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File: 111396_aacvt_22.txtto each site in tbe AOR. In order to take advantage of inter-operability with our Saudi host, we deployed our aircraft at bases where they had similar weapon systems or depots, i.e., F-15s and E-3As. We negotiated a swap arrangement in which either party would be issued a part with the guarantee of a one for one replacement. This proved to work well for both the US and Saudi Air Forces. When hostilities ceased, an orderly plan was developed to close bases and base supply accounts. A time table was established when aviation packages would depart each site, with a base closure working group determining when each base should be completely vacated. LGS worked on a base closure plan and coordinated with each Chief of Supply to determine when certain records should be transferred by CSSA to home station, when peacetime operating stocks should be packaged and sent back to the CONUS, how to teardown and package Harvest Falcon equipment and forward it to the aggregation site, and when to formally close the account. Communications was critical because the communication plan was to "turn off" all communication lines four days after the aviation package departed. Disposition of materiel, i.e., war reserve materiel, follow-on spares, and accumulated primaty operating stock, was critical to reconstitution of forces at home station. Therefore, working guidance was provided to units to move property in the right direction. Weapon system spares, to include FOSK, HPMSK, WRSK, support equipment and operating stocks, would be
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