Memorandum for record

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   MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
   
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   SUBJECT: Proceedings – Air Force Eastern Service Area Airspace/Range Council — Management Session
   

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   GENERAL: – The Air Force Eastern Service Area Airspace/Range Council (ESA ARC) Management Session convened at 0800 on 10 April 2014 in Atlanta, GA hosted by the Georgia Air National Guard.
   
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   DoD SESSION PROCEEDINGS FOR 10 APRIL, 2014
   
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      Remarks/Objectives/Introductions: Colonel Studer (FL Air National Guard) and Colonel Gage (MA Air National Guard) welcomed everyone to Atlanta and thanked them for working on airspace.
      
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         Colonel Gage added that next year's meeting is planned for NY and potentially being hosted at New York Center, at the Islip Airport on Long Island.
         
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         Introductions - Colonel Studer mentioned that there are a lot of issues to discuss such as the use of RPAs in special use airspace, new airspace proposals and the F-35 becoming operational and the airspace utilization to support that training.
         
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      Unit Briefings
      
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         NY ANG - Syracuse - Lt Col McCrink 174th Attack Wing - MQ-9 Reaper
         
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           Syracuse operates MQ-9 Reaper aircraft and trains new pilots and system operators at Syracuse.
           
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           Mission: Provide Qualified Airmen And Weapons Systems Engaging In Joint Global Air, Space And Cyberspace Operations, While Supporting Homeland Defense And Aiding Civil Authorities At The Direction Of The Governor.
           
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           MQ-9 Operations
           
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             Local Launch and Recover from Fort Drum and train in New York Airspace
             
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             Remote control aircraft for Intel/Surveillance/Reconnaissance (ISR) and Close Air Support (CAS) support to the Troops on the ground in theater via Satellite link from Syracuse
             
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           MQ-9 Capability
           
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             Altitude +20,000’
             
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             Speed 100-230 knots
             
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             Armament 2 x GBU12 or GBU38 - 4 X AGM114P/N (Max Ordnance 3,000 lbs)
             
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             Endurance 15-20 hours
             
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             Low Light TV, IR, Electro Optical POD (Full Motion Video, IR Marker and Laser Designator)
             
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             Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
             
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           MQ-9 Maintenance Training - All MQ-9 Reaper Maintenance Training for the US Air Force
           
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           Formal Training Unit (FTU)
           
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             Supported By Local Flying From Ft Drum - Launch & Recovery Element (LRE)
             
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             FAA Certificate of Authorization (COA) for at Ft Drum. At Ft. Drum the Reaper is observed until it enters restricted airspace where it climbs above FL 180 and obtains positive control from FAA.
             
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             2 Local Sorties Per Day - Control from Hancock Field, Syracuse.
             
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             Remote Split Ops Success With Creech AFB for training they control aircraft over Nevada.
             
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             LRE Options For CONUS Training
             
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             Three years ago could not fly now use most of NY
             
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             Training Events - Joint with Canadian participation.
             
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           Desire to move flight ops to Syracuse.
           
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             New airspace 180-230 over Syracuse for training. We can use contractor players as adversaries on the ground for training.
             
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             looking at a 50% increase in training capability
             
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             We will continue to use Ft Drum for sorties supporting ordinance delivery training
             

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  Airspace in Northern NY
  

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     Requirements for Syracuse.
     
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       C-Band control capability
       
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       Environmental Assessment for flight operations
       
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       COA by fall 2014
       
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       Chase aircraft will be used from Syracuse. We will transition to independent operations when procedures and systems allow "sense and avoid" as a complete replacement for "see and avoid" requirements.
       
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          The Army Grey Eagle is similar to the Air Force MQ-1 and use a radar system for "sense & avoid".
          
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       Proposing using a secondary runway to minimize impact on the civil traffic.
       
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       Working with Boston Ctr.
       
