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last here. I think there was some skepticism by some people
as to whether their program would work here. Their program
worked beautifully.

Additionally, we were able to use some of the high-speed
taxiways like Alpha 2 and the south Hammerhead Alpha 1 for
mass parking of fighter aircraft. Typically, A-l0s would
park there. We would use the civilian ramp from time to
time when we got transient fighters in here. We would
refuel F-4s and F-15s.

We refueled Saudi aircraft down there, not that we would not
also refuel them at the hot pits, but it just seemed the
natural thing to do when the flow was really high to
separate the transient aircraft from the fragged flow.
However, down at the north end of the ramp, down by Alpha 6,
typically that area was congested with heavy airlift traffic
to the extent where we just separated fighter traffic
completely from that area and would just not use the area
for fighters.
	
The relationship between MAC and TAC was a wonderful thing
to see.  It was a very positive relationship. It was
synergistic in that if they could help us, they would. If
we could help them, we would. We kept the air cargo and
flow moving, and they helped us keep the fighter traffic
moving. Whatever it would take to do both of those things,
we would both do what it took. It was a beautiful thing to
see.

S: What about the response of your people to the many
calamitous situations, as you call them? There were the two
aircraft that ran out of fuel and the pilots had to eject,
and there was the in-flight emergencies that we had an
abundance of, and then the unfortunate accidents that did

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