Stepping inside a jet fuel storage tank

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Gould, left, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron household goods NCO in charge, Senior Airman Austin Alvarado, right, 100th LRS fuels distribution operator, and Gladstone “Jock” Breckney, middle, Environmental Chemical Corporation project manager, talk in the center of the drained jet fuel storage tank, Feb. 28, 2023, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Breckney discussed the structure of the tank and explained how jet fuel is pumped in and extracted.

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Team Mildenhall personnel listen to a short brief about the process to enter and exit an emptied jet fuel storage tank Feb. 28, 2023, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The service members were given a rare opportunity to see the inside of a jet fuel storage tank for a better understanding of the scheduled maintenance.

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Woolard, 100th Mission Support Group deputy commander, makes his way down the ladder into an emptied jet fuel storage tank, Feb. 28, 2023, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Woolard was the first of the 100th MSG command team to enter the fuel storage tank before scheduled maintenance and repair began.

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U.S. Air Force Col. Gene Jacobus, left, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, and 1st Lt. Aris Livica, right, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron section commander, watches others being hoisted out of an emptied jet fuel storage tank, Feb. 28, 2023, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Jacobus smiled as Livica explained the experience he had seeing the inside of a jet fuel storage tank for the first time.

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Stepping inside a jet fuel storage tank

Published March 2, 2023
By Airman 1st Class Christopher Campbell
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England -- U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Gould, left, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron household goods NCO in charge, Senior Airman Austin Alvarado, right, 100th LRS fuels distribution operator, and Gladstone “Jock” Breckney, middle, Environmental Chemical Corporation project manager, talk in the center of the drained jet fuel storage tank, Feb. 28, 2023, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Breckney discussed the structure of the tank and explained how jet fuel is pumped in and extracted.