dotson, 169th Mission Support Group commander. ![]() The entire joint force has a play in recovering from airfield damage,” said U.S. We have the Navy here, the Marines here and you have the Army here. We’re right here on the front and cutting edge of something that’s evolving and something that’s going to effect the entire joint force and how we employ combat airpower. Marine Corps engineers came up from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, S.C. Navy Seabees travelled from the Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Miss. and finally the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron. Indo-Pacific Command bases including Kadena Air Base, Misawa Air Base and Yokota Air Base in Japan, Andersen Air Base, Guam Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii plus Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. Air Force engineers hailed from mostly U.S. Some of the demonstrations included damage assessment, cutting of concrete with diamond-tipped saws, breaking and excavation of the damaged area, backfill processing and compacting and finally the capping of the repair with fiber reinforced polymer matting.įor the MUA, the U.S. Senior military and Department of Defense officials spent several hours observing the joint engineer teams in action while subject matter experts briefed the DVs during a docent-led walking tour through each of the demonstration stations. On DV Day there were 10 stations for the visitors to walk through from the very beginning of clearing debris around a crater to the end where the temporary cap is anchored to the concrete over the repaired hole. The MUA concluded Tuesday with a distinguished visitor’s day designed to showcase the new runway repair concept from start to finish. Christian Dietz, Operational Manager for the JCTD from USINDOPACOM J44.ĪFCEC’s E-ADR concept uses locally sourced materials and reduced manpower and equipment in order to expedite a temporary runway repair designed to support tactical and mixed load combat operations until a permanent repair can be made. is one method to help reduce that tyranny of distance and time,” said U.S. We thought we’d have months to repair and those months are now days. “As our concepts are evolving, we’re learning that speed and agility and flexibility are some of the most important factors that are affecting our ability to respond. This new repair concept is known as Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR). Marine Corps engineers to field test the ‘just enough, just-in-time’ repair capability of a damaged runway. Air Force civil engineers, including several from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, teamed up with U.S. Kawakahi Amina, Deputy Operational Manager for the JCTD from USINDOPACOM J46X. We were here in April for an interim check and this event here is the culminating capstone event,” said Mr. ![]() “What you’re seeing here today is the culmination of four years of work for the program. During this iteration, lessons learned from the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) held at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (JNGB) four months ago were incorporated into a Military Utility Assessment (MUA) this time around. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) led runway repair demonstration Aug. The 169th Fighter Wing hosted another U.S. ![]()
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