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  1. MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD



  3. SUBJECT: Proceedings – Air Force Central Service Area Airspace/Range Council (CSA-ARC) - Management Session



  5. GENERAL: – The Air Force Central Service Area Airspace/Range Council (CSA ARC) Management Session convened May 28, 2014 at Volk Field, Wisconsin hosted by the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Wisconsin Air National Guard.



  7. MANAGEMENT SESSION PROCEEDINGS FOR 28 MAY, 2014



    1. Remarks/Objectives/Introductions: Brig Gen Baker (OK ANG) and Colonel Brown (OH ANG) welcomed everyone to Volk Field and thanked them for working on providing and maintaining training airspace.




    1. National Perspective - Brig Gen Siana (CT ANG - National ARC Co-Chair) welcomed everyone and added that he was very pleased with the number of attendees.

      1. ARC Meetings - since last year with large budget cuts the ARCs are more streamlined this year with a change from 5 to 3 regional meetings annually.

        • With the other stakeholder agencies being able to support all of the meetings - we think it is a good change.

      2. Why we are here - Airspace Actions - The length of time it takes to get an airspace action approved is very frustrating and we continue to work on streamlining the process.

        • Special Use Airspace is very important for our combat readiness.

        • New Weapon Systems with increase performance and range require larger training airspace.

        • The Volk Airspace Proposal is the first ANG proposal to follow the entirely new Air Force process has been briefed to the Air Force Steering Group - it is going well.

        • Condor Airspace Proposal started over 10 years ago. Latest requirement is a letter to the Penobscot Indian National required by the Section 106 process which recommended one additional contact with the tribe. The Air National guard is keeping the dialog open and trying to mitigate their concern.

        • We are re-writing our Airspace Process instructions that will improve the process.

      3. Encroachment

        • Radio Spectrum is also very critical - the telephone and Wi-Fi industry is working on a huge expansion in wireless coverage.

        • The Navy's Boardman Range in Oregon is an example of major encroachment.

        • The Range is the major Electronic Warfare training range in the NW and they have massive problems with Wind Energy towers. The graphic below indicates the wind energy installations surrounding Boardman Range.





        • There has been a drop of 92 % in the growth in wind turbines due to the current success of the natural gas industries increase production

      1. Civil use of Special Use Airspace is a special emphasis issue with recent direction from the Guard Bureau. Special Use Airspace is for military use. The airspace can be assigned by the FAA for other purposes when not actively supporting the military training mission.

      2. ADS-B OUT - is very expensive to modify by 2020. There are plans but it is a big issue for the Air Force.




    1. F-16 Capabilities and Airspace Utilization - Lt Col Moses (180th OSS/CC)

      1. 180th FW Mission: Provide combat ready Airmen (Warriors!) for federal, state, and community missions

        • Maintain F-16 Combat readiness to deploy with limited notice anywhere in the world

        • Maintain 24/7 Air Sovereignty Alert from Toledo

        • Navigation with a TACAN and basic Inertial/GPS that are non-RVSM

      2. If money exists to upgrade the F-16, it will NOT be spent on better navigation systems such as ADS-B unless mandated in the future by the FAA.

      3. General F-16C Information - 180th FW Stingers fly Block 42 F-16Cs

        • Single-seat, single-engine, multi-role tactical fighter w/ full air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities, 27,500 Lbs Gross Weight, powered by the F100-PW-229 Engine with 29,000 Lbs of Thrust

        • Max Airspeed 800 Kits - 2.05 Mach

        • Digital Flight Control Computer - Fly By-Wire System with Side-stick control

        • 9.0G Capable airframe

        • Maximum fuel capacity - 13,890 lbs

      4. Combat Fuel Considerations

        • High (20,000’-30,000’MSL - 480-510 KTAS), Low 100-5000’AGL - 480-540 KGAS), High = 450 NM

        • Extended Range with Air to Air Refueling with KC-135 and KC-10

      5. Avionics

        • APG-68 Radar

          • Full Air-to-Air Capabilities

          • Full Air-to-Ground Capabilities

        • ALR-69 Radar Warning Receiver

        • ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Set (Chaff and Flares)

          • Replaced by ALQ-213 in the coming months

        • ALQ-184 Jamming Pod

        • Auto IFF (Identification Free or Foe) Transponder Interrogator (installed next year)

        • ARC-210 (UHF / VHF-AM/FM / SATCOM / HQ / SECURE / SINCGARS) with 2nd dedicated UHF only radio

          • The reason you have an occasional F-16 pilot ask ATC for the non-standard VHF ATC frequency – he’s in a D-model without the ARC-210.

