The primary mission of the RFAAP is to manufacture propellants and explosives in support of field artillery, air defense, tank, missile, aircraft, and naval weapons systems.
[1] The facility used an ALCO MRS-1 military diesel locomotive, road number B2072, for switching, which was retired by the 1980s and scrapped at Cycle Systems in Roanoke, Virginia around 1993.
[citation needed] In 1999, RFAAP gained the load, assembly and pack mission with the closure of Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in Illinois.
[citation needed] RFAAP is housed on 4,600 acres (19 km2)[5] with 1,038 buildings, 214 igloos and storage capacity of 657,003 square feet[6] where the New River divides Pulaski from Montgomery County.
home to several tenants of similar industry, including: [7] In June 2015 the plant requested a renewal of its permit of an open burning ground which it has used for decades to dispose of its waste.