Table 12
Cumulative Desert Shield Totals
Aircraft
Type
|
Events/
Sorties*
|
Hours
|
Total
Rcvr ARs
|
Offloads
(pounds of fuel)
|
KC-10
|
4,117
|
23,262
|
4,523
|
87,340,800
|
KC-135A/R/Q
|
10,128
|
37,095
|
23,312
|
263,379,200
|
KC-135E
|
3,040
|
14,476
|
5,545
|
90,297,600
|
Total
|
17,285
|
74,833
|
33,380
|
441,017,600
|
*Sortie numbers include AR, airlift, MAC channel, and KC-10 dual role sorties.
Table 13
Cumulative Desert Storm Totals
Aircraft
Type
|
Events/
Sorties*
|
Hours
|
Total
Rcvr ARs
|
Offloads
(pounds of fuel)
|
|
|
|
|
|
KC-10
|
3,278
|
16,717
|
10,915
|
283,616,000
|
KC-135A/R/Q
|
9,897
|
34,635
|
27,390
|
353,030,000
|
KC-135E
|
3,690
|
14,886
|
13,391
|
164,090,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
16,865
|
66,238
|
51,696
|
800,736,000
|
Table 14
Tanker Deployment at the Peak of Desert Storm
|
KC-10
|
KC-135A
|
KC-135Q
|
KC-135E
|
KC-135R
|
Total
|
Deployed in AOR
|
29
|
36
|
26
|
66
|
65
|
222
|
Supporting outside the AOR
|
17
|
25
|
3
|
15
|
26
|
86
|
Total
|
46
|
61
|
29
|
81
|
91
|
308
|
Percent of type committed
|
81
|
34
|
54
|
48
|
45
|
45
|
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