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Thursday, May 15, 2014
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NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION — Thirty members of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineer Squadron will take part in the Air Force training program that prepares civil engineers and logisticians to establish forward operating bases around the world.
The five-and-a-half day Silver Flag training program is run at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The 107th Civil Engineer Squadron will be there from Saturday to May 23. Civil engineers are often the first Airmen on the ground setting up a contingency base.
Silver Flag hones the skills air force support personnel need to support forward deployed Air Force units. Airmen learn how to set up basic support systems and prepare to house and support incoming forces. During training the members use assets and equipment that aren't available at Nigara Falls Air Reserve Station. The skills learned are invaluable when Air Force units deploy.
"This training provides an outstanding opportunity to get exposure to working with a lot of contingency equipment we can't train with at home station," said Maj Ryan Forrest, the commander of the 107th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The training covers force beddown, a military term for ensuring that people have a place to sleep; base recovery after attack; disaster preparedness; fire protection; explosive ordnance disposal; food service and lodging; chemical warfare operations and personnel accountability.
Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard support and engineer units go through the training, run by the 823rd Red Horse Squadron, every 40 to 45 months.
This is the second deployment this year for members of the 107th Civil Engineer Squadron. The unit just returned from a three-week mission to Australia in which they worked to help Air Force Space Command install a Space Surveillance network radar that will cover the skies in the southern hemisphere.
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The five-and-a-half day Silver Flag training program is run at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The 107th Civil Engineer Squadron will be there from Saturday to May 23. Civil engineers are often the first Airmen on the ground setting up a contingency base.
Silver Flag hones the skills air force support personnel need to support forward deployed Air Force units. Airmen learn how to set up basic support systems and prepare to house and support incoming forces. During training the members use assets and equipment that aren't available at Nigara Falls Air Reserve Station. The skills learned are invaluable when Air Force units deploy.
"This training provides an outstanding opportunity to get exposure to working with a lot of contingency equipment we can't train with at home station," said Maj Ryan Forrest, the commander of the 107th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The training covers force beddown, a military term for ensuring that people have a place to sleep; base recovery after attack; disaster preparedness; fire protection; explosive ordnance disposal; food service and lodging; chemical warfare operations and personnel accountability.
Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard support and engineer units go through the training, run by the 823rd Red Horse Squadron, every 40 to 45 months.
This is the second deployment this year for members of the 107th Civil Engineer Squadron. The unit just returned from a three-week mission to Australia in which they worked to help Air Force Space Command install a Space Surveillance network radar that will cover the skies in the southern hemisphere.
Click here for all the details.
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