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Mid-Air Avoidance - My job is to make sure our people are aware of the mid-air hazards.

  • 2014 Fire Potential - it has already started in the Southern Region.

    • Scared to death in California

  • US Forest Service Aviation

    • Owns and operates 27 aircraft & helicopters

    • Contracts with over 800 aircraft & helicopters annually

    • Missions Include:

      • Fire surveillance

      • Aerial reconnaissance

      • Air Attack

      • Delivery of smokejumpers

      • Firefighter and cargo transport

      • Aerial delivery of retardant and water

    • Natural Resource Management

    • Research

  • BLM Aviation Program

    • Exclusive-Use Fire Helicopter fleet

    • Type II and Type III helicopters

    • Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs)

  • Our Lands (National Forest and BLM land and DoD Special Use Airspace are nearly the same.

  • Every fire can be a unique challenge

  • Certain tools were developed specifically to ENHANCE airspace coordination

    • Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide (2003) - will be revised soon

    • Interagency Airspace Website - www.airspacecoordination.com

      • Links to Interagency Coordination Guide

      • FAA

      • DoD Airspace Websites

      • We use DINS but there are some issues with the website, (No graphics!!)

    • 1255 National Fire Fighting Transponder Code

    • Fire Traffic Areas (FTA) - Similar to Class B airspace with defined altitude separation and radio contract required prior to entry

    • Automated Flight Following (AFF.Gov password required for authorized users)

      • Valuable in assessing Airspace Usage & Impacts on other National Airspace users

    • Google Earth applications

      • Benefits of using AFF with Google Earth are valuable with 3D depiction of Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace and fire aircraft.

      • 3D depiction of Special Use airspace including Military Training Routes (MTRs) with actual route width (boundaries)

      • What is the fire doing? (MODIS) provides near real-time infrared heat detection.

      • Fire Perimeters that are produced by the fire GIS staff are available with daily updates.

    • Airspace Coordinators

      • Assist in deconflicting Airspace for Initial Attack

      • Assess Fire Perimeters and Develop TFRs for IMTs

      • Coordinate/and Consolidate TFRS

    • Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) – 14CFR 91.137(a)(2)…

      • A “TFR” is a TEMPORARY flight RESTRICTION enacted by the FAA, at the request of a responsible party, in order to enhance aviation safety. Codified in 14CFR 91.137, 14CFR 91.138, 14CFR 91.141, 14CFR 91.143, 14CFR 91.145 and 99.7

      • The TFR is the Fire fighting working environment to provide safe environment for operation of disaster relief aircraft.

      • 91.137 (a) 2 Exceptions

        1. Aircraft is participating in relief activities under the direction of the official in charge of on-scene emergency response activities

        2. Operating under ATC approved IFR flight plan

        3. Law Enforcement Aircraft

        4. VFR Airport Traffic

        5. Accredited Media

    • Computer Based Training (Two Modules)

      • A-103 Basic Airspace

      • A-203 TFRs and NOTAMs

  • MOUs or LOAs - R-2508 Updating the MOU

    • Within the 20,000 square miles of R-2508, the following land management agencies are represented:

    • National Park Service 26.8%,

    • Bureau of Land Management 24.6%

    • US Forest Service 13%.

  • Special Use Airspace (SUA) consists of Prohibited Areas, Restricted Areas, Military Operations Area, Controlled Firing Areas, Warning Areas, Alert Area, National Security Area and Prohibited Area (PA)

    • 7 Prohibited Areas in the US including Camp David, White House, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, etc. exclude all non-authorized flight operations.

    • 401 Restricted Areas (RAs) in the US. RAs confines or segregates activities considered HAZARDOUS to non-participating aircraft (Bombs, Missiles, etc). Requires permission to fly within.

    • 406 Military Operations Areas in the US. MOAs contain military activities such as air combat maneuvers, intercepts, acrobatics, etc. General aviation allowed to fly inside MOAs (Practice “See and Avoid”)

    • 38 Alert Areas in the US where there are pilot training areas of high volume or unusual aeronautical activity is taking place. General Aviation may fly within the AA.

    • 184 Warning Area’s in the United States: contains hazardous operations in international airspace by DOD such as missiles and bombing..

    • Controlled Firing Area (US Army)

    • There are more than 550 MTRs in the United States. The centerline is displayed on Sectional Charts. Routes can be up to 60 NM wide.

    • 170 Air Force Slow Routes (SR’s) are flown by Air Force Cargo aircraft slower than 250 Knots.

      • Flown at low altitude (Surface to 1500 AGL).

      • Includes Para cargo and Parachute drop zones.

  • Additional Airspace:

    • Air Force LATN’s are low altitude tactical navigation areas not published and used for random navigation by Air Force Aircraft.

