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The 31st Munitions Squadron hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil their new earth-covered munitions storage modules on Area F at Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 31, 2021.
The three modules will allow Airmen from the 31st MUNS to pre-position munitions on the flightline, allowing faster delivery without the requirement of shutting down the highway between Areas F and G to safely cross.
Having the munitions prepared and stored on Area F drastically reduces the time it would take to respond in case of an emergency, said Senior Master Sgt. Roy Foster, 31st MUNS systems flight chief.
“If the flag goes up, we’ll be able to deliver right away as opposed to generating over at Area G, waiting to cross over, and then delivering to the aircraft, which could take several hours – even a day,” said Foster.
The project began planning in 2014, headed by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), with ground clearing in 2019 and actual construction beginning March 2020.
"The opportunity to be embedded with the Air Force has been special,” said U.S. Navy Lt. Nicholas Sweet, NAVFAC construction office construction manager. “It’s been a master class in professionalism in my two and a half years here.”
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 over the past year, its effects on the project were very mild, said Sweet. Aside from the occasional minor hiccup, the team was able to overcome those issues and keep the project on track.
“To see a state-of-the-art storage facility like this come to fruition is a once in a career opportunity,” said Foster. “I’ve been in [the Air Force] for 21 years and I’ve never seen anything to this standard.”
| Date Taken: | 04.01.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 04.01.2021 10:20 |
| Story ID: | 392822 |
| Location: | AVIANO AIR BASE, IT |
| Web Views: | 121 |
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