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TACAIR is an chain of aviation service industry across the United States of America. One example of the company would be the TACAIR located in Lexington, KY Blue Grass Airport. It is a FBO or “fixed base operation.” TACAIR is located right next to airports and is there for noncommercial aircraft. The services they provide include fueling, de-icing airplanes, pilot briefing, rental cars, and many other services. TACAIR exists in part to help pilots that need a service for their aircraft during long flights of just regular maintenance. TACAIR also provides a waiting lounge for the pilots with a movie theater, exercise rooms, wireless technology, and sleeping rooms among other features. Noncommercial aircraft's frequently come in and make stops here to get what they need done to their aircraft because there is not many places they can go to maintain their aircraft. One of the most common reasons for people to come to TACAIR is for refueling. Some popular fuel for aircraft's that’s available is Jet A fuel and AVGas. Fueling for aircraft's can take a long time to do so there is a whole area provided for the customer to stay at with many activities while they wait, sometimes for hours. TACAIR also has hangers that can be provided and rented out to store the aircraft in.

TACAIR is a FBO with different locations throughout the United States. TACAIR is also just one of the branches that comes from Truman Arnold Companies. The way they place their FBO's next to the airport can be seen by the example provided by the TACAIR next to Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, KY The main purpose is to help non-commercial aircraft's and pilots with common servicing and refueling for their private planes. Truman Arnold Companies started in Texas back in 1964 and has been expanding ever since and the business has been named the top private companies by Forbes Magazine.

Opening
Truman Arnold started selling fuel by himself in 1964 and then from there he made his business expand until he becoming one of the biggest distributors of petroleum. Once he expanded his buisness and started to provide services for aircraft from there he kept on opening more locations and adding more services like his latest 2010 Lexington, KY. Truman also isnt just focused on one part of the world becasue his buisnesses are spread out with another receant opening being Utah Other states in USA that have this service are Texas, Colorado, Connecticut, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Missouri. Truman Arnold company has plans on expanding more as time keeps passing.

Features
TACAIR features a bunch of services for airplanes and their pilots. The main object that is offered is service. The type of services that are offered is de-icing of planes because of the drastic temperature drop at high altitudes and refilling gas after the planes have traveled great distances. There are also hangers available for rent to keep any aircraft in. The waiting room for the pilots has many features also like a gym, movie room, and computers for use while waiting. Services vary from location to location but are relatively the same. In Colorado some features that are not located on every other TACAIR site include having U.S. customs on site, complimentary crew cars, and catering. There is also new ideas being implemented with the newest one being that the company also opens their services up to military service. This new feature will be to make military aircraft's go to locations on the ground to receive normal services they would need.

History
The buisness started in 1964 in Texas not as an aircraft service but a connivance store. 1972 the company expanded to Arkansas. 1976 is the year that Truman Companies purchased their first aircraft officially, a Cessna 402. 1980 takes us back to Arkansas to open he first storage terminal. 1982 he company becomes one of the first connivance store to offer fresh food. 1991 is when the company takes the name TACAIR and starts providing full service for aircraft's. 1999 is when TACAIR was expanded to nine more locations. 2002 was the firs year that one billion dollars were exceeded. 2010 expands to Lexington, Kentucky. In the Lexington location there is also aviator museum that displays multiple aircraft of historic value. Even after the building and all of the features are built the company continues to do new renovations on a frequent amount. Just recently renovations in the Omaha location finished including 20,000 new square feet of hanger space. They also continue to add new expansions such as a history museum in the Lexington, KY location. This is a huge museum that has historic planes on display and provides historical facts all around the location.