24The Military Engineer ? July-August ? 2010 Military News (continued) This scene is just another exercise that will await ?re?ghting trainees once the new $3 million facility on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is completed later this year. The future facilitys con- struction, being managed by the USACE Europe District, will pro- vide realistic training via a mock aircraft to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Fire Training School. Unlike others of its kind, this liquid gas-?red training facility has some unique aspects constructed into it, according to Bern- hard Ochsenreither, the Project Engineer, Ramstein Resident Of- ?ce. For one, the mock-up is a combination of both a C-130 and C-17. One wing of the aircraft has a propeller engine as the C-130 does, and the other wing has the jet engine of a C-17. Additionally, the aircraft has full wings whereas many mock-ups cut off por- tions of the wing. And along with the aircraft, a control tower will be constructed nearby, which will help generate and control the burn. From there, trainers can control the intensity of the ?re and also shut it off if need be, said Lynn Anderson, the districts Project Manager. Although an unusually cold and long winter temporarily halted construction, contractors, USACE employees and others sped up construction to keep the project on track, Ochsenreither said. Construction kicked off in November 2009 and of?cials expect the facility to be completed by the end of 2010. The $3 million fa- cility is just one of roughly $145 million in projects USACE is man- aging for the U.S. Air Force, said Scott Deetz, Resident Engineer, Ramstein Resident Of?ce. (Contributed By Rachel Goodspeed, USACE Europe District) Bucca Water Treatment Project Starts Flowing In turning over the ?rst shovel-full out of ground April 26, the U.S. military started a two-week project to create a network of pipe linking the water and wastewater treatment facilities on Camp Bucca, Iraq. Together, the facilities will provide the neces- sary groundwork for activation and operation of a new multimil- lion-dollar water treatment plant that will increase or introduce water to several nearby municipalities including az-Zubayr, Safwan and Umm Qasr. The issue with the new water treatment plant is, we dont produce enough gray water to run it, so were trying to pump fresh water into it, said Capt. Kenneth Ditch, USA, Commander of the 606th Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 377th Field
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