AM-2 Matting was designed to be used with the heavy F-4's. I was an Air Force construction engineer way back in the 80's and we used that stuff for rapid air field repair and used it for many airfield projects in peace time excersizes and operations. cool stuff.
Not perfectly. This is just the jet version of the WW2 Marston mats, which allowed a lot of FOD on the runway surface. An upgraded version of this is still in the USMC inventory.
Alot of European nations built highways that could serve as secondary runways in the event that their airbases were attacked. The British took this to the ultimate extreme with the Harrier. Who needs a runway? A parking lot will do the trick.
The Eisenhower interstates, built in the 1950s, required that after every five miles of road there needed to be a straight section of highway long enough for a plane to land.
AM-2 Matting was designed to be used with the heavy F-4's. I was an Air Force construction engineer way back in the 80's and we used that stuff for rapid air field repair and used it for many airfield projects in peace time excersizes and operations. cool stuff.
This reminds me of the movies we watched at school on projector screens ! 👍🏼😊
Didn't you already upload this one?
Ramstein AFB in Germany has a road like this. So does Suwan ROK.
The Cold War Insanity !!!!!
An assessment from one that benefitted from the Cold War.
Can I buy this runway material to expand my driveway? It looks great for that; "build your driveway!'
I wonder if they used this in Nam. It's a mobile runway. But still has to be graded flat.
Not perfectly. This is just the jet version of the WW2 Marston mats, which allowed a lot of FOD on the runway surface. An upgraded version of this is still in the USMC inventory.
Alot of European nations built highways that could serve as secondary runways in the event that their airbases were attacked. The British took this to the ultimate extreme with the Harrier. Who needs a runway? A parking lot will do the trick.
The Eisenhower interstates, built in the 1950s, required that after every five miles of road there needed to be a straight section of highway long enough for a plane to land.