4410 OPS SUPP WG (P) CONTINGENCY HISTORIAL REPORT, 10-16

File: aabfs_01.txt
Page: 01
Total Pages: 23
SUBJECT:  4410 OPS SUPP WG (P) CONTINGENCY HISTORIAL REPORT, 10-16
                    MARCH 91, SUPP DOC #18

                                    DESERT SHIELD/STORM SUPPORT DOCUMENT TO
                                                                  #00881395


Oral Interview with
Captain Lee P. McManus
Airfield Manager, King Khalid
Military City, 10 March 1991
831st Air Base Operability Sq
George AFB CA

S: Captain, my first question is, when did you first come over
to KKMC?  On your way over here, you must have had an idea
of the type of mission you would be performing.  Can you
explain that to us?

M:  Yes.  I arrived on 7 January 1991 at about 1700.  I arrived
after an 8-hour trip from King Fahd Airport.  This was a
very short-notice assignment.  I was given a one-hour
preparation before I was in the truck and on my way up here.
My mission was given to me by Colonel Sharp of the 354th
Wing.  It was simply to create or to make the most offensive
capability at KKMC that we can with an A-10 FOL [forward
operating location] in mind.

Then, when I got here, there were a few objectives that had
to be met:  first, to assess the airport and what it was
capable of; and, secondly, moving the right kinds of
eguipment around and building space and allocating real
estate to the various organizations, creating a flow to get
things moving.  We had a Tactical Air Command and a Military
Airlift Command operation in here at the time.



         [(b)(1)sec 3.4(b)(6)]