The Environmental Protection Agency “is ordering the Air Force to study contamination at its base [McGuire AFB, N.J.] and take steps to clean it up,” per an EPA release. EPA has given USAF a timetable that includes working with the surrounding community to get public input. Alan Steinberg, EPA regional administrator, called the problem at McGuire “extensive contamination” that has continued over the past 60 years. The Air Force began an environmental study at McGuire in 1982, identifying 41 areas for potential clean up for contaminants ranging from PCBs and pesticides to jet fuel products.
Clearing jungle and laying asphalt in tropical heat may not sound like fun to most people, but it’s a way of life for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Airmen, who have spent the past year or so restoring World War II-era airfields on the Pacific…