TM 5-822-7/AFM 88-6, Chap. 8
is inadequate due to poor texturing techniques, rain-
skid resistance for aircraft traveling at high speed,
fall on insufficiently hardened concrete, or other
the Air Force requires that new runways have a
causes, grooving or grinding will restore the skid
burlap drag finish with saw-cut grooves. Figure 2
resistance of the surface.
shows the grooving requirements for an Air Force
runway. If the constructed pavement surface texture
Figure 2. Air Force runway grooving requirements.
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