Red Hill task force commander discusses progress, next steps

TL;DR - For the past few weeks, KHON2 has been following the efforts to prepare for the defueling of Red Hill, which began with the “unpacking” phase of getting fuel out of the pipelines. Joining KHON2 to discuss the latest updates was Rear Adm. John Wade, commander of Joint Task Force-Red Hill.

Gina Mangieri, KHON2: People are going to want to know, what is the status so far? You’ve been busy called doing what’s called unpacking? What is that?

Rear Adm. Wade: Unpacking is removing the fuel from the pipelines in the Red Hill facility. We started last Tuesday, we’re almost done. We have completely unpacked or removed all the JP-5 fuel, and the F-24 fuel. Those are aviation fuels, and we have about 80,000 to 100,000 gallons left of marine diesel which fuels our ships. So that’s what we’re getting after today.

November 3, 2022: Red Hill task force commander discusses progress, next steps, KHON2