WX AND LOW FUEL STATE CAUSE MIL PLT TO DIVERT TO ALTERNATE ARPT. ZKC REQUIRED TO VECTOR OTHER ACFT AWAY FROM 'BINGO' DIVERTING MIL ACFT.

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THE SORTIE WAS AN IFR DEP TO DROP OFF TO A VFR FLT PLAN. PLANNED FUEL WAS TO ARRIVE AT SZL AFB WITH 1800 LBS. 1500 LBS WAS THE REQUIRED LAND FUEL TO BE ABLE TO DIVERT TO BLV AFB. FUEL AT WARNING AREA WAS AS PLANNED. ON CLBOUT; ENRTE BACK TO SZL; FUEL WAS NOTED 200 LBS BELOW PLANNED -- STILL ABOVE REQUIRED LAND FUEL. I DECIDED TO CLB TO 12000 FT AND PICK UP AN IFR FLT PLAN INTO SZL. THE CTR CTLR PUT US ON A VECTOR 270 DEGS TO CLR THE TRUMAN MOA. AT THIS TIME; NOTIFIED THE CTR CTLR THAT I WAS MINIMUM FUEL. AFTER A FEW MINS; I WAS GIVEN A TURN DIRECT TO SZL. ATIS WAS NOT RECORDED AT SZL WHEN I TRIED TO LISTEN TO IT; SO I GOT THE INFO FROM APCH CTL. AFTER A FEW MINS OF CLARIFICATION; THE CEILING WAS DETERMINED TO BE 1500 FT AGL. I THEN DECIDED TO CONTACT THE SZL SUPVR OF FLT. HE RPTED TO ME THAT A LIGHTNING STRIKE JUST OCCURRED WITHIN 5 NM OF SZL. AT THIS TIME MY FUEL WAS 1350 LBS. NOW I WAS BELOW THE SET LAND FUEL AND LESS THAN REQUIRED FUEL TO LAND AT THE DIVERT BASE WITH MANDATED FUEL RESERVES. I DECIDED TO DO AN EMER CLB DIRECT TO BLV ON A HDG OF 089 DEGS MAGNETIC. I CONTACTED APCH AND TOLD THEM I WAS 'EMER FUEL;' HOWEVER; I DID NOT SQUAWK EMER. THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND AND TRIED TO CAP ME AT 9000 FT. OUR EMER CLB PROFILE FROM 5000 FT IS TO ACCELERATE TO 450 KTS; LOSE APPROX 50 KTS PER 5000 FT UNTIL .86 MACH FOR FL390. THEY THEN SWITCHED US TO CTR AND I TOLD THEM I WAS EMER FUEL CLBING TO FL390. THEY TRIED TO CAP US AT FL230 FOR 'AIRLINER TFC.' I TOLD ZKC NEGATIVE; AND THAT WE WERE CLBING IN THE CLR (VMC) TO FL390. CTR POINTED OUT 1 AIRLINER TO US AS WE LEVELED OFF AT FL390. 1 AIRLINER WAS GIVEN VECTORS AROUND US. I STARTED MY DSCNT INTO BLV 68 NM AWAY AT IDLE; 240 KIAS AS THE EMER PROFILE DICTATES. I CONTACTED APCH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE AND THE LNDG RWY. I DECIDED TO LAND ON RWY 14R WHICH IS 8000 FT. I WAS HANDED OFF TO TWR UNEVENTFULLY AND CONFIGURED GEAR AND FULL FLAPS AT 4 MI. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH EMER FUEL STATUS.