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Chapter 606 The Ruined Airport

In terms of airport density, if Guam considers itself second, there is probably no place in the world that dares to claim the number one.

Guam, an island with an area of ​​less than 550 square kilometers and a population of less than 18, has three airports in its insanity.

You know, even a city like New York, known as the busiest aviation city in the world, has only three airports.And how big is New York? 789 square kilometers; how many people in New York?More than 2000 million!

But there is no way, who made Guam's strategic position too important?Therefore, of the three airports on Guam, except for the commercial Antonio Won Pat International Airport, the other two airports are military airports belonging to the US military.

The airport at the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base in Yigo Heights, the northeast end of the island, has a total of four runways, two main runways and two backup runways.The length of the two main runways is more than 3800 meters, which is enough for any aircraft in the world to take off and land on these two runways.

The airport at Anderson Strategic Air Force Base is one of the top military airports in the world.

However, the airport that Yang Jing and the others are going to today is not this top-level military airport. After all, the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base is the top priority of the US military, and the management there is extremely strict. Let alone Yang Jing and his group, it is considered a base. Ordinary active soldiers cannot enter the airport without a special pass.

Although George's father is a major general of the base, he is not capable of leading such a large group of people who are not active soldiers into the airport.That's a move that will cost you your job, and if it's serious, you can even go to a court-martial.

Therefore, Yang Jing and the others can only go to the airport in the northwest corner of Guam today.

Speaking of this airport, it can be said that it is the oldest airport on Guam. Before the Pacific War, the airport was built by the Americans, but later the Japanese occupied Guam and expanded the airport. Turn this airport into the most important military airport for the Japanese in Guam.

Later, the Americans recaptured Guam and built the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base from the northeast corner of the airport, so the airport gradually became a backup airport.Although the U.S. Air Force was part of the U.S. Army during World War II, the U.S. Air Force became independent in 1947 and became an independent service. So the U.S. military simply transferred the airport to the Army and made the airport a Alternate airfield under U.S. Army jurisdiction.

However, although the jurisdiction of this airport belongs to the U.S. Army, most of the right to use it is still with the U.S. Air Force, because the U.S. Air Force often uses this airport to train new pilots.

"Boss, when I served in Guam, I trained at this airport." Sitting in the Humvee, George pointed to the slightly dilapidated airport and said with a look of memories.

Looking at it from a distance, the airport is indeed dilapidated.Generally speaking, there are no tall plants such as trees near the airport runways, but in this airport, there are lush trees growing between the four runways, and the crowns of some trees are even located on the westernmost side. The alternate runway is covered.

"Why is this airport dilapidated like this? It's just so fucking bad, can it still take off and land planes?" Yang Jing didn't understand the situation very much. After all, this is a military airport with a high value. The length of the two main runways There are also 2800 meters, which is enough for most of the US military planes to take off and land smoothly, but it is really unreasonable to be so barren here.

Paul Adriano answered this question, maybe Aaron said about him, or maybe he understood that Yang Jing is a real billionaire, and he is not something that a small military officer like him can offend, so today Paul Adriano Adriano's attitude has become very good.

"The jurisdiction of this base is now owned by the Army. Although our Air Force uses this airport to train new pilots every year, the annual training fee we give to the Army is not enough to maintain this airport. The Army still pays the bulk of the airport maintenance costs. I came here to get it. If it is based in the mainland, the Middle East, North Africa, or even Europe, the army’s funds are still sufficient. But here is Guam, where the army has almost no role. Here is the world of the navy and air force. So .”

Paul turned his head and made a "you understand" expression, and Yang Jing immediately knew why the airport was in such a dilapidated state.

In a word, no money!
Don't look at the United States fighting this and that all day long. In fact, the life of the American army is not easy.Because of the political system, even the military expenditure of the US military needs the consent of Congress.According to U.S. law, even the cost of purchasing a screw for the U.S. military should be approved by Congress.

