Osan Engineers, 554Th Red Horse Squadron Team up for Training
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Peninsula - Wide U.S. Air Force Newspaper Volume 11, Issue 16 May 3, 2019 http://www.7af.pacaf.af.mil U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Blumer, center, pulls a vibrating screed during rapid airfield damage repair (RADR) training at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 19, 2019. RADR is a quick process used to repair damages on an airfield where civil engineers evaluate damages, prepare areas for repair and pour concrete to get the airfield back to mission ready. Blumer is a heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprentice assigned to the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan) Osan engineers, 554th Red Horse Squadron team up for training By Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan ordnance disposal flight detonating explosives went through the week and we learned to use 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs to create craters on a non-active section of the a variety of heavy equipment and the repair runway. process. It all came to end with a full on execution OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The After the explosion, civil engineers of repairing a damaged airfield.” 51st Civil Engineer Squadron successfully evaluated damages, prepared areas for repair The 51st CES cut, excavated and repaired 12 accomplished rapid airfield damage repair and took action to get the airfield back to craters in less than 7 ½ hours. (RADR) training with assistance from the 554th mission ready. “Without this training, the time to repair Red Horse Squadron assigned to Andersen Air “We were able to get our Airmen trained with damaged airfields would drastically increase Force Base, Guam, April 19, 2019, at Osan Air the assistance from the experts at 554th Red which would prohibit sortie generation for large Base, Republic of Korea. Horse Squadron teaching them rapid airfield portions of time,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Nick Saccone, 51st CES deputy commander. The RADR training provided a realistic damage repair,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. scenario with the help of the explosive Timothy Fryar, 51st CES commander. “Training - Continued on page 7 - INSIDE PAGE 9 PAGE 16 PAGE 19 New program brings local children to Osan 176th CES reinforces 8th CES; strengthens Kunsan’s foundation Osan Airmen compete in bodybuilding showcase PAGE 2 | C RIMSON S KY NEWS May 3, 2019 Crimson Sky Published by Seventh Air Force 7th Air Force Commanding General/Publisher Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach PACAF senior leaders Public Affairs Officer/Editor Lt. Col. Brandon J. Lingle discuss readiness, posture Editor/COR Park, Do Young Editor/Staff Writer at spring conference Nadine Y. Barclay 51st Fighter Wing Commander Col. William D. Betts Public Affairs Officer Capt. Rachel Salpietra Staff Writers Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton Staff Sgt. Sergio Gamboa Airman 1st Class Ilyana Escalona Technical Sgt. 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Foster, 18th Wing Public Affairs Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight NCO in-charge of training form the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. a deployment to Africa, volunteered as a poses for a photo on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Bryan Woiewucki, 18th Civil Engineer Team 5/6 committee lead and professional April 11, 2019. Woiewucki was selected as Pacific Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal development coordinator, fielded new Air Force's NCO of the year and will compete at the Air FOrce level. Winners are expected to be flight non-comissioned officer in-charge of technology that would help CE personnel announced later this summer. (U.S. Air Force training, begins his morning the same way as survey airfield damage, all while performing photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster) many Airmen: P.T., breakfast and a morning his regular job of training the next generation meeting. However, Tuesday, April 2, would of EOD troops in nearly 200 core tasks, turn out to be different. alongside many others. “I was on standby, so my phone was in my “He’s very tenacious,” said Senior Master window because of bad reception and I see a Sgt. Loren Green, 18th CES EOD flight chief. number that says no caller ID on it and it was “Once he gets an idea in his head of how he’s a DSN number,” Woiewucki said.