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File: 120596_aacxn_08.txtCONTINGENCY SUPPLIES: (U) The Bulk Storage Area relies primarily on the two temporary six inch pipes from the Ras Tanura Refinery This will change once ARAMCO finishes construction on the permanent 12 inch pipeline. Upon completion, the 12 inch pipe will be used as the primary and the two 6 inch pipes will be used as a backup source of fuel transport. Should both pipes be damaged, the POL would once again have to rely on fuel tanker trucks to maintain stock levels. This fuel would originate at the plants in Ras Tanura, Jubail, and Dhahran, SA. USAF fuels personnel believe KFIA could conduct its wartime fighter mission for approximately eight days without a resupply of fuel. If all six 1.6 million gallon storage tanks on KFIA were destroyed there is still enough fuel stored in portable bladders (950,000 gallons) to conduct wartime operations for one day. Fuels personnel also maintain 10 spare fuel bladders which can be up and running in 6 to 8 hours. (U) The Fuels Storage Area is limited to the use of two of its six 1.6 million gallon tanks. The other four tanks could not pass corrosive tests and the fuel is unsuitable for aircraft use. SAMAREC officials believe the jet fuel reacted chemically with the fuel previously in the pipeline. Fuel transfer through the two six inch pipes has been halted and the fuel farm is receiving approximately 100 trucks or fuel per day to maintain stock levels. Additionally, SAMAREC is blending the fuel in the four unusable tanks until the product is suitable for aircraft use. --MUNITIONS: (U) There are three munitions storage areas on KFIA. Two of the areas are a combination of assets from the 23rd and 354th Tactical Fighter Wings. This area is located inside the inner perimeter of the base and entry is gained through several phases of security ECPs. The third storage area is primarily 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW) assets with some overflow of TAC assets. OFFENSIVE MUNITIONS FOR THE A-10: (U) Munitions on hand for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft are: AGM-65B, Electrical Optical Air-to-Ground Missiles; AGM-650D, Infrared Sensor Air to Ground Missiles; MK-82HD, 500 pound High Drag General Purpose Bombs, KK-82 LD, 500 pound low drag General Purpose Bombs; CBU 52 and CBU 58, Cluster Bomb Units; LUU-l, LUU-2, LUU-5, Lumination flares; MK20, Anti-tank Bombs; 30 mm High Incendiary Armor Piercing; 30 mm High Incendiary; MK-8q (2,000 lb bombs) General Purpose munitions; CBU-87 Combined effects munitions; CBU-89 mines. DEFENSIVE MUNITIONS FOR THE A-10: (U) Munitions on hand for the A-10 Thunderbolt are: M 206 Flare/M796 SQUIBB Aircraft-Countermeasures Flare; CHAFF/BBU35 SQUIB Countermeasures for Radar; A1M-9L (AUR), Air Intercept Missile (Sidewinder). OFFENSIVE MUNITIONS THE F-16: (U) Same as the A-10 above. DEFENSIVE MUNITIONS FOR THE F-16:-(U) Same as the A-10 above. In addition, the F-16s carry 20MM munitions.
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