Complex sentence: At this time the runway was a long dirt strip while the taxiways and parking areas were covered in Pierced steel planking (PSP), nevertheless the 459th and 537th Troop Carrier Squadrons both equipped with C-7As began operations from the base on 1 January 1967.
Split into simpler sentences: At this time the runway was a long dirt strip while the taxiways and parking areas were covered in Pierced steel planking (PSP). Nevertheless the 459th and 537th Troop Carrier Squadrons both equipped with C-7As began operations from the base on 1 January 1967.