If the U.S. Congress is united, it’s okay, but just a Republican and a Democrat will be brainless all day long. In a time of peace without war, who the hell would pay attention to you, an army stationed at Guam’s airfield? maintenance costs ah?
Speaking of this, the U.S. Congress still has complaints about the Department of Defense.You said that your Ministry of Defense has lost its mind?An army branch wants to dry hair at the airport?The army has road aviation troops, but most of them are helicopters, and they can take off and land in a place. As for using such a large airport to take off and land helicopters?Are you going to use this airport as a landing pad for your army aviation unit?

Since your U.S. military is engaged in this kind of oolong, why should you blame our Congress for not approving maintenance funds for you?
When you think that our Congress approves funds, can it be approved casually?The funds approved by our Congress must also be made public and subject to supervision.If we make a fuss about the maintenance cost of the army airport, those who know the situation may understand, but the vast majority of American voters don't know about it. Do you want us to lose the votes of voters?
So, let's wait until you, the U.S. military, sort out this matter yourself!

In this way, you quarrel and I rummage, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.If it weren't for the air force that would pay the army a part of the airport maintenance fee every year, even the two main runways might not be able to be used now.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Yang Jing to believe that such a thing would happen to the dignified American military.

This is a serious military airport. Although the runway is a little shorter, it is also a modern military airport worth hundreds of millions of dollars, not a bus station!

But it was such a military airport worth hundreds of millions of dollars that ended up being deserted just because of high-level gossip.If this is not nonsense, what is it?
No wonder the Americans are clamoring every day that the top executives in the United States are wasting taxpayers' money. Judging from this airport, the Americans are really right.

If this was in Huaxia, how dare such a good airport be so deserted?The person in charge has already been arrested
Perhaps it is the fact that grandma doesn't love uncle and uncle, so the U.S. Army stationed here doesn't like to see this airport. Compared with the airport at the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base next door, the management of the airport is simply an old lady. The waistband of his trousers—loose and saggy.

In such a huge airport, there are only two soldiers on duty in front of the gate, and they all look weak.

And Paul, as an air force lieutenant colonel who often leads new pilots here for training, has long been familiar with the soldiers on duty here. In addition, he is a serious lieutenant colonel. Although he is an air force lieutenant colonel, he It's not that these little soldiers can afford to offend, so Yang Jing and his group entered the base with little effort.

Paul didn't even take out his ID card, he could directly swipe his face here.

On the way from the airport to the hangar, Yang Jing had a deeper understanding of the dilapidation of the airport.

What is the airport for?Needless to say, everyone knows this.Ordinarily, the hangars of military airports are generally parked with high-value aircraft. For example, strategic bombers and air early warning aircraft are usually parked in the hangars of military airports in the United States. Ordinary fighter jets can only be parked on the apron outside.

But in any case, most of the aprons of US military airports are full of various military aircraft.But on the tarmac of this airport, Yang Jing didn't see a single plane, instead they were all kinds of cars.

As if feeling Yang Jing’s sight, George also shook his head with a wry smile and said, “The several hangars in this airport are all trainer planes, because there are only trainer planes left in this airport. As for the apron, it’s out of the parking lot."

Forget it, don't think about it.This is not the Tianqu Airport under construction, it's none of my business?

After the car drove past the apron at the northeast corner of the original airport, it didn't take long to come to the hangar.

Like the hangars of most military airports, most of the hangars at this airport are semi-underground, and because the hangars are surrounded by lush trees, it is difficult to find the hangar entrance in the air.From the point of view of concealment, these big trees that have grown for decades are not useless.

After getting out of the car, Paul walked to the gate of the hangar, and after entering a series of passwords from the electronic lock on the side of the door, the gate opened slowly with a bang, and the lights inside also lit up immediately. A light gray twin-engine heavy fighter immediately appeared in front of Yang Jing.

From childhood to adulthood, this is the first time that Yang Jing has had such close contact with a real fighter jet, and it is the famous F15 fighter jet.

This is the most powerful air control weapon of the U.S. Air Force before the F22 "Raptor" officially entered service in 2005, and it was also the only heavy fighter at that time. fighter!
(End of this chapter)