    • 18 Low Level Helicopter Aerial Refueling Routes

    • Temporary Special Use Airspace can be created by NOTAM

    • Cruise Missile Routes

  • Additional Airspace Complexities that must be considered for Fire Fighting Operations

    • Multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers may be affected

    • Victor Airways and Airport Traffic Airspace

    • Glider & Parachute Areas

    • Smoke Stack Buildings

    • Tethered Aerostats – 18 in the US

    • Wind Resource Centers

      • 13,000+ of California’s Wind Turbines are located in three primary regions: Altamont Pass, Tehachapi and San Gorgonio.

    • Banner Towing Operations

    • Electronic News Gathering (NEHA)

  • Flying Near the Border

    • We coordinate all aviation operations near the border with Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC)

  • Major Migratory Flyways - Bird Damage could be SEVERE!

  • Presidential TFRs – 14 CFR Section 91.141

    • June 9th, 2013 – Presidential TFRs in California and we had a new fire

    • What Happens when you “visit” a Presidential TFR?

      • Intercept procedures and legal action may occur.

  • Special Conservation Areas Overflights

    • Pilots are requested to maintain a minimum altitude of 2,000 (or 3,000) feet above the surface of: National parks, Monuments, Seashores, Lake shores, Recreation areas, and Scenic river ways

  • How do we organize our Fire Response? Through a systemized Dispatch response which tracks all resources assigned to an incident.

    • National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC/NICC) in Boise, ID

    • 11 Geographical Area Coordination Centers

    • Air Operations Organization

      • Unit Aviation Officer

      • Aircraft Dispatcher

      • Airspace Coordinator

      • Air Operations Branch Director (AOBD)

      • Air Support Group Supervisor (ASGS)

      • Air Tactical Group Supervisor (Air Attack)

      • Helibase Manager

  • Current airspace issues:

    • Monday thru Friday normal work hours are usually not a problem in contacting Military Schedulers.

    • But some numbers in FLIPS are out of date!

    • Weekends, after hours and Holidays are a major issue in contacting Military Schedulers to confirm active routes

    • FAA Website not always current on evenings and weekends.

    • TFRs on electronic devices are not always current.

  • TFR examples demonstrated the complexity of TFRs that protect fire fighting operations and accommodate non-fire aviation activity.

    • California 2012 a complex of three TFRs were created with the same interior borders that provided a safe environment for separate fire traffic areas.

    • Alaska 2013 fires were started by military action on two weapons ranges that had to be actively attacked to prevent the loss of structures and personal property. These ranges were the primary target areas for the only Red Flag Alaska that was retain after budget cuts. The exercise featured international units from Japan and Korea. The Airspace Coordinator worked closely with the Air Force and the Alaska Fire Service to allow sufficient weapons range airspace to accomplish the Red Flag exercise while maintaining a safe fire fighting environment.

    • One TFR was created with a notch cutout of the airspace to accommodate a very expensive, time critical helicopter operation for a ski lift operator.

  • Colorado Floods

    • The initial request for a TFR was made by a county sheriff that would have created a TFR over the entire county. The FAA objected to the configuration of the TFR.

    • The county then requested an incident management team.

    • The coordination was extensive with State, Local and Federal agencies and flight operations.

    • The rescue operations were extensive.

    • The problem was that FEMA did not start with an airspace coordinator and they requested Julie.

  • Unmanned Aircraft

    • UAS will be a game changer but right now we are not using them on fires.

    • Currently Fire Operations are fine with high altitude assets that operate above FL 180.

    • Currently the FAA requires a 48 hour lead on where we operate UAS and we do not know where they will be needed 48 hours ahead.

    • The US Forest Service is taking a very conservative approach with an established evaluation of the use and effectiveness of UAS in the fire environment. For the near future UAS operations will not be conducted by the Forest Service.

    • The Department of Interior that includes the BLM has established three centers of excellence; Alaska, Boise, and Colorado to evaluate UAS effectiveness. They have flown many flights. There is no effort at this time to begin UAS flight operations on fires.

    • In the future we can expect UAS operations associated with fire.

  • Contact: Julie Stewart, 503-780-0097, j5stewar@blm.gov




      1. NPS – Aircraft & Regional Special Use Airspace Issues - Ms Ward

        1. Mission: Provide expertise and leadership to protect, maintain and restore acoustical environment and night sky quality and to increase scientific understanding and public appreciation for soundscapes and night skies

        2. Program Areas

          • Overflights

          • Acoustic and Lightscape Monitoring

          • Acoustic Planning and Compliance

          • Night Sky Friendly Lighting

        3. Overflights Program

          • Air Tour Management Planning

          • The office works with the park supervisors in creating the quietest operations possible

          • Airport Enhancement/Airspace Design

          • Military Liaison

          • Social Science: studies of visitor expectations regarding aircraft noise

          • Emerging issues: UAS use in parks, development of quieter aircraft

          • Work well with the AFREPs when we have a military aircraft noise problem.

