Story by Staff Sgt. Orlando Corpuz | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 10.09.2023
Joint Task Force - Red Hill (JTF-RH) announced today it will begin defueling the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) October 16, pending Hawaii Department of Health approval....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Brown | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 08.28.2023
Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) announced today it began repacking the fuel pipelines connecting the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) to fuel points on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. ...
Story by 1st Lt. Deborah Kwan | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 07.27.2023
HONOLULU - Joint Task Force - Red Hill (JTF-RH) hosted State of Hawaii executive branch representatives, and the House Special Committee on Red Hill Thursday at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF)....
Story by Staff Sgt. Orlando Corpuz | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 07.26.2023
Joint Task Force – Red Hill (JTF-RH) has transitioned into the last phase of the surge tank draining evolution. To date, JTF-RH has removed 435,000 gallons of the approximately 480,000 gallons the tanks held before draining began July 17....
Story by 1st Lt. Deborah Kwan | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 07.10.2023
HONOLULU – Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) announced today its intention to begin draining the four underground surge tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) July 17, having received conditional approvals from the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Hawaii Department of Health....
Story by Capt. Kitsana Dounglomchan | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 06.28.2023
HONOLULU – Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) completed all 253 Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) mandated repairs, enhancements, and modifications at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) and released an updated Dashboard. The link can be found here: https://www.pacom.mil/Portals/55/JTF-RH/.PDF/JTF-RH%20Defueling%20Update_28JUN23_FINAL.pdf?ver=uSAIarOniZ5Z6G47AaOQKA%3d%3d...
Story by Capt. Kitsana Dounglomchan | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 06.05.2023
HONOLULU – Joint Task Force - Red Hill (JTF-RH) will conduct tank tightness testing from June 5 to July 21 at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF). The tests will be conducted on the storage tanks that currently hold fuel at the RHBFSF....
Story by Capt. Kitsana Dounglomchan | Joint Task Force Red Hill | 06.01.2023
HONOLULU – Joint Task Force - Red Hill (JTF-RH) announced the availability of a new mobile application to track the progress of defueling efforts at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF). The App provides detailed information regarding the status of repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act, regulatory approvals, and......