Military civil engineers were divided into specially trained and equipped mobility and recovery teams, each with their own unit type code identifier.

Army forces into the area in May That same year the Air Force deployed dozens of separate teams as the buildup of forces in Southeast Asia began, base civil engineering forces were inundated with construction, operations, and maintenance requirements.

Large numbers of U. Air Force strike aircraft were sent to bases where pavement for aircraft parking was at a premium. Aircraft were parked wing tip to wing tip, vulnerable to an accidental explosion or enemy attack.

A need for aircraft revetments was dramatically brought home on 15 May when the explosion of a bomb under the wing of a loaded B aircraft set off a chain reaction of explosions on the parking apron at Bien Hoa Air Base , South Vietnam.

Forty aircraft were destroyed, 26 Americans killed, and over 60 wounded. The revetments paid for themselves in saved aircraft in just the first six months.

Soon other specialized teams were deployed to bases in Vietnam and Thailand to perform short-term construction projects. Between and , nearly 2, Prime BEEF team members were deployed to Southeast Asia to construct vital petroleum , oil, and lubricant POL pipelines and storage facilities; install jet engine exhaust blast deflectors; provide electrical power to buildings; and to erect small buildings.

These teams dug wells, laid airfield matting, erected frame buildings, installed aircraft arresting systems , sandbagged bunkers, and rehabilitated building and utility systems to facilitate the buildup of American forces at Korean air bases.

Air Force. A number of these teams completed civic action projects in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands which became the Federated States of Micronesia.

Teams also provided civil engineering support for various research projects. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Engineering portal.

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