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     Future Missions
     
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       Customs Border Protection
       
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          CBP Flew Predator B (MQ-9) From Ft. Drum June 2009
          
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          Short-term: Cooperation At Ft Drum With 174^th ATKW
          
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          End State Desire: Integrated Operations At Syracuse International
          
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       Defense Support Of Civil Authorities
       
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          State Requested And DOD Approved
          
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       Title 32 Tasking In Defense Of The Homeland
       
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          Missions Modeled On Counter Drug Construct
          
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     Question concerning Lost Link
     
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       Less than one per month typically caused by weather. High winds move the satellite antenna it is normally realigned within six minutes. The loss link is designed for satellite link interruption.
       
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       The Pilot calls the controlling agency. Call on the phone when the communication link is lost.
       
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     Question about MQ-9 lost in Nov 2013
     
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       The flight was a normal training sortie with students.
       
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       Navigation failure and the aircraft went to the holding point
       
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       A second navigation failure caused the aircraft to look at the two bad navigation systems and the aircraft flew into the lake.
       
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      NY - Adirondack Range - Lt Col Tomaselli - The range is looking at JPAD deliveries which is a GPS guided pallet with deliveries from 5,000 feet.
      
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      MA - Barnes ANGB - Lt Col Beckel - F-15 Air Control Alert (ACA) Mission
      
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        Requirement - All Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) Pilots must be current and qualified in LOWAT Operations.
        
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          F-15C Rap Tasking Message (1 Oct 2012)
          
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             Low A/A: Performing realistic, mission oriented air-to-air operations while in the 1000’-5000’ AWL or AGL block.
             
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             5 Low A/A events required annually for ANG (6 for Air Force)
             
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             Low ALT: Logged anytime air-to-air training occurs between 500’ and 1000’ AGL (LOWAT)
             
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             Expires after 60 days; inexperienced, 90 days experienced
             
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          Contingency or AEF preparation may require CAT 1 LOWAT currency (500’ – 1000’ AGL Altitude Block)
          
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        The Condor MOA modification is needed to provide an area for low altitude training
        
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          Started in 2001 - with the Test/Training Space Needs Statement (T/TSNS) in 2003 and the Environmental Assessment (EA) that then became the Environmental Impact Statement. (EIS)
          
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          Proposed MOA change in floor from 7,000 to 17,999
          
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          New Condor Low MOA below the present MOA.
          
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          Worked with Boston Ctr about aeronautical
          
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        Considerations
        
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          Noise Complaints & Environmental Issues
          
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             Noise spread out over a larger area
             
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             Eastern Air Defense (EADS)
             
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             Schedules Airspace
             
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             Designates noise sensitive areas
             
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             Eagle nesting - ME Dept Inland Fish & Wildlife
             
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          Safety
          
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             Fighter mishap rate
             
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             Comm (Charts; Boston Center freq/Flight tests)
             
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             Expendables
             
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             Bird Hazards
             
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             See and Avoid (seeandavoid.org)
             
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          Economic & Aviation
          
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             Majority of flying in winter to avoid commercial and pleasure aviation during the summer
             
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             Avoid airports
             
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        Aeronautical Study
        
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          One Victor route through airspace
          
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             Below current floor of 7,000’MSL (Proposed Condor High Floor)
             
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             Boston Center give point outs or Condor High only
             
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          Airports
          
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             Airports with IFR approaches require LOA for operations during IFR
             
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                Condor High only during IFR ops
                
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             Small private airports (Outreach)
             
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          Avoid Ski Resorts and Wildlife Refuges
          
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             Program mission computer as SAMs avoidance areas
             
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          Minor change to northwest border (Canadian route)
          
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        Impacts
        
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          Environmental Impacts reduced
          
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          Safety Increased
          
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          Noise reduced and spread out over larger area
          
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        The EIS Contract expired last year and it had to be re-negotiated and updates were required.
        
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          Tribal land update - still waiting of the response.
          
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        The communication test was both UHF and VHF and was better than expected. Boston Ctr frequencies will be published on the FAA Sectional Charts.
        
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        The Governor of Maine asked for a public meeting in the summer.
        
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          Mr. Brown (FAA CSA) there are questions and concerns about being able to hold the public meetings.
          

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   CT - Bradley ANGB - Colonel Gage - CT is now receiving C-130H airlift aircraft
   
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   NJ - Warren Grove Range - Lt Col Holzer - New commander at Warren Grove Range - the airspace has been modified to improve training.
   
