Am 2 Matting Airfield

Expeditionary airfields eafs are mobile systems that enable the united states military to project airpowers worldwide.

Am 2 matting airfield.

Members of the 455th expeditionary civil engineer squadron carry a piece of am 2 matting to place on the flightline bagram airfield afghanistan aug. The air force has am 2 matting. Am 2 matting the am 2 mat fig. Each full sheet.

Laying am 2 matting at deployed location. The army has equivalent square type matting. The eces laid an estimated 49 thousand square feet of matting expanding a ramp and creating a driveway for aircraft. Chief warrant officer collier.

Since the 1960s the air force has employed an aluminum matting system am 2 for rapid aircraft parking ramp expansion rpre in austere environments. This handbook describes basic expeditionary airfield resources bear air force civil engineers are likely to site install or operate an expeditionary in. Rodney dangerfield recommended for you. Cass holdings has the current contract as of 2012.

Moving heavy rolls of concertina wire. While functional and durable am 2 is heavy and cumbersome to install. Mc 2a diesel driven air compressor. Eafs offer more flexibility in staging grounds operations bases and campaign strategy.

Capacity for prompt recovery or expedient establishment of flight operations is an imperative for military activities that involve aircraft. In current operations the usmc expertise is in high demand. The am 2 surface matting is a fabricated aluminum panel 1 5 thick which consists of a hollow extruded one piece main section with extruded end connectors welded to each end. The vietnam era am 2 mat has served that purpose for half a century but is heavy difficult to repair or replace and not well suited to supporting heavy lift aircraft operations.

Am2 matting is a system of interlocking aluminum panels used to cover staging areas and taxiways on forward operating airfields. Carson can t keep up with rodney dangerfield s non stop one liners 1974 duration. The am 2 matting might need modification or we might build special pads for the f 35b to land and then it can taxi on am 2. The top surface of the am 2 matting is coated with a non skid material.

1 l l is a fabricated aluminum panel 1 1 2 inches thick that contains a hollow extruded one piece main section with extruded end connectors welded to each end.