Many of the community support and recreational facilities at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., was damaged when Hurricane Michael hit in 2018, and instead of rebuilding them, the Air Force is “generally looking at how some of those services could be provided better through a public-private partnership,” the service’s installations chief told Air Force Magazine.
No decisions have been made, Assistant Secretary for Installations, Environment, and Energy John Henderson said.
“The quality of life of our airmen and families and having access to that stuff inside the base is absolutely essential for retention, recruitment and just taking care of our people. So, we’ll build all that back, in some form or another.”
Henderson also discussed the amount of infrastructure the Air Force operates.
“The Air Force had drawn down for a number of years, but our infrastructure hadn’t drawn down commensurately,” he said. “We have more ramp space than we have airplanes.”
But, he added, many facilities have been repurposed, so it’s hard to know exactly how much infrastructure is excess.
Henderson will be a speaker at ADC’s Installation Innovation Forum Feb. 10-12.
Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue
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