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   DE - New Castle ANGB - C-130 - Lt Col Kilcullen - Local Flight Plans are not being populated. NY Center and Mr. Perkins will forward the problem
   
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   MS - Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) - Major Tommy Gunter
   
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     Gulfport CRTC Airspace is good, no proposals
     
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     The CRTC is concerned with the SOCOM desire to increase the size of the restricted area R- 4403 controlled by NASA.
     
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     FAA Update
     
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       The Aeronautical came back with the recommendation to disapprove except for a smaller expansion just around the rocket launch.
       
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       Desire to go to public comment.
       
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       There is an impact to New Orleans and Gulf Port Approach and Departure routes and airspace.
       
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   MS - Camp Shelby (Hagler Army Airfield) - Major Birmingham
   
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     Army National Guard operates UAS within the Restricted Areas over Camp Shelby
     
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     The NG is looking at creating an airspace information center
     
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   AL - Montgomery F-16 - Colonel Sparrow
   
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     Developing a concept for high altitude training airspace to provide a much large training space for new weapons and tactics.
     
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     Concept to use the Birmingham ATCAA, create an ATCAA over the Pinehill East and West MOAs as well as a bridge ATCAA between the Birmingham ATCAA and the new "Pinehill ATCAA.
     
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   GA - Townsend Bombing Range - Mr. Viverette USMC
   
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     USMC owns land, CRTC Savannah is using agency for SUA and operates the range
     
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     The range has increased C-130 operations/
     
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     Retain current operating construct, address differences in service policies in new range regulations
     
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     Townsend Expansion to support US Marine Corp F-35 training
     
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       Required increase land to permit training with new weapons that require much larger protected safety footprints to enable safe employment.
       
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       Enable the delivery of GBU-31/34/38 and GBU-10/12/16, Inert only.
       
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       Acquisition of 29,000 acres approved
       
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     Environmental Impact Study and Record of Decision are final
     
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     Airspace proposal presented to FAA
     
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       New land purchase to develop a new range
       
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       Need to lower the Airspace floor to the surface over the new area for weapons delivery
       
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     Fed Law Enforcement Training facility is also being considered
     
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   SC - ANG F-16 and Air Force C-17.
   
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   FL - Colonel Studer - FL ANG / DO - The state has a large Fifth Generation aircraft presence with F22 training at Tyndall AFB, near Panama City and F35 training at Eglin AFB near Fort Walton Beach.
   
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     Avon Park - no issues
     
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    Sentry Savannah 2014, Major Mansour "Reno" Elhihi, 125 FW Jacksonville IAP, FL
    
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      Why create a Sentry Savannah
      
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        Cutting hours from all services
        
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        Aircraft are being retired
        
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        Training in realistic environments is difficult (Airspace, Adversaries, and more)
        
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        Excellent training comparable to Red Flag Nellis and Red Flag Alaska at a very low cost
        
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      Sentry Savannah Exercise Airspace W157/158 plus Townsend Range
      
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        More than 300 by 300 NM from the surface to 50,000 feet with compete Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) coverage for exceptional debriefing and recreation.
        
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        50 miles from Savannah and Jacksonville.
        
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        CRTC at Savannah was a great operating base.
        
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      Training - 17 Flying Days
      
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        25 Units (Included two F-22 squadrons)
        
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        7,000 RAP training events accomplished
        
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        750 Combat Training Sorties
        
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           570 from Savannah
           
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           180 from Airfields around the US
           
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        Trying to focus on tactical instead of deconfliction - Zero Safety Incidents.
        
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        Different scenario every day
        
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        Realistic 2 tactical freq kill removal allows scenario to continue without questions concerning aircraft kills.
        
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      Advantages of Sentry Savannah
      
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        ACMI Playback
        
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        Debrief capability - two hour pre-briefing, two hour flight, and 6 hour debrief.
        
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        The Eglin ACMI is linked for everyone to participate in debriefing
        
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        Important that the CRTC was able to create an exercise of the scale previously only available in the Red Flag exercises in Nevada and Alaska.
        
