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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Bagram runway reopens: First F-16s arrive


The first of several F-16 Fighting Falcons arrived at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2013.

The F-16s, coming from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, come into Bagram continuing to provide close-air support and armed over watch for the Service members on the ground. Before the F-16s could land however, the main runway on Bagram had to be renovated.

“When the main runway was originally built, it was only built to last so many years,” explained U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Hoffman, 455th Operations Support Squadron commander. “The runway was reaching the end of its service life, so we had to take apart approximately 90 feet of the asphalt and re-lay it to extend the service life of the runway.”

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