The United States Air Force maintains a number of civil engineering units in the form of United States Air Force civil engineering squadrons. In wartime, they provide for the rapid repair of damage to airfields and other critical facilities. In peacetime, they maintain and construct bases for the air force to operate out of. [1]

2025年1月14日 · As the Department of the Air Force focuses on the Great Power Competition, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation team is helping keep runways worldwide ready to support the mission.

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The 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, located at Travis AFB, CA providing vital mission support to 75 squadrons, agencies and joint tenants sustaining the platform to launch and recover global mobility missions for AMC’s largest and only wing operating three airframes.

Since that time Air National Guard of the United States (ANGUS) Civil Engineer (CE) units have been tested, proven sound in operation and theory, and have been accepted as an integral part of the USAF mission. The 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron began operations on Nov. 16,1969.

The RED HORSE squadron provides the U.S. Air Force with a highly mobile, self-sufficient civil engineer response force. The primary missions of RED HORSE units are to assess, plan, and build facilities and infrastructure to support contingency operations and combat missions at any location in the world.

The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, the Dragon Slayers, is known as a "Can Do" unit with an outstanding reputation. The daily ops tempo is very high due to the nearly 800-person (300 mil, 21 US civ, 470 JN civ) workforce and $80-$90M annual CE budget.

The 718th Civil Engineering Squadron oversees four flights that provide services to Airmen, Marines, Sailors and their families by providing housing, facilities, and infrastructure across the island of Okinawa. They manage a $2 billion design and construction portfolio and execute over 150 projects for the 18th Wing and partners.

The 9th Civil Engineer Squadron enables the 9th Reconnaissance Wing mission by providing superior facility, airfield, and utility system construction, operations, and maintenance; fire emergency services, explosive ordnance disposal, and emergency management; unaccompanied along with privatized family housing facilities and programs; asset ...

The 633 CES provides 489 military members and civilians to prepare and sustain natural and built infrastructure on the oldest active Air Force airfield valued at $1.9 billion. The squadron designs, constructs, maintains, and repairs and protects 648,