        4. UAS Operations - Ms Ward

          • The Park Service is beginning limited UAS operations

        5. Airspace Proposals come through this office and we coordinate with the affected facilities.




      1. Special Activity Airspace (SAA) Automation Update - Jim Perkins (AIM Systems Group, AJV-26)

        1. MADE/SAMS – v5.1 & v5.2

          • The system allows users to edit the date/time values for historical schedules within the Historical Reports screen using the Edit Mission Details functionality.

          • The system provides utilization reporting for MTRs in a new MTR Report module. It reports the number of schedules and sorties for an MTR by fiscal year.

          • The Save Changes action on the Schedule Actions screen prevents multiple submissions of one schedule.

          • The system does not allow users to modify a hot or active schedule to LGTS Out. These missions require 48 hour notification.

          • The system does not allow schedules to be created or modified outside published times of use (TOU).

          • The system will accept group schedules from CSE.

        2. MADE/SAMS – v5.3

          • To accommodate a user request to be able to filter specific times on the Amend Schedules screens.

          • To improve the current functionality which triggers recalculations of the MTR start and end times after airspeed modifications.

          • To correct a bug which allows a user to schedule groups containing invalid airspaces that should no longer be available to be scheduled.

          • To accommodate a customer request to add the ability to edit altitudes and comments using the Edit Mission Details form.

          • To accommodate a user request to include the Auto-Refresh and Show Groups Only checkboxes as savable Search Parameters.

          • To accommodate a user request to make certain saved report search parameters viewable by everyone at a facility.

        3. Central Scheduling Enterprise - implementation is moving to 100%, should be completed this year.

        4. SUA Website

          • Public access website http://sua.faa.gov

          • Enhance website to display National Security Areas (NSA)

          • Enhance website to display FIR boundaries

          • A number of “back end” changes to enhance usability

        5.  NSAAP / SWIM

          • Collaborative effort overseen by ATO Operational Concepts, Validation & Requirements Directorate

            • ATO Operational Concepts Group

            • Technical Analysis & Operational Requirements Group

            • Aeronautical Information Management

            • En Route Standards Group

          • Integration with the FAA Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS)

            • Improve management of the national traffic flow planning

            • Planned integration with TFMS in test environment May, 2014

          • AIM Modernization Segment 2 working towards SAA distribution through SWIM to outside consumers

          • Looking at handling of “non-SUA” types of SAA

            • TFRs, ALTRVs, etc…

        6. NSAAP Current Status

          • SAMS

            • Identify gaps between SAMS and other SAA scheduling systems

            • Identify shortfalls and develop new requirements for SAMS

          • AIMMS2

            • Targeting FID in Sept. 2014.

          • AIMMS3

            • Identify requirements gaps between NSAAP and AIMM

            • Develop AIMMS3 Shortfall Analysis Doc in Aug. 2014

          • ATM Systems

            • Assess the SAA-ERAM integration option on ERAM Sector Enhancement

            • Develop SAA-ERAM integration requirements

          • Policy/Procedure/Training

            • SAMS Training available through ELMS of FAA

            • Collect operational data reference the use of SAMS at each Service Center

            • Identify shortfalls for schedule submission schedule updates coordination

            • Modify JO 7610.4, SAMS guidance

        7. CSE to MADE and SAMS Integration Site.

          • Warren Grove will be online within a few weeks

          • McGuire not on yet but Colonel Devito will take that information to the units

          • If there is something that will make the system better send the request to Mr. Perkins and it will get into the system.

          • The utilization accuracy is based on the inputs from the field.

          • The accuracy will be increasing with NSAAP

        8. ATCAAs - When a new ATCAA is created we need to have the LOA sent to Mr. Perkins so that it is in the database. Send them to the help desk.

        9. Contact: Jim Perkins, SAA Automation Lead, AIM Systems Group, AJV-26, ph:202-385-7463 (office), 202-450-0136 (cell), jim.perkins@faa.gov (e-mail)




      1. AFSOC - Lt Col Eibe (AFSOC/A3A Acting Division Chief - Future ESA AFREP)

        1. Legacy: To continue the Air Commando legacy, today AFSOC operates a composite force of multiple mission design series aircraft, the majority of which are C-130 variants.

          • Most of AFSOC legacy aircraft date back to the Vietnam era

          • Re-capitalization of these assets has been a major priority for this command over the past decade.

        2. Special Activity Airspace

          • Special Use Airspace

            • No 1 SOW owned SUA

            • Heavy user of Eglin MOA & R-2915, R-2914

          • Airspace for Special Use

            • East Coast LATN - The Low Altitude Tactical Navigation (LATN) Area developed in 1978 and modified in 1994.

