<![CDATA[<P>The Military Engineer l No. 66269
Military Construction at Bagram Air?eld
By Maj. Frank R. Hughes, P.E., M.SAME, USAF
As International Security
Assistance Forces work to
secure Afghanistan, U.S.
engineers are planning and
delivering extensive support
construction at the primary air
hub in the AOR.
Design & Construction
M
ore than $220 million is cur-
rently being spent on air?eld
construction projects at Ba-
gram Air?eld, Afghanistan, as a result of
a long-term U.S. commitment to ensure
the security and stability of the dem-
ocratically-elected Government of Af-
ghanistan (GoA). By increasing its forces
in Afghanistan, the U.S. hopes to enable
International Security Assistance Forces
(ISAF) to secure enemy-occupied areas
and maintain peace for inhabitants.
As the balance of power moves in favor
of ISAF, GoA forces are gaining strength
and consolidating control through-
out Afghanistan and providing a stable
economic foundation for the Afghan
people. Because this political-economic
strategy will take time to evolve, the pri-
mary focus is on security, which requires
suf?cient airpower both to support the
movement of forces into the area of re-
sponsibility (AOR) and provide combat
?repower to forces in the ?eld.
To accomplish this, U.S. Air Forces
Central (AFCENT) planned a range of
air?eld construction projects to increase
airpower capabilities for both ?xed and
rotary-wing operations throughout the
AOR. This effort has expanded capabili-
ties at Bagram Air?eld, the primary hub
for combat airpower and air mobility
operations throughout Afghanistan. The
completed projects will signi?cantly en-
hance the capabilities of ISAF and GoA
forces.
From Concept to Completion
There are many organizations in-
volved throughout the life of a military
construction (MILCON) project from
initial concept through ?nal comple-
tion. During the initial design phase,
government planners and contracted
designers work together to mold an
operational requirement into a sound
concept, while construction contrac-
tors, contracting of?cers and end us-
ers cooperate to transform the concept
into a ?nal product. An important in-
strument AFCENT employs during the
construction phase to link these players
together are Construction Management
Of?ces (CMO), manned throughout the
AOR by Air Force Civil Engineers.
At Bagram, CMO serves as a coordi-
nating agency between the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) construc-
tion agent, the construction contrac-
tors and the ?nal users. CMO engineers
provide quality oversight of design
submittals, expedite responses to con-
tractor requests for information, track
construction progress, forecast re-
stricted area escort requirements with
engineers from the 455th Expeditionary
Civil Engineering Squadron and oversee
AFCENT MILCON projects throughout
Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In particular, CMO engineers provide
expert advice and informed feedback
on all major design and construction
Workers at Bagram Air?eld, Afghanistan, prepare
the sub-grade of future air?eld pavement. The
base is undergoing signi?cant construction in
support of ISAF military operations.
Photo by Maj. Frank Hughes, USAF</p>
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