Air Force Civil Engineer
Runway Repair & Surveying
United States Air Force Air National Guard
2020-2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Tan, 177th Civil Engineers Squadron (CES), looks through a Nikon NPL-322+ P Series Total Station August 14, 2020, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The CES used the electronic distance measurement in the Nikon Total Station for surveying and building construction.
A mobile arrestor system sits on the airfield at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J on Sept. 3, 2020. The arrestor system was installed to catch jets that need to make emergency landings.
Published Oct. 21, 2020
By Airman 1st Class Hunter Hires
177th Fighter Wing
ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. --
The 177th Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) installed an expeditionary aircraft arrestor system on the base’s runway Sept. 4, 2020.
The aircraft arrestor system is made to ensure that military aircraft are able to stop safely during a landing roll or a no-go during high speed takeoff, using steel wire ropes strewn across a runway, designed to be caught by an aircraft's tail hook.
“It’s a safety net for a pilot, made so they can land safely,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Natalia Rojas, the deputy base civil engineer of the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron. “It’s a necessary piece of equipment because you’re safeguarding a multimillion dollar aircraft.”
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