USAF Fuels Management and Real Property

Fuels Management Team (FMT) Responsibilities

• Performs, validates, and consolidates data calls and shares results with MAJCOM Engineers, AFFOR fuels planners, AFIMSC, and base activities as required.
• Reviews real property records and coordinates with AFCEC/CIT and base real property offices to update the real property database.

Real Property Reconciliation

• Correlates real property data to fuels infrastructure facilities for DLA Energy funded SRM/MILCON project requirements.
• Assists Fuels Knowledge Operations (FKO) and Civil Engineering (CE) with the real property reconciliation process as required.

Construction Agency and Base-Level Staff Support

• Assists construction agency and base-level staffs in validating all newly capitalized fuels facilities (SRM and MILCON) DD1354s, ensuring accurate reflection of complete and usable facilities.
• Engages with execution agents on proposed projects and receives updates as needed.

Fuels Facility and Equipment Modernization

• Supports fuel facility and equipment modernization programs; reviews construction designs to ensure code/criteria compliance, standardization, and modernization consistency.
• Coordinates alternative fuel use with AFPET/PTOT and provides technical support to ensure product and/or infrastructure compatibility.

Environmental Compliance and Site Visits

• Provides assistance to bases for compliance with applicable local, state, federal, and/or foreign government environmental laws and regulations.
• Approves and coordinates with base site visit requests for various DLA Energy CMPs, including spill response training and tank tightness testing.

Automated Tank Gauging (ATG) and Fuels Management Systems

• Coordinates AIT testing requirements with test locations and provides test results to DLA-E with recommended improvements.
• Administers system change requests and AF recommended system upgrades for all fuels AIT systems (e.g., Windows upgrade, FMD update).

Fuels Management and Inventory Audits

• Coordinates FMD communication issues with DLAs information operations Joint Staff Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, and Cyber (J6).
• Coordinates DLA-E inventory audits with base level FMT and provides technical assistance to correct findings.

Product Support Directorate

• Promotes and coordinates new emerging, alternate, and alternative type fuels, providing technical support on infrastructure and equipment compatibility.
• Performs product service engineering and scientific support for petroleum, chemicals, and cryogenics.

Petroleum Standards Division

• Provides product and scientific support for POL, chemical, and cryogenic life cycle demands.
• Serves as preparing activity for Military Specifications and AF custodian for military standards.
• Recommends storage bases or locations, sets inside storage priorities, prescribes command reporting procedures, and administers a sustainable operational management program.

War Reserve Material (WRM) and Expeditionary Fuels Handling Equipment (FHE)

• Articulates the war consumable distribution objective (WCDO) requirements to base fuels activities.
• Provides WRM FHE requirement needs statement to the FWS to fill requirement gaps.
• Ensures all fuels functions utilize Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS), Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (DCAPES), and DPAS for readiness reporting.

Vehicle Validation and Refueling

• Requests AFPET to conduct refueling vehicle validation when mission changes warrant.
• According to the AFPET Vehicle Validation schedule or when requested, an FMT will provide the requested data to start or support their vehicle validation.

Managing Contracted Fuel Operations

• A Primary and Alternate will be appointed in accordance with federal acquisition regulation (FAR) in concurrence with squadron commander (or equivalent) to execute the duties and responsibilities detailed in AFI 63-138, Acquisition of Services.
• The COR's function is to monitor Contractor's day-to-day compliance with the Performance Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.