(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.
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