Misawa tears out tired tank farm

Hiroki Kobanoki, Japanese contractor, lifts dirt and other debris from around a power-fuel spigot at Misawa Air Base, Japan May 15, 2012. This project is budgeted at approximately $3.27 million and is scheduled to be finished in September. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield/Released)

Misawa tears out tired tank farm

A track hoe removes a pile of dirt from a fuel tank at Misawa Air Base, Japan May 15, 2012. The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, in concert with the Defense Logistics Agency, are removing five fuel tanks from Tank Farm 1. This project is scheduled to be completed in September of 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield/Released)

Misawa tears out tired tank farm

Published May 16, 2012
By Airman 1st Class Zachary Kee
35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Defense Logistics Agency and the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron began a project to demolish five tanks in Tank Farm 1 across from the commissary at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 14, 2012.

The project, scheduled to be completed in September, will remove fuel tanks that were installed more than 50 years ago, said Staff Sgt. Kenneth Gleckler, 35 CES construction inspector.

"The future uses for the land in the Tank Farm 1 area are in the planning stages," said Kyle Hicks, 35 CES Deputy civil engineer.

Gleckler said funding for this project comes from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and will cost approximately 3.27 million dollars.

35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs will document the project through completion.