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File: aaalz_01.txtSUBJECT: TEST OF NEW GENERATION MOBILE KITCHEN TRAILER IMMEDIATE * UNCLASSIFIED * OAAUZYUW RHDIAAA8126 0632O39-UUUU--RHIUFAA. ZNR UUUUU 0 042047Z MAR 91 FM USCENTAF REAR LANGLEY AFB VA//BS-DE// TO RHIUFAA/USCENTAF//DE // INFO RHIPAAA/USCINCENT//J4-7// RUCIPGA/HQ AFESC TYNDALL AFB FL //ESRC// RHDIAAA/USCENTAF REAR LANGLEY AFB VA//BS-DE// BT UNCLAS SUBJ: TEST OF NEW GENERATION MOBILE KITCHEN TRAILER 1. EARLY ON IN DESERT SHIELD, WE EXPERIENCED VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE MOBILE KITCHEN TRAILER (MKT) WHICH RENDERED IT BASICALLY UNSUITABLE FOR USE IN THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT. PROBLEMS INCLUDED AIRBORNE DUST GETTING IN FOOD AS A RESULT OF THE OPEN NATURE OF THE MKT, CAPACITY LIMITED TO 250 MEALS PER HOUR, LACK OF WORK SPACE TO RECONSTITUTE B-RATIONS OR PREPARE A-RATIONS, LACK OF SELF CONTAINED -REFRIGERATION, LACK OF UTILITY HOOK-UPS, ETC. 2. AS A RESULT, WE INITIATED ACTION TO DEVELOP A NEXT GENERATION MOBILE KITCHEN TO CORRECT THESE DEFICIENCIES AND TO SERVE AS A POSSIBLE PREPARATION AND COOKING MODULE FOR USE IN WITH THE EXISTING 9-1 HARVEST FALCON KITCHEN TO EXPAND ITS CAPACITY. HO USAF/LE FUNDED PAGE 2 RHDIAAA8126 UNCLAS DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE WHICH IS NOW COMPLETE. WE NEED TO STRESS TEST THIS UNIT IN A FIELD ENVIRONMENT TO DETERMINE ITS SUITABILITY FOR FUTURE USE. WE HAD PLANNED TO DEPLOY THIS UNIT FOR USE AT A BARE BASE DURING DESERT STORM. WITH CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WE BELIEVE THE UNIT SHOULD STILL BE TESTED BY USING IT TO FEED PEOPLE AT AN AERIAL PORT OF EMBARKATION (APOE) , AT A CONTINUING OPERATIONAL BASE, OR AT ONE OF THE LAST BASES TO CLOSE. THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR A PROPER FIELD TEST WOULD BE TO HOLD THE TEST UNTIL THE NEXT BRIGHT STAR EXERCISE (92-93) WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED OUR NORMAL METHOD OF DESERT TESTING. 3. AS AIRLIFT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO MOVE THE UNIT TO THE AOR AND SINCE SOME AIR FORCE PEOPLE WILL REMAIN IN THE AOR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD, WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE CONCURRENCE TO PROCEED WITH THIS TEST. THE TEST PLAN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO USCENTAF/DE UNDER SEPERATE COVER CAN BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE THIS APPROACH. BT #8126 **************** *UNCLASSIFIED * ****************
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