Record contract awarded to prepare Tyndall AFB for F-35 operations

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a $532m contract to US construction contractor Hensel Phelps covering “11 projects that directly support flightline operations” for the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida, the US Air Force (USAF) announced. “Accounting for contingencies and contract oversight, this represents a $604m investment … and is the single largest military construction contract on record in the Air Force database, which dates to 2008,” the USAF noted