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        AWACS and other C2 assets were able to participate.
        
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        Secure Debrief is very rare and exceptional
        
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      The Air Force has directed integrated training with 4th and 5th generation combined training. Sentry Savannah offer excellent integration to use the 4th and 5th gen capabilities as they can be best utilized.
      
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      Sentry Savannah 2015 funded.- Feb 2015. NGB Funding.
      
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      NC - USMC Unit conversion CH-46s to six squadrons of NV-22s.
      
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      Training requires much more airspace and a lot of ground training events
      
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      Looking at landing zones away from the ground weapons training ranges.
      

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   National Overview - Brig Gen Siana (CT ANG) thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. For the new folks, airspace actions can take many years. The regional meetings are to help solve regional problems to achieve the best training airspace available.
   
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      What we do is very important to the nation.
      
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      In the past few years we have had 5 regional meetings. We have now created the Southwest Region from the existing Southern/Southwest region and will have three meetings aligned with the FAA Service Areas. We expect to have next year's meeting hosted at New York Center.
      
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      We are having these meeting to ensure our combat aircrew have the best training airspace to maintain the highest combat capability.
      
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      We have been extremely successful when new airspace concepts are vetted at the ARC for possible conflicts and problems prior to going public with the proposal. We want to receive your feedback on the structure and content of the ARCs.
      
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      Commercial growth in UAS - RPA is a major concern.
      
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      The RIM Fire in California with the MQ-1 from the ANG has many lessons learned for future use on fires.
      
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      Encroachment Wind and Spectrum. Boardman Range in the NW has major encroachment issues that is reducing the capability of the training.
      
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      ADS-B is a giant hill for the DoD to meet. Cost of $9B minimum for upgrade.
      
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      The National Airspace/Range Executive Council (NAREC) will be Dec 10-12 at JB Andrews, MD
      
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       Mr. McGrath, FAA - encouraged units to make regular visits to the FAA facilities. The new controllers do not have any knowledge of military operations and training requirements.
       

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   The Requirement for Training - Mr. Hebner (D3 Air and Space Operations - NGB/A3A)
   
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      Why Develop Requirements?
      
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        We Didn’t Win World War II Because of Our Blinding Technological Superiority or number of aircraft.
        
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          The German Focke-Wulf 190-D was superior to the British Spitfire and every American fighter prior to the P51. The P-51 Mustang entered the war in the final year and it only had a 1,500 foot ceiling altitude advantage.
          
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          The German industry was building thousands of aircraft monthly only months before the end of the war.
          
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        It was the quality of training that provided the advantage
        
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          Operation Bodenplatte, Jan 1945 was the largest Luftwaffe Operation of the war undone by poor execution and low German pilot skill
          
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             Allied - 10 killed, 16 shot down uninjured
             
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             German -143 killed/missing, 70 shot down captured, 21 wounded
             
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             9 to 1 kill ratio
             
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          Mariana Turkey Shoot, June 1944
          
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             Battle of the Philippine Sea – the lopsided outcome attributed to improvements in US pilot training and tactics
             
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             64 to 0 kill ratio in the air
             
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          In Korea - Highly trained American pilots achieved 10-1 kill ratio over the superior Mig 15
          
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      Why Institutionalize Requirements?
      
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        Viet Nam – the kill ration started at 2 to1 – we had to rediscover the same things…
        
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          Report of the Air-to-Air Missile System Capability Review, the “Ault Report” Nov. 1968
          
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             Training and Readiness – A key issue in this area is the commitment of fighter squadrons to air-to-ground missions in Southeast Asia and the consequent dilution of air-to-air training and readiness.
             
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             Realization of improved aircrew performance should be possible through…more realistic air combat maneuvering training…
             
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      Validation of Requirements
      
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        The “Ault Report” led to the creation of “Top Gun” and Red Flag with ACMI
        
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        The Kill Ratio at the end of the war had improved to 10 to 1
        
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        The requirement to train as we fight, to use realistic training made the difference.
        
