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File: aabsf_01.txtSUBJECT: SACRAMENTO AIR LOGISTICS CENTER AIRCREW CHEIMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE UNCLASSIFIED 10/15/90 JULLS LONG REPORT 1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 91733-38492 (00001). submitted by CAPT GANNON. [(b)(2)] 2. (U) Operation conducted by 2S52 ABG/DW on 10/15/90. 3. (U) KEYWORDS: AFLC, MAC. CWDE. !' (U) TITLE: AIRCREW CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE 5. (U) OBSERVATION: RESEARCH INDICATES THAT C-21 AIRCREW HAVE NO IN-FLIGHT CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE CAPABILITY. 6. (U) DISCUSSION: THE CURRENT AIRCREW CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL MASK (MBU-13/P) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE C-21 OXYGEN SYSTEM. IN PRE-DEPLOYMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH C-21 AIRCREWS AND THE COMMANDER OF THE LOCAL C-21 UNIT (DET 1:400 MAS) THE C-21 IS A CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS AN OXYGEN SYSTEM THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT. THEREFORE. THERE IS NO CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE PROTECTION AVAILABLE TO THE C-21 AIRCREWS IN-FLIGHT. IF THE AIRCREWS WERE TO WEAR THE M-17 SERIES MASK FOR CHEMICAL PROTECTION. THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO USE THE AIRCRAFT'S COMMUNICATIONS AND OXYGEN SYSTEMS. 7. (U) LESSON LEARNED: A CHEMICAL WARFARE MASK COMPATIBLE WITH THE C-21 OXYGEN/COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY. 8. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION: IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HQ AFLC AND HQ MAC HAD BEEN WORKING THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. APPROPRIATE SYSTEM MANAGERS NEED TO EVALUATE THE PRIORITY OF THIS NEED IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT OPERATIONS. --- (U) SUBJECT: OPERATIONS --- (U) 1NTEROPERABILITY: MATERIEL ---(U)
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