Posted on 10/14/2018 11:59:51 PM PDT by robowombat
I think it would make sense to relocate everything the Eglin AFB and close Tyndall. I am not a big fan of base closures but they are already very close to each other and it would cost a fortune to rebuild the base.
Saw photos of the base after.....lots of destruction to be sure. Looked like a bad tornado went through the place.
Just based on photos, you can start adding up the funding requirements. You would be talking about 700 million-plus on repairs or complete replacement of buildings. Time to achieve this? Two years?
My guess is that they will fix the runway and hangers...maybe put up a barracks for the aircraft maintainers and some limited support personnel, then move the bulk of support folks over to Eglin.
I’ll even add this comment. It’s only a question of when Eglin gets a major hurricane to come through, and lay it flat as well. All of these installations along the coast make no sense.
It should take them no longer than a week to get things back to order...What about a bombing of an airfield during a war? Building that are wacked...put up tents or something....
I bet it gets closed like Homestead was.
I believe in group punishment
Tyndall should be closed.
and those involved
should be tossed out
Moving things to Moody, vs. Eglin, would seem to make more sense.
“But the official did not known how many planes were at Tyndall during the Category 4 storm.”
If no one kept a record, a lot of folks in the chain of command need to be sacked.
The major problem is that no one thought to make concrete hurricane shelters or hangers for the planes. See the Drive-the war zone for more indepth
Except that Eglin is a major testing base. Real estate on which mil systems can be tested is at a premium in this country these days.
Can you imagine having a missing F-22 on your property sheet?
The air miles distance between Eglin and Tyndall is minimal as far mission requirements for basing aircraft.
“Henderson Field was shelled nightly by the Japanese navy but was always open for business the following day.”
I’m guessing that some physics guy could figure out the amount of energy per shell x 100 shells per hour x 12 hours compared to whatever a hurricane produces.
I imagine it is at a ratio of 1:1,000,000
Of course a military field during wartime just needs some potholes filled to keep the planes moving.
Moving the base to another one would cost about the same. Base housing would need to be built, hangers for the increased aircraft, etc, etc.
Better to rebuild with more hurricane resistant buildings and keep a more dispersed target area.
Bingo.
I was through there on Saturday, and at first my knee jerk reaction was to simply move to join up with Elgin AFB. Then I thought about 2 things;
1) Military bases are huge anchors in local economies
2) Redundancy. It was easier for the Japanese to wipe out our pacific fleet att Pearl Harbor when assets were lumped together.
Back in the day, aircraft would be flown to other bases to avoid any possible loss due to storm damage. I talking about F4 Phantoms. The base commander decided it was ok to let F35 aircraft remain??? Geez, tens of millions for an aircraft that still is working out the kinks!!!!!
I correct myself...F22 aircraft. No difference in my book though.
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