        • IFF, ILS, TACAN, and GPS w/ INS Backup

        • Fire Control Computer (FCC) - Fully Computed Weapons Delivery

        • Up-Front Controls and Heads Up Display (HUD)

        • Color Multi-Function Displays

        • Full Hands on Throttle and Stick (HOTAS)

        • LANTIRN / SNIPER / LITENING Pods

        • Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (HMCS)

        • Night Vision Goggles

        • Link-16 Data Link with other flight members and other mission aircraft

      6. Armament

        • 9 External Stores Stations

        • Air to Air Weapons - Up to 6 Air-to-Air Missiles

          • AIM-120 AMRAAM Typical load out 2 or 4

          • AIM-9M/X Sidewinder Typical load out 2

          • Internal 20mm Cannon (M-61A1) - 510 Rounds (About 100 Rounds a Second)

        • Air-to-Ground Weapons

          • General Purpose Bombs (MK-82,84, BLU-109, BSU-49,50 CBU-87,89)

          • All variants AGM-65 Maverick Missiles

          • Rockets

            1. Laser Guided Weapons (GBU-10, 12, 24)

            2. Inertially Aided Munitions (IAMS) (GBU-31, 38)

            3. Combined Laser/IAM (GBU-54)

          • AGM-88 w/ HARM Targeting System Pods

          • Gun

      7. Air-to-Air Missions

        • Offensive and Defensive Counter Air and Air Escort

        • Protect specific points on the ground or High Value Airborne Assets

      8. Air-to-Ground: Offensive Counter Air / Strategic Attack / Air Interdiction, Close Air Support, Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance

      9. Specialized Missions: Combat Search and Rescue, Airborne Forward Air Control, and Joint CAS. “CAS is air action by fixed and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces”

      10. General Employment

        • Air-to-Air

          • Employ as Four-Ships as Basic Fighting Force

          • Maintain Primarily Visual Formations until Tactic Execution, then Element Visual Mutual Support

          • Prefer Support from Off board Assets (AWACS, GCI), but not required

        • Air-to-Ground

          • Employ as Four-Ships as Basic Fighting Force

          • Primarily Medium Altitude, PGM Attacks

          • Prefer Night Operations due to Reduced Threats

          • Easily Incorporated into Large Force Employment Scenarios

          • FAC(A) Mission: Coordinate and control CAS, providing detailed integration of air power with ground fire to support the ground commander’s intentions

      11. Targeting Pods - Gives capability to engage specific and deliberate targets and provide battle hit assessment post engagement.

        • Third-Generation Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) imagers with excellent resolution for target ID with a very long range capability.

        • Geo-Coordinate Generation provides target coordinates for other users.

      12. How we train

        • We can’t stay combat mission ready without training airspace availability

        • Every mission drives different airspace requirements

        • During the course of a year, we use a phased based training program and typically focus on one mission at time (with some exceptions)

        • Basic Fighter Maneuvers (BFM) – 2-ship dog fighting

          • MOA/ATCAA – Min required: 10,000 AGL – FL190, 10-15NM ring

          • Desired: 5,000 AGL – FL230

        • Air Combat Maneuvers (ACM) – 4-ship dog fighting

          • MOA/ATCAA – Min required: 10,000 AGL – FL190’, 25-30NM long rectangle

          • Desired: 5,000 AGL to FL300

        • Close Air Support (CAS) – close integration with friendly ground forces

          • MOA/ATCAA – Min required: 2000’ medium altitude block

          • Desired: SFC to FL200

          • Diverse airspace requirements depend on training objectives

            1. Dense Urban environment – downtown major cities

            2. Mountainous terrain – simulating current conflict environment

            3. Over water maritime airspace to target fast boat swarms

            4. Open rural areas to target fast moving vehicles and motorcycles

          • Our objectives are ALWAYS changing and we need a broad spectrum of varying airspace options to meet these requirements

        • 2-ship night sparkle/strafe vs. moving target with NVGs/TGP

          • Concerns – finding/hitting the target in the darkness while flying 500kts at low altitude / hitting the ground / location of friendly forces (FRAT) / collateral damage concerns…oh and airspace borders

        • Defensive Counter Air (DCA) / Tactical Intercepts – protect high-value area on the ground or high-value airborne asset

          • MOA/ATCAA – Min required: 8,000 AGL – FL300, 50NM x 25NM min

          • Desired: SFC to FL500, 70NM+ x 30NM+

          • Tactics involved in complex A-A scenarios depend heavily on available airspace

            1. Ability to climb and descend for both offensive and defensive maneuvering

            2. Ability to go supersonic

            3. Chaff/Flare/ECM usage

          • Typically involve 8 aircraft in a 4v4 (4 blue vs. 4 red fighters with continuous regeneration is typically 4v16+)

            1. Concerns – flying tactical formation with 3 other blue fighters / staying visual with the tiny F-16 / using offensive avionics systems to find/track/engage threats / using defensive systems to protect own aircraft from incoming missiles / do all this without hitting any other airplane or the ground / protecting the high value target

