The airport at Meulaboh has a large crack down the runway and is too short for C130s.
I'm sorry...I don't know of a runway that is too short for c-130's!! Khe Sahn was short...and we landed in half the length...took off in less.
Sea bees + steel matts = runway...a day or two at the outside.
C-130 pilots came up with the idea for LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System) after a few "Hot Landings" at Khe Sahn, hybrid.
Little Rock AFB (The biggest C-130 patch on the planet) has two squadrons out of five that have perfected and performed LAPES.
Anytime.
Anywhere.
For decades.
No sweat. One 5 plane LAPES run should tide the Seabees over until the runway's PSP'ed.
Or completely Matted.
Two days.
Max.
Jack.
"Sea bees + steel matts = runway...a day or two at the outside."
What was that stuff called?
We stole a section or two from the Quang Tri runway to cover our RTT pit in Dong Ha. They were quite heavy before we stacked sand bags on top of them.
PS SOMETHING?
Boo-yah!