CENTAF ENGINEERING AND SERVICES PERSONAL HISTORY

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                   USCENIAF ENGINEERING AND SERVICES
                                   PERSONAL HISTORY

            1. TIME COVERED: 5 Jan 91 to 4 Feb  91 (C+151 to C+181)

            2. RANK, NAME: Lt Col Ronald P. McCoy

            1. AFSC TITLE: 6216, Services  Staff  Officer

           4. UNIT MISSION: Supports the Commander, USCENTAF with
           Engineering and Services capabilities throughout the Desert Storm
           area of responsibility (AOR).  The USCENTAF population now exceeds
           53,000 people at 23 sites.  Engineering and Services workforce
           consists of approximately 4661 people; comprised of Prime Beef'
           Prime Ribs, Prime Fare, Firefighters, Red Horse and CEMIRT.
       
           5.  JOB TITLE,   JOB DESCRIPTION:  Assistant  DCS/Engineering  and
            Services.   Supports the DCS and acts in his absence.

            6. ENGINEERING AND SERVICES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ISSUES:

            a. Phase II build-up of additional people and weapons systems
            was complete by this period.   However, as the 15 Jan 91 United
            Nations deadline approached,  we experienced minor redeploynents
            within the AOR; such as moving some A-10 aircraft westward to a
           Forward Operating Location at King Khalid Military City  (KKMC) and
           further  developing of a special operations beddown at A1 Jouf
           With these relocations,  came additional manpower and equipment
           requirements.  An additional  9-1 field kitchen was deployed to KKMC
           to meet their growing  feeding requirements and two Mobile Kitchen
           Trailers were deployed to A1 Jouf.  Additional  E&S  forces were
           sourced to support these sites.  Additional people were also
           deployed where Air Transportable Hospitals (ATH) or Aeromedical
           Staging Hospitals (ASH) were being completed.

           b. On 17 Jan 91 at 0219 hours local,  the first bombs were
           dropped on Iraq. The war had started. Only two days earlier the
           USCENTAF/DE  staff implemented  two 12-hour shifts  and a DE
           representative was assigned to the Battlestaff.  We were prepared
           for the war.  Approximately 45 minutes before the first jets hit
           their targets we were notified of the impending attack.  Knowing
           what was about to occur,  affected each of us in different ways.  In
           our own thoughts,  we now reflected on the last 5 1/2 months
           accomplishments that would soon be put to the test.

           c. After completing the first two weeks of war,  Allied
           airfields were still operational and unaffected by Iraqi air
           attack. Our Rapid Runway Repair and Base Recovery After Attack
           (BRAAT)  capabilities were now appearing they would not be used.  We
           were thankful,  but we didn't drop our guard.  Allied air forces
           declared air supremacy over Iraq and the only threat to our