              1. Aircraft are flown over random tracks to a selected destination.

              2. 1,040 C-130 aircraft flights per year - aircraft adhere to visual flight rules (250 feet to1500 feet AGL and 230 to 240 knots).

              3. 288 MH-53 helicopter flights per year, and

              4. 72 MH-60 helicopter flights per year. C-130

            • IR57, IR59, SR101, SR102, SR103, SR104, SR105, SR106, SR119,AR302, AR615

        3. Growth of AFSOC Mission

          • Gunships fly during day now, for 50 years they flew only at night in order to avoid enemy air defenses.

          • New weapons and sensors are freeing the expanding Air Force gunship fleet to fly and fight in daytime, heralding far-reaching changes in U.S. air power.

          • The Air Force has added gliding Small Diameter Bombs to the AC-130Ws and is also planning to test out Hellfire missiles.

        4. Current / Future Efforts

          • Stennis Space Center

            • EA to be prepared jointly with Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command (COMNAVSPECWARCOM) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Stennis Space Center (SSC) for expansion of existing special use airspace.

            • The airspace is required to support air-to-ground and interoperability training for Special Operations Command units at COMNAVSPECWARCOM western maneuver area (WMA) and to support testing of the next generation of NASA rocket engines and systems at SSC.

            • EA includes three basic elements

              1. Establish R-4403A-F restricted airspace (RA) in southwestern MS and southeastern LA for both NASA and DoD use approximately 15 miles long by 13 miles wide

              2. Establish up to 3 munitions impact areas for air-to-round training

              3. Use the new R-4403A-F RA areas to accommodate ongoing and emerging DoD and NASA testing and training requirements.

          • The Gulf Regional Airspace Strategic Initiative (GRASI) is a collaborative effort to ensure near optimum use of airspace by civilians and the military.

            • Landscape Initiative is to expand the military capacity of the region identified two State/Public Study Areas

              1. Blackwater State Forest

              2. Tate’s Hell State Forests

            • Military to gain access on public/state lands for non-hazardous operations by mix of special-use permits, leases, and MOUs

          • SR-119 conversion to IR-1090 to allow IFR operations on the route

        5. Emerald Warrior (EW) Mission Statement: Provide annual realistic and relevant pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas (JOAs) to prepare Special Operations Forces, Conventional Force enablers, Partner Nations and the Interagency (IA) elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum Special Operations in a complex and uncertain Irregular Warfare security environment using all aspects of live, virtual, and constructive training assets.

          • Execution: 28 Apr – 9 May

          • SOCOM supported exercise

          • Air Centric / Ground Force Commander supported tactical exercise

          • AFSOC planned and executed (Only SOCOM exercise run by AFSOC)

          • Combatant Commander Exercise Engagement Joint Exercise Program

          • JNTC accredited and certified Mission Essential Tasks

            • Conduct Close Air Support

            • Conduct Tactical Airlift

            • Provide for Combat Identification (proposed for accreditation)

        6. Emerald Warrior 14

          • 90 – Live aircraft players (66 not counting MS NG RW assets)

            • 13 – 19 SOS Aircraft positioned on ATO to integrate local student training lines

            • 17 – Virtual aircraft players

          • MS ANG Support (IDF Support):

            • 2 x RC-26B

            • 6 x CH-47D

            • 8 x UH-60H

            • 6 x HH-60H

          • Partner Nation Summary (Participants):

            • IDF – 2xC-130H / 200 personnel

            • UK – 2xC-130J / 80 personnel

            • CANSOF – 8xODAs/120 personnel

          • EW13 comparison:

            • 52 – Live aircraft players (65 were planned)

            • 16 – Virtual aircraft players




      1. Sealord Redesign FAA/USN - FACSFAC JAX (Sealord) - Mr. McNeal

        1. Sealord airspace offshore Warning Areas from Charleston, SC to Daytona, FL

        2. Current Warning Areas: W132A/B, W133, W134, W157A/B, W158A/B/C, and W159A/B

        3. Issues

          • Current URET & Future ERAM systems cannot correctly display Jacksonville Center SUAs with the Release Areas.

          • Special Operating Areas locally known to Sealord

          • Only published in Navy docs.

          • Hard to convey to non-participating users

          • Transient units have to learn nuances of the airspace.

          • Surface to FL 430 in the release areas

          • The proposed Change will be smaller segments that will be recognized by ERAM.

          • The proposal is currently at the FAA Eastern Service Area (ESA).

        4. NavSched is the current Navy Scheduling system the new system FY15 DCAS has a user interface for only line scheduling.

        5. New Warning Areas will increase to a total of 32 with a new naming convention.

          • No more Special Operations Areas.

          • No more "hidden" release areas.


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