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Tankman
19-05-2011, 09:22 PM
Carrying on my surveying of the base:thumb
Here is another in depth report of a part of a Cold War Iconic base that makes up RAF Upper Heyford:thumb

The Aircraft Decontamination Wash is formed up of a series of buildings, ranging from the De-con hanger, where the F-111 aircraft would be moved into a hanger and throughly washed down to rid it of decontaminates, such as radiation fallout etc. This was a simple affair in relation to washing the aircraft down!
The cleaning of the contaminated water however was a complex business and involved several buildings and filter beds to rid the water of contaminates.

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Unlike the HAS shelters, the De-con Hanger was very plain, and could take only one aircraft at a time.

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Rear of the De-con Hanger, the building to the right contained a smaller De-con, container for smaller items, most of it is wrecked though:(

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Alongside and housed in a smaller building is the water pumping equipment, that drained the contaminated water from the hanger into the filter beds located in another building.

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All the equipment on site was maintained by MOD staff - PSA. USAF personnel were not allowed to tamper with anything:?

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Water treatment building which contained the filter beds.

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Inside the filter beds were housed in these brick lined tanks, which treated the contaminated water before, being pumped out again, into a separate holding tank before being returned to the De-con hanger for re-use.

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Not one of the most exciting buildings on the flying Field! But an essential one never the less:coffee
Thanks for looking:thumb