Operation Inherent Resolve uses a lot of fuel. Not just for the fighter jets dropping bombs on ISIS, but for the aircraft gathering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, for the generators powering the air-conditioning units cooling the bases, and for all the trucks and other vehicles transporting troops on the ground. About eight million gallons of that fuel is stored here, the largest fuel bladder farm in the Department of Defense. The farm-made up of more than 20 giant dirt pits holding enormous tan bags of fuel-processes roughly 500,000 gallons each day. The fuel bladders range from 50,000 to 210,000 gallons and are checked daily for cuts or leaks.
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