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THE NAVY JETS THAT HAVE
BEEN PRACTICING CARRIER
LANDINGS AT
OCEANA ARE BACK IN THE
SKY OVER CHESAPEAKE.
THE NAVY RE-OPENED
FENTRESS AIRFIELD, AFTER
COMPLETING THE
FIRST PHASE OF A MAJOR
RUNWAY RENNOVATION
PROJECT .
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ART
KOHN IS LIVE IN
CHESAPEAKE- WHERE
PRACTICE
LANDINGS ARE ALREADY
UNDERWAY AT FENTRESS.
ART?
THAT'S RIGHT, THEY
STARTED DOING TOUCH AND
GOS HERE JUST A FEW
MINUTES AGO NFOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER
OF LAST YEAR AND
IT'S BEEN A LOT LONGER
THAN THAT SINCE THIS
RUNWAY WAS IN THE KIND OF
CONDITION IT IS NOW.
(SOUND OF RIBBON CUTTING
AND APLAUSE)
REOPENING FENTRESS
AIRFIELD IS A MAJOR
MILESTONE FOR
NAVAL AVIATION IN HAMPTON
ROADS FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS.
"THIS 19-MILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT WAS FAR FROM
SIMPLE AND IT WAS A
MAJOR UNDERTAKING IN
TERMS OF BOTH THE SCOPE,
THE COMPLEXITY AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE
TIMELINESS TO GET THIS
PROJECT
DONE." IT TOOK LESS THAN
A YEAR TO REBUILD
THE RUNWAY BUT IT HAS
BEEN MORE THAN 20-YEARS
SINCE THE LAST
MAJOR REPAIRS WERE DONE
ON A FACILITY THAT WAS
FIRST BUILT IN 1942.
"THE LAST TIME FENTRESS
WAS REALLY WORKED ON WAS
1985. YOU
KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN IT DOWN
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
HERE A
COUPLE OF HOURS THERE IN
ORDER TO DO SOME REPAIRS.
BUT REALLY, TO
GET DOWN TO A LEVEL OF
DETAIL OF WHAT'S REQUIRED
TO MAINTAIN THAT
RUNWAY, IT WENT DOWN TO
BARE DIRT."
THE BARE SPOTS ARE GONE
AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED
OUT HERE IN JUST 10-
MONTHS.
"THERE WAS 32-THOUSAND
CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE
THAT WENT INTO MOST IN
THE CARRIER BOXES OUT
HERE ON THE RUNWAY. THERE
WAS ALSO 28-THOUSAND TONS
OF ASPHALT THAT WERE
PLACED AND OVER
500 RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY
LIGHTS THAT WERE
INSTALLED AS WELL."
AS IMPORTANT AS THIS
FACILITY IS TO NAVY
PILOTS, THE FRSH ASPHALT
AND
NEW CONCRETE DOES MUCH
MORE THAN SOLIDIFY THE
RUNWAY AT
FENTRESS.
"IT DOES. IT SHOWS A
TREMENDOUS COMMITTMENT
THAT OCEANA IS HERE TO
STAY."
"WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT
THAT THIS WILL HELP KEEP
OCEANA OPEN, WE
RECOGNIZE THE FACT OF JOB
CREATION AND WHAT IT
MEANS IN TERMS
OF KEEPING OUR, NOT JUST
SAFE BUT ALSO OUR
FREEDOMS AND
LIBERTIES FOR THOSE THAT
PROTECT US."
SO WITH OCEANA'S JETS
ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO
PRACTICE CARRIER LANDINGS
IN CHESAPEAKE, THAT MEANS
BEACH RESIDENTS WILL HAVE
A LITTLE
MORE QUIET NOW BUT THE
SKY WILL BE BUSY FOR SOME
OF CHESAPEAKE'S
RURAL RESIDENTS NEARBY,
TONIGHT AT SIX WE'LL HERE
FROM THE MAYORS OF BOTH
CITIES ABOUT THE SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY THEY HAVE
WHEN IT
COMES TO JET NOISE AND