DISCUSSION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING DIARRHEA

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Operational Factors
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    	 During my slay  Al-Dhafra the Lemma of flying activity
     wend from an average of three sorties  day to six In addi-
     tion, on 14 and 16 September 199Q, one additional KC-135R's 
    their aircrews arrived at Al-Dhafra from Diego Garcia. Thus 16-
    creasing Me force to seven KC-135Rs and eight aircrews AL A1-
    Dhafra On 19 and 20 September 1990,  306 SW Cankers at A1-
    Dhafra were tasked for the first time since Operation Desert
    Shield began to air refuel USAF aircraft rather char navy carrier
    aircraft. Nevertheless the ma majority of the win's air refueling
    missions was flown in support of aircraft frog the United States
    Navy carrier independent Which required the deployed KC-135R'S to
    use drogues rather booms to air refuel all of the  missions
     performed at Al--Dhafra were tasked through CENTAF Air Tasking 0r-
     ders (ATO).   These ATOs indicated the Camber and type of
     receivers, amounts of fuel to be offloaded, air refueling orbits
     and altitudes, tine in the air refueling block, and air refuel-
     ing tracts, the 306SW at Al-Dhafra was usually tasked against
     five of them.  The majority of the wing's refueling took place in
     an air refueling track  called "Slice" just off the UAE coast
     where most of the navy carrier aircraft refueled.   In addition,
     there was "Driver" in the Gulf of Oman, and three refueling
     tracts in Saudi Arabia, "Railroad," "Caddie," and ""Hosum."    The
     night staff  personnel based on the ATP would build the next day's
     flying schedule.   Most of the flying activity Al-Dhafra Look
     place during the day.  The 306SW was also required to have Lao
     aircraft and aircrews 6n alert with  30 minute response time

    However, Because of space limitations at building 48, it was

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