Last week one of our C-23 Sherpas flew into a US 
operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw 
there was construction equipment on the runway.  
Yet there was no NOTAM (notice to airmen).  A 
trench was being dug in the runway, and it was 
not marked.  It

Well, it seems the construction continued and still 
was not marked or NOTAMed or anything.  A C-130 landed 
on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the 
construction.  It wound up going through what is now a 
large pit on the runway.  

A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.  
There were several injuries to the crew and the few 
passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was 
killed.  Quite the set of failures somewhere in the 
system regarding this improper construction a