Tech Orders,

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      [France, Italy, Greece and within the Unlted States. Some of these
      were in direct support of bomber operations, while others supported
      tanker beddowns, hospitals, and bases that served as throughput
      nodes for people and materiel.
      Several USAFE baser were quite busy serving as throughput
      bases throughout Desert Shield. Both Torrejon AB' Spain and Rheln
      Main AB, Germany were major stopover bases for personnel deploying
      to and from SEA. Ibe engineers constructed a tent city at each
      base to handle the thousands of personnel transiting the base.
      Refueling capabilities were a major concern for the engineers'
      also. Rbein Main engineers redesigned the hydrant system enabling
      them to double the refueling capacity by using more trucks over a
      borter distance->
      As the transports loaded with troops bound for the Persian
      Gulf began arclvlng at the USAFE bases, the Services functions were
      immediately impacted. Although the layovers at USAFE bases were
      expected to be brief' the need for contingency billeting and
      feeding facilities mushroomed. The demands placed upon uSAFE
      throughput bases stressed the base-level Services functions to
      unprecedented levels. Table III illustrates the substantial
      billeting demands placed upon USAFE bases. The billeting quarters
      ~ ~^ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~) sag
      the peak' Rhein Main billeting had a 176 percent occupancy rate.
      That meant that 76 percept of the rooms were used twice in a
      twenty-four bour period. Rheln Maln and Torrejon both constructed
      tent cities on base to handle the flow of people. At Moron AB'
      rooms in the transient's dormitory which were intended to house two
      people were packed with up to six' resulting in extremely
      uncomfortable condltlons in the hot, humid climate. A1r
      condltlonlng had to be added to the dormitory to allow al~crews to
      receive their needed rest. In addition to the normal cff-base
      contract quarters, facilities such as gymnasiums and schools were
      used to house transients. Air crews were given priority for on-
      base quarters because of the crew rest requirements.
      
                                   TABLE III
                            uSAFE BILLETING suPPoRT
      
        BASE             NORMS DAILY COG*        PEAK 2 4 -HOUR PERIOD
        Rhein Main              560                      4959
        Ramsteln               1100                      2893
        Hlldenhall              839                      1608
        upper Heyford           70                       3594
        - ~orrejon              211                      2500
        Avlano                  166                      1000
        Zaragoza                450                       980
        Incirlik                700                      50OO
      
        * Pre-Desert Shield