$11 million corrosion control facility dedication set Published Aug. 8, 2008 By By Bruce Hill Jr. and Kelsey Seeger U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico -- On Aug. 11 at 10 a.m., the new 58th Special Operations Wing corrosion control facility dedication ceremony will take place, with U.S. Representative Heather Wilson participating in the ribbon cutting. The $10.2 million C-130 Corrosion Control Facility was designed in October 2006, construction began in March 2007, and is now complete. The facility will provide the 58th SOW a facility for touch-up, repair of coatings and other corrosion control activities on their assigned aircraft, including the C-130, CV-22 Osprey, MH-60 Pave Hawk and UH-1H Huey aircraft. Because there wasn't a facility that met the environmental and safety requirements for painting the aircraft, Airmen were forced to do touch up painting outdoors when the weather permitted, or they would take the aircraft to another base for the work to be performed. The corrosion control facility will now provide them with the air system and filtration necessary to meet environmental requirements, as well as provide needed safety equipment and breathing apparatus to protect the Airmen that work on the aircraft. The corrosion control facility is a one-story building that is 30,400 square feet. The facility has an aircraft paint bay, a paint mixing room, a composite repair room, a support equipment preparation bay and paint booth, a paint storage room and a plastic media blasting room.