Airman 1st Class Eian Andrew tests a fuel sample prior to accepting delivery of the first Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan shipment of fuel to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 19, 2011. Under the fuel contract, the Transit Center will receive up to 90 percent of its aviation fuel from GAK. The contact was announced Sept. 27. Andrew is a fuels systems specialist assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. He is deployed here from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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Master Sgt. Joseph Vaughn connects a hose to a fuel truck to download the first Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan shipment of fuel to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 19, 2011. Under the fuel contract, the Transit Center will receive up to 90 percent of its aviation fuel from GAK. The contact was announced Sept. 27. Vaughn is a fuel systems supervisor assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. He is deployed here from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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The gallon counter spins as fuel from the first Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan shipment of fuel flows to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 19, 2011. Under the fuel contract, the Transit Center will receive up to 90 percent of its aviation fuel from GAK. The contact was announced Sept. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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Airman 1st Class Eian Andrew takes a receipt accepting delivery of the first Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan shipment of fuel to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 19, 2011. Under the fuel contract, the Transit Center will receive up to 90 percent of its aviation fuel from GAK. The contact was announced Sept. 27. Andrew is a fuels systems specialist assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. He is deployed here from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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Transit Center receives jet fuel delivery

Published Nov. 21, 2011
By the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, received their first delivery of jet fuel from Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgyzstan Nov. 19. Under the fuel contract the Transit Center could receive up to 90 percent of their aviation fuel from GAK. The contact was announced Sept. 27.