Those RED HORSE engineers at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, are still at it. When they aren’t repairing the old airfield, they are building additions. They have a $7 million construction project in hand, one part of which is construction by early 2006 of an additional 150,000 square feet of ramp space. This project requires 6,000 cubic feet of concrete and 1,200 tons of asphalt, according to Capt. Kelly McAtee, 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group officer in charge.
It’s been more than three-and-a-half years since Hurricane Michael pummeled Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., severely damaging or destroying 95 percent of the base’s 1,300 structures. On May 10, the base took a major step in its long build back to become the “Base of the Future” with the awarding…