        • Air Interdiction (AI) / Opposed Surface Attack (OPSAT) – engage/destroy enemy air and ground targets deep inside hostile territory

          • MOA/ATCAA – Min required: 8kAGL – FL300, 50NM x 25NM min

          • Desired: SFC to FL500, 70NM+ x 30NM+

          • Tactics involved in complex A-A/A-G scenarios depend heavily on available airspace – similar to requirements in DCA

            1. Ability to climb and descend for both offensive and defensive maneuvering

            2. Ability to go supersonic

            3. Chaff/Flare/ECM usage

          • Typically involve 8 or more aircraft in a 4v4 (4 blue vs. 4 red regenerating fighters)

            1. Concerns – flying tactical formation with 3 other blue fighters / staying visual with the tiny F-16 / using offensive avionics systems to find/track/engage both air and ground threats / using defensive systems to protect own aircraft from incoming surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles / do all this without hitting any other airplane or the ground / hitting the one target you are driving through bad guy land to destroy

      13. The “Spin-up Process”

        • Over the past 13 years, we have typically used the 3-6 month timeframe prior to a combat deployment to “spin-up” for specific combatant commander objectives required of each pilot in the combat zone

        • The latest requirement has been urban and/or mountainous terrain CAS

          • Tracking and engaging moving vehicles/motorcycles through urban and mountainous terrain (day and night)

          • Tracking and targeting specific individuals or groups of people evading in mountainous or urban terrain (day and night)

          • On-the-fly weaponeering of diverse targets with significant collateral damage concerns

          • Night sparkle-strafe with one jet marking the target with an IR marker while the other strafes the moving mark point with NVGs

      14. Temp Airspace during the Spin-up

        • Temp MOA/ATCAA/ALTRAV over specific environments on the ground (urban/water/mountains)

        • Previous deployment to Horn of Africa / Jordan, the 180th setup a Temp MOA/ATCAA over the city of Tucson

        • Even though recent history has been heavy in CAS training, this should NOT be used as a predictor for future training objectives and requirements

          • Large scale / Major Combat Operations will require larger pieces of airspace (both laterally and vertically).

      15. 180th FW Airspace

        • Three primary areas

          • North – Alpena airspace complex

          • South – Buckeye/Brush Creek/Charlie-ATCAA

          • West – Hilltop/12-mile/Atterbury/Jefferson

        • Utilization

          • Weather is the biggest driver in the selection of which airspace we use each day (Alpena/Buckeye are more than 300 miles apart and one weather pattern is quite often better than the other)

          • Weather being equal – 180th typically flows to Buckeye due to simpler airspace transit requirements

            1. Stinger departures/recoveries to the Alpena Airspace complex are actively being worked through the Optimization of Airspace and Procedures (OAPM) in the Metroplex for the Detroit area.

            2. The process has been highly successful and collaborative to work solutions to ATC facility and industry/military user issues

        • Near term desires

          • Buckeye/Brush Creek/Charlie-ATCAA temporary use additions

            1. Create temp MOA below the Charlie shelf A/B ATCAA (e.g. 5,000 or 8,000 AGL to FL180)

            2. Have successfully increased C-A/B ATCAA to FL350 on temporary basis for specific mission requirements

          • Alpena Airspace Complex

            1. Increase Steelhead ATCAA to FL350 to match ATCAAs above Pike (Lumberjack and Firebird ATCAAs)

            2. Temp increase of Alpena ATCAAs to FL500

          • Temp MOA in the vicinity of Findlay, OH for ACM/BFM/CAS usage during specific training events over the course of the year

            1. Strong desire to have airspace close to Toledo for this requirement

              1. 5,000 AGL – FL230, approx 30NM long x 10-15NM wide

            2. Only used for specific missions/phases with prior coordination

        • Future requirements

          • Mission changes in the near term could include a much greater emphasis on Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD)

            1. Find/Fix/Track/Target/Suppress/Destroy enemy surface to air missile systems

            2. Much higher emphasis on training in airspace with real world and training emitters

        • Long-term F-35 transition

          • The future of the AF is the F-35

          • Will require larger airspace

            1. Longer looks – both vertically / laterally: 80NM+ x 30NM+

          • Super-cruise requirements




    1. RQ-7 Shadow UAV Demonstration

      1. The Airspace/Range Council attendees proceeded to the Volk Field flight-line for a flight demonstration of the Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle flown by the Wisconsin Army National Guard

      2. The Shadow Aircraft:

        • Wingspan: 20' 4" (6.20 m)

        • Length: 11' 10" (3.60 m)

        • Weight: 185.2 lbs (84 kg)

        • Range: 68 miles (109 km)

      3. The demonstration included multiple approaches to the field and landing

      4. The control van was available to viewing

      5. The personnel provided a brief introduction to the Shadow mission answered questions.

      6. The ARC attendees returned to the conference room to resume the afternoon session.




    1. Introductions: Lt Colonel Steinbicker (OH ANG/CGL ARC Exec)

      1. The Management Session resumed with everyone introducing themselves and includes there unit/organization.




    1. FAA Central Service Area Update Mr. Rizzio (CSA ATREP) It is good to work with both the Central-Great Lakes and Southwest Regions of the Central Service Area.

