WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.231 Uh first name is Cameron Mills . That's 00:02.231 --> 00:05.659 K AM er Onmills Mass sergeant in the 00:05.670 --> 00:08.279 fields community . So I'll be the Fuels 00:08.289 --> 00:10.909 operations section chief in case that 00:10.920 --> 00:12.920 the need came , we were able to get 00:12.920 --> 00:15.340 fuel um in an austere environment by 00:15.350 --> 00:17.572 setting that up . Um We worked with the 00:17.572 --> 00:21.290 army to link up and receive fuel from 00:21.299 --> 00:24.149 them into air force bladder um in order 00:24.159 --> 00:26.215 to then quickly turn around and give 00:26.215 --> 00:28.440 that fuel to an aircraft . So the 00:28.450 --> 00:30.561 importance of the entire mission that 00:30.561 --> 00:32.561 we did this week so far has been um 00:32.610 --> 00:35.560 when the time came , right , we would 00:35.569 --> 00:37.680 uh ensure that our Irish stars didn't 00:37.680 --> 00:39.680 know where we were right . We wanna 00:39.680 --> 00:41.847 make sure we go to somewhere that's um 00:41.847 --> 00:43.902 off the beaten path . Um in order to 00:43.902 --> 00:46.189 keep them guessing on where we're at in 00:46.200 --> 00:48.810 order to do that . Um , we shipped out 00:48.819 --> 00:51.340 from uh our partners , the force 00:51.349 --> 00:53.229 equipment , um that's uh fuels 00:53.240 --> 00:55.099 operational readiness capability 00:55.110 --> 00:57.630 equipment and that included our R 00:57.639 --> 00:59.979 eighteens , our R nineteens in order to 00:59.990 --> 01:02.479 receive the fuel filter the fuel and 01:02.490 --> 01:04.546 then the , also the R 20 in order to 01:04.546 --> 01:06.879 pump that fuel into the aircraft itself . 01:06.879 --> 01:10.500 Um obstacles getting it here . I , I 01:10.510 --> 01:12.510 would just say the distance and the 01:12.510 --> 01:14.677 time , right , the , the , the size of 01:14.677 --> 01:16.899 the equipment , um , with the crew that 01:16.899 --> 01:18.954 we brought , we try to keep it light 01:18.954 --> 01:21.010 and lean . Uh , it's a heavy lift on 01:21.010 --> 01:20.819 those people that once they get on the 01:20.830 --> 01:23.108 ground and start putting that together , 01:23.108 --> 01:25.274 uh , advantages wise , uh , definitely 01:25.274 --> 01:27.441 see the advantages of from this week . 01:27.441 --> 01:29.608 Uh , we , we received the trucks in 21 01:29.608 --> 01:31.663 minutes , right . We were taking two 01:31.663 --> 01:33.941 trucks from the army within 21 minutes . 01:33.941 --> 01:36.219 Um , that's pretty substantial , right . 01:36.219 --> 01:38.441 That's , that's 10,000 gallons worth of 01:38.441 --> 01:38.190 fuel in 21 minutes . I mean , and we 01:38.199 --> 01:40.480 did nine of those trucks . So within 01:41.000 --> 01:43.330 two hours I had 50,000 gallons in this 01:43.339 --> 01:45.779 bag , which was ready to go to those 01:45.790 --> 01:47.940 aircraft that we received later on in 01:47.949 --> 01:50.699 the day . Um , disadvantages . It , it 01:50.709 --> 01:53.459 is quite the , the footprint , right ? 01:53.690 --> 01:55.639 Um This is a 50 K bag in order to 01:55.650 --> 01:57.650 sustain this , right . You would be 01:57.650 --> 02:01.300 looking at anywhere to 3 to 4 , 210,000 02:01.309 --> 02:03.531 gallon be bladders . So the acreage for 02:03.531 --> 02:05.753 that would be a pretty big thumbprint , 02:05.753 --> 02:08.470 right ? Or footprint . Um , but 02:08.559 --> 02:10.726 definitely doable . Um , it would take 02:10.726 --> 02:12.892 a little more time but you'd still get 02:12.892 --> 02:15.059 the end result , right ? The , the gas 02:15.059 --> 02:17.281 you need where you need it in a , in an 02:17.281 --> 02:19.448 environment that the adversary doesn't 02:19.448 --> 02:19.350 know about in order to get our jets 02:19.360 --> 02:21.860 back up in the air , not so much in the 02:21.869 --> 02:24.147 fuels aspect . Right . I , I knew that , 02:24.147 --> 02:26.369 um , the crews that were sending us the 02:26.369 --> 02:28.369 equipment that we needed to get the 02:28.369 --> 02:28.240 fuel on the ground and ready to go and 02:28.250 --> 02:30.361 