Sundt is constructing a Joint Strike Fighter Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., that will provide training space for Marine F-35B pilots. The F-35B – the principal aircraft supporting Marine Corps reconnaissance and combat missions around the world – has short takeoff, vertical landing and stealth capabilities.
The $24.3 million federal construction project was awarded to Sundt in part because of its success on a recently completed flight simulator facility for the F-35B, also at the MCAS Yuma. Sundt’s scope of work includes constructing the 198,756-square-foot landing field and 72,990-square-foot aircraft direct fueling station. Additional support facilities also being built by Sundt are air operations space, three separate landing helicopter deck replicas and connecting roads and infrastructure.
The project began last June will be complete this summer.