      1. Abutting Airspace Coordinates: If a proposed SUA boundary shares points with an existing SUA, use the lat/longs from the existing SUA in the JO 7400.8 (Special Use Airspace) legal definition to describe the new SUA’s shared points.

      2. Synchronization (JO 7400.2 - Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters) - We want to have an airspace proposal proceed though both sides near simultaneously.

        • Aeronautical

          • Pre-Coordination (unit reach out Center early)

          • Submit proposal to FAA (OSG), circ/NPRM, aero study

          • Address comments

          • OSG final review and aero recommendation

        • Environmental (communicate with the Service Area early)

          • Cooperating Agency, Preliminary Draft EA/EIS

          • Draft EA/EIS & public comment

          • Address comments, final EA/FONSI or EIS

          • OSG final review and EA/FONSI or EIS adoption recommendation

      3. Letters of Agreement

        • For LOA’s involving military ATC facilities:

        • “The ATREP will be a signatory to agreements made pursuant to Article I, Section C”

          • We will start doing what the order requires.

        • JO 7610.4 Appendix 2, Article IV, paragraph B

        • 1969 MOA

      4. Facility Evaluations

        • ATC

          • Two ATREPs (north and south) will be invited to accompany HHQ inspection teams as augmentees. They work with units on airspace proposal and daily management.

          • Participation will depend on scheduling, budget, etc.

          • ATREPs will review ATC inspection reports for all facilities

          • We work with the AFREPS and units on airspace proposals and daily airspace management.

        • MRU

          • Every two years

          • Preferably with HHQ inspection team

      5. Contact information

        • Mr. Michael Rizzo: michael.rizzo@faa.gov, 817-321-7733

        • Mr. John Witucki: john.witucki@faa.gov, 817-321-7734

        • Mr. Daisy Mather: daisy.mather@faa.gov, 817-321-7719




    1. FAA Regional Issues - FAA ARTCC Reps

      1. Kansas City Center - Mr. Mullinax (Support Mgr. Airspace FAA Kansas City ARTCC)

        • Last year the budget was our biggest issue and the number of new controllers that we were getting.

          • Currently we are training as many controllers as we can but we are still losing people at a fast rate

        • This year ERAM has been the major issue.

          • There was a lot of testing and training

          • Kansas City Center set the bench mark as the shortest time to adapt.

          • There are still some bugs to work out but it is very stable.

          • There are still 5 of the 20 centers still to convert to ERAM

        • The 509th BW, Whiteman AFB's B-2 mission is a challenge for Kansas City Center.

          • They get target changes and desire to work from FL 380 to FL 420 with random operations that conflict with civilian traffic.

        • Smokey Hill Range and the City of Salina along with Kansas City Center worked to create an exercise.

        • The Lindberg MOA, R4501 and the Ada MOAs are now underutilized.

        • Question about ADS-B operations.

          • The FAA is now in the initial operating phase with all centers having ADS-B turned on and receiving feeds from the system

          • Procedures are still being developed - We cannot use ADS-B data received that is below our radar coverage.

          • We are excited about the system capabilities.

      1. Minneapolis Center Issues - Hughes

        • We have been working on airspace issues

        • Working with Volk Field on the development of new airspace

        • Last year we discussed altimeter settings for operations that transited FL 180. There has been a lot of progress and we will be finalizing the Letters of Agreements for Special Use Airspace.

      2. Indianapolis Center Issues -

        • The Center is working on airspace issues at R-3403 and Muscatatuck to expand UAS operations.

        • Working on the Buckeye MOA/ATCAA procedures

        • Communication is the key to getting things accomplished (don't be afraid to give us a call)

      3. Chicago Center Issues -

        • Chicago Center's airspace is very compact - when the military airspace is hot if affects how we operate.

        • Our work force is much younger now with very little military experience and a short time with the FAA.

        • Our controllers have no idea what is going on in Special Use Airspace.

        • Comments: General Harris added that the FAA Centers get a real benefit from Warfighter Briefings

          • General Siana mentions that next we hope to have the regional meetings at Air Traffic Center locations to have more involvement with the controllers.

TASK ARC Co-Chairs to coordinate Warfighter Briefings for ATC Centers to educate the new controllers on mission and training conducted in Special Use Airspace.



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