then push to the aircraft . I knew we 02:30.361 --> 02:32.528 had , we needed everything there , but 02:32.528 --> 02:34.639 there's definitely been things on the 02:34.639 --> 02:36.806 ground that now that we're here , um , 02:36.806 --> 02:38.861 that we know looking forward that we 02:38.861 --> 02:40.917 can work on the communication aspect 02:40.917 --> 02:43.028 would be in the big one , not so much 02:43.028 --> 02:45.250 the communication between higher ups to 02:45.250 --> 02:47.472 us , but here locally on the ground for 02:47.472 --> 02:50.100 ourselves , right ? Um Knowing when my 02:50.110 --> 02:52.054 truck drivers are out there , when 02:52.054 --> 02:54.277 they're giving the the gas to the , the 02:54.277 --> 02:56.499 actual jet , there's no coms there . So 02:56.499 --> 02:58.610 working on that , looking forward and 02:58.610 --> 03:00.666 making sure that when we get back in 03:00.666 --> 02:59.940 those after action reports , we're , 02:59.949 --> 03:02.060 we're looking at those things that we 03:02.060 --> 03:04.282 had . Lim facts here and coms is one of 03:04.282 --> 03:06.227 the big ones . Uh when it looked , 03:06.227 --> 03:08.338 talking about this whole mission that 03:08.338 --> 03:10.449 we did this week , right ? Um Whether 03:10.449 --> 03:12.782 it be the inter operative with the army , 03:12.782 --> 03:12.119 um linking up with them , getting the 03:12.130 --> 03:14.529 trucks here , just looking at getting 03:14.539 --> 03:16.539 hands on for the fuels community in 03:16.539 --> 03:18.889 this , with this equipment , right ? Um 03:18.899 --> 03:21.121 This is the first time in 40 years that 03:21.121 --> 03:23.343 this equipment has been deployed , that 03:23.343 --> 03:25.510 we've actually got fuel in the bag and 03:25.510 --> 03:27.621 then turn right around and given fuel 03:27.621 --> 03:29.677 to the aircraft um , we've done bits 03:29.677 --> 03:29.550 and pieces of it here and there within 03:29.559 --> 03:31.726 global strike . Right . Um , wetting a 03:31.726 --> 03:34.630 bag getting fuel . But to see the whole 03:34.639 --> 03:36.528 plan come into play right between 03:36.528 --> 03:38.695 receiving the , the fuel from the army 03:38.695 --> 03:40.972 to getting it here to sampling it here . 03:40.972 --> 03:43.083 Um , in order to get it to the jets , 03:43.083 --> 03:45.139 uh , in a quick timely manner is the 03:45.139 --> 03:47.330 first time . And to me it was a huge 03:47.339 --> 03:49.339 success . Right , Especially for my 03:49.339 --> 03:51.570 younger airmen . Um my younger airmen 03:51.580 --> 03:53.720 only see this in plain text and in 03:53.729 --> 03:55.951 notebooks and black and white , they've 03:55.951 --> 03:58.173 actually never gotten their hands on it 03:58.173 --> 04:00.340 and to see them come together has been 04:00.340 --> 04:03.149 fantastic between my guys and then her 04:03.160 --> 04:05.910 crew and then also the mino team that 04:05.919 --> 04:08.789 came out , we were all able to phase 04:08.800 --> 04:11.449 three hot pit , qualify three different 04:11.460 --> 04:13.990 units , right ? My unit , her unit and 04:14.000 --> 04:16.440 then the mino crew here . So that's a 04:16.450 --> 04:18.730 huge lift , right ? So now knowing that 04:18.739 --> 04:20.906 the crew that was out here , the 26 of 04:20.906 --> 04:23.017 us that were out here are now able to 04:23.017 --> 04:25.269 refuel any heavy aircraft hot pit , get 04:25.279 --> 04:27.501 them off the ground quickly back in the 04:27.501 --> 04:29.940 air . I'm Sydney Hector , uh 04:29.950 --> 04:33.029 Sydnee Hector , he 04:33.040 --> 04:36.649 CTO R I am the fuels laboratory in 04:36.660 --> 04:39.910 CYC uh here and at home station . So I 04:39.920 --> 04:43.459 uh run the quality surveillance for 04:43.470 --> 04:46.839 fuel uh fueling equipment . I've been 04:46.850 --> 04:49.100 TDY before , I've been TDY to Portugal 04:49.109 --> 04:51.399 and this will be my second CD Y So it 04:51.410 --> 04:53.769 is my first TDY still in the States . 