DISCUSSION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING DIARRHEA

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SUBJECT:  DISCUSSION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING DIARRHEA
Observations from 306th Strategic Wing Deployed, Al-Dhafra
Military Air Field, United Arab Emirates during the period 6-20
September 1990.
	
	One of the first things you notice about Al-Dhafra,
     Military Air Field, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the heat.  As we
      approached the airfield the temperature in the KC-135R aircraft
      began to rise, it wasn's long before the temperature in the
      aircraft was well above 100 degrees (it's usually  -30 degree
      hotter in camouflage KC-135 aircraft). After landing the boom
      operator and the crew chiefs open the side hatches and the cargo
      door to allow ventilation in the aircraft while taxing to the
      cargo ramp in front of base operations (building 48) at Al-
     Dhafra. This is where The 306SW tankers were parked. The sight
      that greeted you after landing AL Al-Dhafra is not a barren waste
     land, but modern buildings, and numerous vehicles. [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(6)]
                                     After the aircraft was secured everyone helped
      to unload. Then they were driven to building 48 where the 306SW
      deployed offices are located.  
                                    The 306SW deployed occupied three rooms on the second
      floor of building 48. The primary room was  the tanker operations
      room (previously the UAE 5th Mirage Squadrons  training officer's
      office). In this room was located all the communication equipment
      
      
      
      
      
      
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