Building C-17 Size Hangar Commences at SAC Home Base
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu / heavyairliftwing.org | 2015. február 5. 9:36After three years of careful and gruelling preparation and design, the next phases of the construction of a new C-17 size hangar complex at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, will start as part of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Infrastructure Development Project.
The SAC hangar construction contract is signed by Mr. Mustafa Oktay, NSPA Contracting Officer and Mr. László Szalados, KESZ CEO accompanied by project teams lead by Mr. Zsolt Bencze, NAM Infrastructure Officer and Mr. Zoltán Sáray, KESZ Project Director.
SAC is a show case of future consortium ownership of expensive defence assets and combined operations. It provides its 12 participants assured access to military airlift capability by collectively own and operate three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III long range cargo jets. The NATO Airlift Management (NAM) Programme, an integral part of the NSPA, is responsible for managing and supporting the C-17 weapon system and for providing financial, logistical, procurement, information technology and administrative services to the operator of the aircraft, the multi-national Heavy Airlift Wing.
The new C-17 size hangar will allow aircraft maintenance at Pápa Airbase translating into reduced maintenance costs and more efficient SAC airlift operations. The construction work consists, besides the C-17 size hangar, of a supply, storage and maintenance building, offices and a Life Support back shop building. The project is to be completed in 2016.
The SAC Hangar Complex construction project at Pápa Air Base will be completed in 2016. Photo: NAM.
