Fort Polk Expanded
Posted: 19 Oct 2020, 22:44
Sometimes a simple ADE project gets out of hand. All I wanted to do was add additional aircraft and increase the tempo of helo ops between the various FOBs and training areas. Fort Polk gets a lot of visiting units for pre-deployment and summer Guard training. No problem. Write new flight plans for CH47s and H60s the go to each included training site prefixed FPF and add a few more parking spots. But doing that eliminated the port-a-loos and the big canvas tents. It's a weird fixation, but the presence of port-a-potties in remote training areas adds a note of authenticity when on final.
Logistics Area at FPF1 - Expanded
With nothing better to do during a worldwide pandemic the work-around became establishment of a second airport for each FPF, off set just slightly and given an FPXX designation. E.G> FP11. Everything in the original FPF remains and I could drop in added trees, tents, vehicles, parking spaces, buildings and yes, port-a-loos. It even allowed me to use the inflatable canvas wearhouse tents. I scaled one down for the far end of the logistics area at FPF1.
Used them again to give FPF4 a bivouac area. That's an F27 on the steel mat ramp:
FPF2 got a little more action in the south east corner. A check in building was added and a Patriot missile training site:
FPF8 needed port-a-loos at the admin offices and a pool of training vehicles:
Logistic area at FPF1 got crowded. Placed a container on a trailer and populated the inflatable wearhouse:
Fort Rucker helo looking for directions at FPF4:
Training Cadre offices at FPF6:
Evening shots are always nice:
Departing FPF1:
I suppose there is a more elegant way to achieve this, but this left the underlying work intact and kept me off the streets.
Great thanks to Brent and John and the whole MAIW group.
Logistics Area at FPF1 - Expanded
With nothing better to do during a worldwide pandemic the work-around became establishment of a second airport for each FPF, off set just slightly and given an FPXX designation. E.G> FP11. Everything in the original FPF remains and I could drop in added trees, tents, vehicles, parking spaces, buildings and yes, port-a-loos. It even allowed me to use the inflatable canvas wearhouse tents. I scaled one down for the far end of the logistics area at FPF1.
Used them again to give FPF4 a bivouac area. That's an F27 on the steel mat ramp:
FPF2 got a little more action in the south east corner. A check in building was added and a Patriot missile training site:
FPF8 needed port-a-loos at the admin offices and a pool of training vehicles:
Logistic area at FPF1 got crowded. Placed a container on a trailer and populated the inflatable wearhouse:
Fort Rucker helo looking for directions at FPF4:
Training Cadre offices at FPF6:
Evening shots are always nice:
Departing FPF1:
I suppose there is a more elegant way to achieve this, but this left the underlying work intact and kept me off the streets.
Great thanks to Brent and John and the whole MAIW group.
AND I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see it!