This UFC documents the standard practices for recycling pavement materials and using recycled materials in the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pavement structures. It covers recycling methods permitted on DoD and NASA pavements. It provides requirements for the selection of recycling methods as well as the design of pavement cross sections using the recycled materials and recycling methods.

This manual provides guidance for the preparation of drawings and specifications for road and airfield flexible pavements using asphalt cement materials. The term “asphalt” is used herein instead of bituminous (a generic term for both asphalt and tar materials) because this is the material most widely used in pavement construction. In current practice tar or coal-tar is used only in instances where fuel resistance is required.