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USCENTAF/DE 
CRITICAL ISSUE 
 
SUBJECT: BEDDOWN STATUS OF AL KHARJ AB, S.A. 
 
AIRLIFT: A continual stream of aircraft continue to arrive with cargo 
on a daily basis. 
 
AIRFIELD: Airfield pavements in operational condition including 
airfield lighting. Three runway sweepers on site. PAPI system 
operational and has been flight checked. Portable TACAN is 
operational. No ILS yet, but combat comm is on site. 
 
ARRESTING BARRIERS: The runway has two BAK-9, two BAK-14 and two net 
barriers which have not been certified. (2) MAAS installed on runway, 
2000 feet from each threshold. 
 
FIRE PROTECTION: Marginal. Five P-l9's, two P-13's, one P-20 and one 
P-10 on site. Three P-18's and one P-l9 sourced. 48 fire fighters on 
site. 12 additional at Thumrait. They will move when aircraft leave 
Thumrait. 
 
WATER STORAGE: Twenty water storage bladders (20,000 gallon) are 
sourced. The local host nation storage, treatment and distribution 
system cannot be charged as there is no pumping station yet. 
 
FUEL STORAGE: Four sets of berms are complete now and others are 
under construction. Eight 50,000 Gal bladders are now full and eight 
additional are ready to be filled. 
 
POWER: No commercial power is available. Generators are sourced. 14 
solar turbine generators (750 KW) will be used for high voltage power. 
6 are now on site but not installed. Power is now being generated by 
MEP-6 generators. 
 
CANTONMENT AREA: RED HORSE, Prime BEEF, and a Saudi contractor are 
working 24-hours a day in shifts. Site prep and graded clay roads 
have an ECD of 20 Dec 90. 216 billeting tents and 5 admin tents are 
now erected. 
 
PERSONNEL: Prime BEEF - 150 (90 Thumrait, 60 Holloman) 
RED HORSE - 25 
Prime RIBS - 95 (18 Syracuse ANG, 27 McEntire ANG, 
			50 Thunrait) 
Fire Fighters - 60 (24 Holloman, 24 Thumrait, 12 Moody)
 
KEY PLAYERS: 4TFW/MA - Col Davies, Beddown OPR 
4TFW/DE - Maj Norris 
RH OIC - Maj Smiley

 
AS OF: 8 DEC 90 
OPR: [(b)(2)]

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