Air Force considering sites for runways on Big Island, Kauai, Oahu
"Air Force considering sites for runways on Big Island, Kauai, Oahu
By Associated Press
(Hickam Air Force Base-AP) -- The Air Force is considering sites on Oahu, the Big Island and Kauai for deep concrete runways that can handle heavy, short-landing C-17 cargo planes.
The sites are Kalaeloa and Marines Corps Base Kaneohe on Oahu, the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai and the Kona International Airport on the Big Island.
The Air Force plans to swap the service's C-130 cargo planes with the newer C-17's. They can carry more than 85 tons of cargo and are central to the Stryker Brigade the Army plans to base in Hawaii.
Because of the planes' heavy weight and short landing requirements, the Air Force must build concrete runways between 35-hundred and five-thousand feet long.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.) "
By Associated Press
(Hickam Air Force Base-AP) -- The Air Force is considering sites on Oahu, the Big Island and Kauai for deep concrete runways that can handle heavy, short-landing C-17 cargo planes.
The sites are Kalaeloa and Marines Corps Base Kaneohe on Oahu, the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai and the Kona International Airport on the Big Island.
The Air Force plans to swap the service's C-130 cargo planes with the newer C-17's. They can carry more than 85 tons of cargo and are central to the Stryker Brigade the Army plans to base in Hawaii.
Because of the planes' heavy weight and short landing requirements, the Air Force must build concrete runways between 35-hundred and five-thousand feet long.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.) "
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