Photo by Mauricio Campino | 436th Airlift Wing | 06.04.2020
Col. Matthew Jones, 436th Airlift Wing commander, cuts a ribbon, marking the official opening of the brand-new hazardous cargo fuels facility June 4, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The facility cuts response times to the hot cargo pad by 33 percent and refueling times by 50 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)...
Photo by Mauricio Campino | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.29.2020
The brand-new hazardous cargo fuels facility, May 29, 2020 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The new facility completed in May of 2020 uses a Type III hydrant system, which pumps fuel from two aboveground storage tanks through a system of underground pipes to three access points on the hot cargo pad commonly called “pits.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)...
Photo by Mauricio Campino | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.29.2020
Airman Cameron Pellerin, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, monitors an R-12 hydrant servicing vehicle during the testing of a brand-new Type III hydrant system May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The final test of the new system was the fueling and defueling of a C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)...
Photo by Mauricio Campino | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.29.2020
Senior Airman William Mann, 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-17 Globemaster III crew chief, attaches a hose from an R-12 hydrant servicing vehicle to a C-17 Globemaster III during the testing of a brand-new Type III hydrant system May 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The newly constructed fuels facility and pits will streamline the refueling process for aircraft at the hot......
Photo by Mauricio Campino | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.28.2020
Hoses from an R-12 hydrant service vehicle are shown connected to one of three new fuel hydrant pits located at the aircraft hot cargo area May 28, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. During fuel hydrant system performance testing, the R-12 pumped fuel to an R-11 fuel truck that was used to simulate a receiver aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)...
Photo by Roland Balik | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.28.2020
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha and Philadelphia Districts; Bay Associates, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Structural Associates Inc., Syracuse, New York and 436th Civil Engineer Squadron monitor fuel flow and pressures during operational testing of the new fuel hydrant system located at the aircraft hot cargo area May 28, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. During fuel......
Photo by Roland Balik | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.28.2020
Hoses from an R-12 hydrant service vehicle are shown connected to one of three new fuel hydrant pits located at the aircraft hot cargo area May 28, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Maximum-performance tests were conducted on the fuel pump house as Jet-A fuel was pumped through the new hydrant system to each of the fuel hydrant pits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)...
Photo by Roland Balik | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.28.2020
Hoses from an R-12 hydrant service vehicle are shown connected to one of three new fuel hydrant pits located at the aircraft hot cargo area May 28, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Maximum-performance tests were conducted on the fuel pump house as Jet-A fuel was pumped through the new hydrant system to each of the fuel hydrant pits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)...
