The National Training Center will conduct a Joint Forcible Entry exercise during a rotation this July, which will require an airstrip with dual 8,000-foot runways to support aircraft as large as the C-17 Globemaster III with its wing span of 170 feet and length of 174 feet. According to Maj. Paul M. Grant, chief of Plans Operation Group, Fort Irwin has an airstrip already, but doesn’t meet the requirement. “USARC received the request from Forces Command of our need for the landing strip to support the exercise,” said, Grant. “This forward landing strip would have to enable live fire, accommodate infrastructure, and, importantly, allow flexibility.” bit.ly/15zuhgr
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000
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