04:54.570 --> 04:56.829 So this week we are just tasting , 04:56.890 --> 04:58.946 testing the capabilities of us being 04:58.946 --> 05:01.112 able to receive fuel . That's not from 05:01.112 --> 05:03.309 our normal standard way of receiving 05:03.320 --> 05:06.109 fuel . So we're working with the army 05:06.140 --> 05:08.399 on this and with a lot of other pl 05:08.410 --> 05:12.149 shops to set up a pop up fueling point 05:12.160 --> 05:15.820 in a sense . So , and here I do the 05:15.829 --> 05:17.996 same thing back at Home station , it's 05:17.996 --> 05:20.107 just a lot more different equipment . 05:20.107 --> 05:22.051 So learning new equipment , how it 05:22.051 --> 05:24.273 works where to test it . Um Just making 05:24.273 --> 05:26.273 sure that the fuel we we receive is 05:26.273 --> 05:28.329 good that we can use it on jets that 05:28.329 --> 05:30.496 it's safe to use on jets and also that 05:30.496 --> 05:32.718 the equipment is working properly . And 05:32.718 --> 05:34.829 so I test that to make sure that it's 05:34.829 --> 05:36.718 not bad fuel going out onto those 05:36.718 --> 05:38.662 aircraft . So I test the very last 05:38.662 --> 05:40.885 point . I test the first all the way to 05:40.885 --> 05:42.885 last point of all this equipment to 05:42.885 --> 05:45.079 confirm that it is good fuel . Ok . So 05:45.089 --> 05:47.422 we received fuel , it was a little iffy . 05:47.422 --> 05:49.478 Um So I still ran all my tests on it 05:49.478 --> 05:51.649 and it was good on my end , but I send 05:51.660 --> 05:54.140 out and they send out fuel to be tested 05:54.149 --> 05:57.019 even further than my capabilities . So 05:57.029 --> 05:59.251 when we first received it , their cap , 05:59.251 --> 06:01.418 we're testing not as good fuel . So we 06:01.418 --> 06:03.640 have to resend fuel out to confirm that 06:03.640 --> 06:05.807 it is going to be good fuel to go back 06:05.807 --> 06:08.454 to the station here in Nebraska . So , 06:09.114 --> 06:11.135 so before Nebraska can receive that 06:11.144 --> 06:13.366 fuel , they want to test it and just to 06:13.366 --> 06:15.533 make sure that our equipment worked to 06:15.533 --> 06:17.700 clean the fuel properly and will be go 06:17.700 --> 06:20.709 back into their system 100% clean here . 06:21.160 --> 06:23.271 The thing that has helped me the most 06:23.271 --> 06:25.216 is people with experience . Uh I'm 06:25.216 --> 06:27.630 still fairly new to lab itself and 06:27.640 --> 06:29.589 fairly new to the Air Force . So , 06:29.600 --> 06:31.767 getting to work with people with a lot 06:31.767 --> 06:33.878 more background in different jobs and 06:33.878 --> 06:35.878 all that has been extremely helpful 06:35.878 --> 06:38.100 with how this equipment works , how I'm 06:38.100 --> 06:40.044 supposed to test it . Um , certain 06:40.044 --> 06:42.156 tests that I've never ran before that 06:42.156 --> 06:44.322 reading it , you can read it all day . 06:44.322 --> 06:46.489 But are you gonna comprehend it ? So , 06:46.489 --> 06:48.656 getting to have someone show me how to 06:48.656 --> 06:50.767 test something and like in person has 06:50.767 --> 06:52.878 been extremely helpful , my knowledge 06:52.878 --> 06:54.656 has greatly furthered from this 06:54.656 --> 06:57.325 experience . So what I enjoyed most 06:57.334 --> 06:59.501 being out here would be working with , 06:59.600 --> 07:01.600 with everyone , everyone from pol , 07:01.600 --> 07:03.489 everyone from all over , like the 07:03.489 --> 07:05.322 United States . It's been cool , 07:05.322 --> 07:07.433 especially to see their work ethic at 07:07.433 --> 07:09.544 home station . You , they're in their 07:09.544 --> 07:11.711 designated jobs . You don't get to see 07:11.711 --> 07:13.711 them that much . I'm doing my job , 07:13.711 --> 07:15.822 they're doing theirs . But here we've 07:15.822 --> 07:18.044 been so close and getting to watch them 07:18.044 --> 07:20.267 work hard and see that they're going to 07:20.267 --> 07:22.322 be , like , further their careers so 07:22.322 --> 07:22.040 well , because , like , you can just 07:22.049 --> 07:24.760 see how good they are and it's like , I 07:24.769 --> 07:28.359 just love seeing everybody work . I 07:28.369 --> 07:30.536 don't know . It sounds kind of weird , 07:30.536 --> 07:30.989 I guess . But .