New fueling system completed at Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base The Associated Press May 9 Danny Bowlin, a fuels contractor, pumps fuel from a new $35 million Type III fuel hydrant system, to a KC-135R Stratotanker on May 4, 2021, at Grissom Air Reserve Base. The new system replaces a system installed in the 1950s. (Douglas Hays/Air Force) BUNKER HILL, Ind. An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at northern Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base following several years of work to replace a system installed in the 1950s. The $35 million fuel hydrant system recently went online, replacing the base’s former fuel system, which had required tanker trucks to enter the base in order to restock fuel tanks, the Kokomo Tribune reported.