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Navy Helps Build "Green" Training Facility For Air Force at Naval Air Station Pensacola

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Story Number: NNS081008-01
Release Date: 10/8/2008 5:55:00 AM

From Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Public Affairs

PENSACOLA,Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Education and Training Command, and NTF, L.L.C., broke ground Oct. 2 for a new training instruction facility aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola.

NAVFAC is working closely with the U.S. Air Force to design and construct the training instruction facility at NAS Pensacola to meet their operational needs. The groundbreaking signifies the official start of construction for NTF, L.L.C., a joint venture of Opus South and Whitesell-Green of Pensacola, Fla., who was awarded the $46 million contract in March 2008 for design and construction of a multi-aircraft hangar and navigator training school classrooms.

"As we turn dirt today, we look forward to meeting the challenges ahead and celebrate a new era in military aviation training," said U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gregory A. Feest, commander 19th Air Force. "The facilities that are built on this site will train our next generation of aviators."

The project is being built to accommodate the relocation of the Air Force's Combat Systems Officer Training School from Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to meet the requirements of a Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decision. The Airmen will be relocating to NAS Pensacola from Randolph Air Force Base beginning in October 2009.

The facility design is well underway and will include a 100,000 square-foot (approximate) hurricane-protected, multi-aircraft training hangar. The hangar will include approximately 75,000 square-feet of hangar floor space, 6,000 square-feet for a fuel-cell maintenance bay, roughly 19,000 square-feet for general aircraft maintenance space, as well as training and briefing areas. Also included is a 52,000 square-foot (approximate) single-story applied instructional facility that will include space for classrooms and six flight simulators. The facilities will be located at the main airfield.

In keeping with NAVFAC's green program, each of these facilities will feature high-efficiency mechanical and electrical systems and will incorporate other "green" design features to achieve a certification from the U.S. Navy that is equivalent to a U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating.

The new training instruction facility is scheduled to be completed by November 2009.

For more news from Naval Facilities Engineering Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navfachq/.