2023 Balikatan CE SME exchange

From Pacific Air Forces Website (May 16, 2023): 2023 Balikatan CE SME exchange

Published May 15, 2023
By 18 Civil Engineer Group
18 Civil Engineer GroupPhilippines --

To maintain a strong relationship and increase interoperability in the Indo-Pacific, 18th Wing Airmen with the 18th Civil Engineer Group engaged in a four-day Subject Matter Expert Exchange event with the Philippines air force’s 355th Aviation Engineer Wing from Apr. 10 to Apr. 14, 2023. 

The group shared techniques and procedures on Airfield Damage Repair (ADR), including the use of Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) and Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) mat. 

18 CEG engineers also met with PAF Brigadier General Rey Bes, where he expressed his excitement for the partnership and looked forward to the continued collaboration as a part of Balikatan exercises in the future.

 


U.S. Air Force MSgt. Phillip Young, 18 Civil Engineer Group, briefs Philippine air force members with the 355th Aviation Engineer Wing on how to assemble a fiber-reinforced polymer mat during a subject matter expert exchange in the Philippines, Apr. 12, 2023. The SME exchange event allowed members of the 18th Wing’s 18th Civil Engineer Group and PAF 355th Aviation Engineer Wing to share techniques and procedures on airfield damage repair. (Courtesy photo from Philippine air force public affairs)

Philippine air force Brig. Gen. Rey Bes and members of both the Philippine and U.S. Air Force attend the opening ceremony of a subject matter expert exchange in the Philippines, Apr. 11, 2023. Bes arrived at the exchange and expressed his excitement for the event and looked forward to continued collaboration as a part of Balikatan exercises in the future. (Courtesy photo from Philippine air force public affairs)

Philippine air force members with the 355th Aviation Engineer Wing demonstrate the use of a dynamic cone penetrometer during a subject matter expert exchange with the with the 18th Civil Engineer Group in the Philippines, Apr 12, 2023. The SME exchange event allowed members of the 18th Wing’s 18th CEG and PAF 355th AEW to share techniques and procedures on airfield damage repair. (Courtesy photo from Philippine air force public affairs)

U.S. Air Force MSgt. Phillip Young, 18 Civil Engineer Group, briefs Philippine air force members with the 355th Aviation Engineer Wing on how to assemble a fiber-reinforced polymer mat during a subject matter expert exchange in the Philippines, Apr. 12, 2023. The SME exchange event allowed members of the 18th Wing’s 18th Civil Engineer Group and PAF 355th Aviation Engineer Wing to share techniques and procedures on airfield damage repair. (Courtesy photo from Philippine air force public affairs)

Philippine air force Brig. Gen. Rey Bes and members of both the Philippine and U.S. Air Force attend the opening ceremony of a subject matter expert exchange in the Philippines, Apr. 11, 2023. Bes arrived at the exchange and expressed his excitement for the event and looked forward to continued collaboration as a part of Balikatan exercises in the future. (Courtesy photo from Philippine air force public affairs)

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