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      What Requirements Bought
      
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        The Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Superiority and Training Surprise, Jan. 2001
        
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          “In the last decade we surprised not only others but ourselves with our warfare proficiency. There is evidence that the culture of our first training revolution is itself trainable. A new enemy might also capitalize on the new training revolution. Training Superiority is ours to lose and for others to gain.”
          
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      Maintaining Requirements in Challenging Fiscal Environments
      
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        Quarterly Defense Review (QDR) – Sept 30, 2001
        
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          The uniquely American Superiority in training is eroding, particularly as evident in the aging infrastructure and instrumentation of U.S. training ranges.
          
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        Defense Planning Document 2004-2009
        
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          Comprehensive and realistic combat training is an asymmetric advantage for US military forces that contribute more to effective combat power than any single new system.
          
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      Why We Still Need to Train to the Most Stringent Requirements
      
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        Cope India ‘04 –
        
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          “the US F-15C’s were defeated more than 90% of the time…” (Feb 26 House Appropriations Subcommittee)
          
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          “Another surprise was the quality of training the Indian Pilots received. USAF fighter pilots log about 250 flight hours a year. The Indian fighter pilots said they’ve been getting as many as 300 flying hours per year and that the majority of those hours were spent in full-up training.
          
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          In most USAF aerial combat training, the service has “dumbed down” adversarial equipment and training to simulate what it believed to be the level of enemy competence.” (Air Force Magazine, July 2004 vol. 87 no. 7)
          
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      Training can be scalable
      
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        In golf:
        
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          sometimes you need the putting green
          
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          Sometimes the driving range
          
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          And sometimes an entire course
          
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      Airspace Requirements Development—The Whole Enchilada and...Scalability
      
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        Sentry Savannah is an example of the graduate level training we need to maintain our combat advantage.
        

Large Force Exercise (LFE)

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    Defending Requirements - “If the minimum wasn’t good enough, it wouldn’t be the minimum” may be accurate for PT and PME Testing but…
    
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      Is the minimum Good Enough?
      
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        If it fills RAP squares is it good training?
        
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        Does it provide Realistic Mission Oriented Training?
        
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        Do we need to “train as we fight”?
        
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    Flying a Tactical Aircraft… is not like riding a Bike
    
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      The Busy Cockpit - Heads Up Display of:
      
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        Airspeed, Heading, Altitude, Angle of Attack, Radar Operation and Missile Parameters, Steer Point, Radio Frequencies…Then add:
        
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        Formation Flying and Flight Maneuver for Tactical Positioning
        
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        Threat Engagement
        
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        Data Link Displays
        
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        Opposition Aircraft – Missile Employment and Defensive Tactics
        
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        GCI / AWACS
        
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        Communications and Radar Jamming
        
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        Targeting Pod and Target Identification
        
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        Laser Designator
        
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        Range Procedures
        
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      Busy Radio...Busy Mission...
      

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   BLM/USFS Wilderness Fire Issues - Ms Stewart (BLM/USFS National Airspace Program Manager)
   
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      The BLM/USFS Airspace Program began in the 1980's to prevent midair collisions.
      
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      UAS Operations & RIM Fire update
      
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        FS started in UAS Operation in 2004 when a UAS was used in Alaska
        
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        In 2007 Global Hawk type system was evaluated.
        
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          The high altitude operations works well by keeping him outside of the fire traffic aircraft.
          
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        CAL Fire was the lead for the RIM Fire and there was a lot of coordination.
        
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        IR fire mapping flights is an excellent use of UAS and was very successful at nights when the FS have limited operations available.
        
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        Identifying mission requirements is important
        
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        The Forest Service is currently analyzing the requirements for ISR and where UAS fit.
        
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        Dept of Interior has built three areas where they are doing multiple mission.
        
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          Right now we are getting requests from military to support
          
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          Small UAV at low altitude cannot be integrated right now.
          
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          UAS will be part of the Fire aircraft in the future.
          
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          The Fire TFR is not segregate and not acceptable for UAS operations today.
          
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          FAA was very cooperative in all UAS requests.
          
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          The Forest Service is very conservative and wants to do it correctly.
          
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