Maytag Aircraft Corporation Wins Bulk
Fuel
Storage Contracts At 19 U.S. Military Bases Worldwide
Wins Based On Past Performance & Technical Proposals
(Los Angeles, CA—November
21, 2008): Mercury Air Group, Inc. announced today that
its wholly owned subsidiary, Maytag Aircraft Corporation, has
won government owned/contractor operated (GOCO) contracts to provide
bulk fuel storage services at 19 U.S. Military Bases around the
world. All contracts are currently underway.
“These GOCO contracts represent
a very significant win for Maytag Aircraft. I am proud of our
team and the great work they continue to do for our military,”
said Joseph A. Czyzyk, Chairman & CEO of Mercury Air Group,
Inc.
The 19 locations include bases
in the Eastern and Southern United States, the United Kingdom,
Germany and Italy. High profile bases under the GOCO contracts
include, Dover AFB, Langley AFB, Whiteman AFB and RAF Mildenhal.
At each location, Maytag Aircraft personnel are responsible for
receiving and checking fuel shipments and maintaining the fuel
storage facilities. Storage capacity of the fuel farms at the
various locations ranges from 600,000 to over six million gallons
of fuel.
Since its founding in 1950, Maytag
Aircraft Corporation, based in Colorado Springs, Co., has successfully
completed more than 400 government contracts. Maytag Aircraft
is the largest provider of Air Terminal & Ground Handling
Services to the US Air Force Air Mobility Command worldwide. Since
1993, Maytag Aircraft operated facilities have received the prestigious
API Award more frequently than any other operator. The U.S. Air
Force rates Maytag Aircraft’s past performance record as
“very good to exceptional,” the highest ratings possible.
“What makes winning these
contracts especially gratifying is that they were awarded on our
past performance and technical proposals, not just cost, which
shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that Maytag Aircraft Corporation
has an impressive capability in bulk fuel storage,” said
David Nelson, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
of Maytag Aircraft Corporation.
