European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Pumped from Tanker at Rofa to begin its 485-mile pipe journey. France Borce Tono Cor fog no Adimu Cordoba a a san Pablo a Honey left with his executive officer it cmdr John pile. T sgt Jimmy Pesne ii turn valve at Zaragoza terminus of pol line the worlds skin Niest air Force base Macaw or Stoff writer i the . Navy and air Force together operate a 485-Milef v. Pipeline carrying fuel for our strategic bases in Spain in a 4 v lit the extreme Southwest int truth of Whit to Baili Cost of More wis s3 it a wed and 485 mile i " " to 16th air Ironce bases at Tondl is Ragati with the. At Duel they Taeed to keep their la the air and their vehicles. Grounds Jet fuel " motor. Which Means that one Typ of fad ipod through right after an Fiji e negligible Ami int of Atam nation roughly 50 Gallons at september 12.1959 i there Are Only two other Multi pipelines in the of. Miu Warjone in Alaska the other in France. The fuel is landed in Spain from tankers that Tif up at the special to shaped pol pier at Iota. The pier extends 1,200 feet out Lontor the Atlantic and the to head is i goo feet. It can accommodate two super Tanker. Besides the fuel for the strategic air come bases Navy special fuel is also landed there for servicing ships of the u4., sleet a operations at Rota come under the Navy f6el depot commanded by cmdr Leonii a Honey the depot has 28 under ground and 13 surface tanks for storing a before it goes into the pipeline. The pipeline itself begins right on the Ota installation at the no. 1 pump station which is maimed by eight air Force personnel m sgt John m. Tech is in charge of the station which has 20 pumps and an intricate control room with Speed pressure and flow recorders. There Are five other pumping storage stations along the seamless steel welded pipeline. Their Job is to push the fuel along to the next station or sidetrack some into storage tanks to Clear the line for movement of another Type of fuel. The pump stations also feed fuel Back Dow the line when maintain pressure the pipeline tapers from a 32-Inch diameter it Rota to eight inches at the end of the line at la Muela just North of Zaragoza. The pipeline. Has a fuel capacity of11,180.000 Gallons. The Overall capacity for the pipeline and storage tank system has a capacity of More than 130 million Gallons. At present the pipeline is sending 3.�54� 000 Gallons a Day from Rota to Moron 2,213,000 Gallons from Moron to Madrid and 870.000 Gallons from Tor Rejon on to Zaragoza. " Breaks or leaks in the pipeline which is covered by an average 20 inches of soil Are rough plotted by spaced pressure re corders while Light observation planes keep 5&s photos by Glentet Schu Ettigi constant Vigil for ruptures or Otter around the clock pumping open Afoa started in june 18. The pipeline test Tais operated by the 3977th support set Jans. Its Headquarters Are at sap is near Sovilla. The Squadron Alsobr e fuel testing Laboratory. Besides the main pipeline., there Are ranch lines to the three Sac basest of the end of line at la Muela Etta Zaragoza. M sgt Frank j. Leone a other airman and 12 spaniards Are la charge the diesel engine for agr Erse Itow a and a-101-acre tank larm.-. -s1" besides Rota and la Muela the line s other stations Are 1
