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All air traffic grounded at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Published Thursday, July 17, 2008
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BEAUFORT -- All air traffic out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort has been grounded this week while construction crews work around the clock to pave the 500-foot intersection of the air station's primary and secondary runways.

The closure is part of a $5.5 million, routine maintenance project to resurface the 12,000-foot main runway. The project also includes installing new runway lights and using a pressure water cannon to remove skid marks from the runway.

The airfield closed Saturday and isn't expected to re-open until Tuesday, barring inclement weather that could slow construction, said David Moore, airfield operations manager.

RELOCATED SQUADRONS

Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons 312 and 251, the Checkerboards and Thunderbolts, will train out of Savannah until the airfield re-opens, said Capt. James Jarvis, air station spokesman.

The air station's lone Naval squadron, VFA-86, the Sidewinders, took its F/A-18s to Key West, Fla., this week to train for a carrier deployment aboard the USS Nimitz next year.

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