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File: 110196_aacis_01.txtSUBJECT: DISCUSSION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING DIARRHEA Observations from 306th Strategic Wing Deployed, Al-Dhafra Military Air Field, United Arab Emirates during the period 6-20 September 1990. One of the first things you notice about Al-Dhafra, Military Air Field, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the heat. As we approached the airfield the temperature in the KC-135R aircraft began to rise, it wasn's long before the temperature in the aircraft was well above 100 degrees (it's usually -30 degree hotter in camouflage KC-135 aircraft). After landing the boom operator and the crew chiefs open the side hatches and the cargo door to allow ventilation in the aircraft while taxing to the cargo ramp in front of base operations (building 48) at Al- Dhafra. This is where The 306SW tankers were parked. The sight that greeted you after landing AL Al-Dhafra is not a barren waste land, but modern buildings, and numerous vehicles. [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(6)] After the aircraft was secured everyone helped to unload. Then they were driven to building 48 where the 306SW deployed offices are located. The 306SW deployed occupied three rooms on the second floor of building 48. The primary room was the tanker operations room (previously the UAE 5th Mirage Squadrons training officer's office). In this room was located all the communication equipment :
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