Premium Aerospace Center Oklahoma’s “Hangar 234 Project” Will Bring Jobs to Area

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December 5, 2023

By Landry Brewer

Burns Flat’s aerospace company is working with a prominent metro-area contractor to expand its facility, which will provide short-term and long-term economic benefits for western Oklahoma.

Shellback General Contracting, whose clients include the Oklahoma City Thunder, energy-industry businesses, and the Federal Aviation Administration, will expand Hangar 234 at the Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base in Burns Flat for Premium Aerospace Center Oklahoma (PAC) beginning early in 2024.

This project will allow PAC to efficiently paint commercial aircraft and quickly get them back in service.

We anticipate the project taking about 10 to 12 months,” said Matt Richardson, President of Shellback General Contracting.

He anticipates hiring between 50 and 75 subcontractors over the course of this project, and locals will be hired when possible.

We will need a steel-erection company, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing personnel, plus painters, flooring, and concrete workers,” Richardson said. “We will also need security personnel.”

Shellback General Contracting hopes to hire qualified subcontractors from western Oklahoma.

But this project isn’t the only jobs opportunity on the horizon in Burns Flat.

There are also several other projects after Hangar 234 that will take place over the next five to seven years,” Richardson said.

He is eager to work with PAC and enhance area and state opportunities at Burns Flat’s Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base.

The base is a sleeping giant for this portion of our state,” Richardson said.

In addition to creating local job opportunities quickly, this expansion project will require PAC to hire local qualified aerospace-industry personnel and those who want to relocate to the area.

Anyone with ties to the professions mentioned above who is interested in working as a subcontractor on the PAC Hangar 234 Project should send an email to admin@shellbackgc.com

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