Air Delivered Fuel Bulk Installation0 pages
Information sheet # 13
Defence & Fuel
Air Delivered Bulk Fuel Installation
Factors: ADBFI
• Comes on a standard aircraft pallet.
• Can be folded into a small space for
transportation without fuel
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• In operation with a number of Armed Forces
The system in use on operations
The system was developed by
the USAF during the Korean
War and has been further
developed for higher capacity.
Air Landed Aircraft Refuelling Point (ALARP)
Capacity:
Model 1: Tank A 2500US Gal Tank B 1500 US Gal
Model 2: Tank A 2500 US Gal Tank B 2500 US Gal
Model 3: Tank A 3000 US Gal Tank B 3000 US Gal
NB - Model 3 is still under trails
ALARP safely de-fuels aircraft in the field and is capable of refuelling two helicopters
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simultaneously