Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win
Combat Engineer Panel
Brigadier General Tim Byers Director of Installations and Mission Support Air Combat Command
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Fly – Fight – Win 3 Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win
Combat Engineer Panel
Brigadier General Tim Byers Director of Installations and Mission Support Air Combat Command
4 Way Ahead
Air Force Civil Engineers – Who We Are
Air Force Engineers Supporting Air Bases
Air Force Engineers Supporting Joint Community
Contract Support to the Fight – AFCEE / AFCESA
Heavy Construction – The RED HORSE Growing to Meet the Demand
Air Force Engineers are fully engaged in the GWOT fight, from sustaining ourFly bases – Fight to –reconstructingWin nations. 5 Air Force Civil Engineer Mission
Provide, operate, and maintain installations, infrastructure, and facilities necessary to create and sustain responsive, persistent and effective combat operations on a global basis. Civil engineer forces support contingency operations by providing engineer support capabilities to employ, protect, sustain, and recover forces to meet Air Force and Joint taskings.
Fly – Fight – Win 6 How do we do this mission?
Prime BEEF In-garrison/Base Operational Support 10-12 short tons 29,000 Airmen in Total Force RED HORSE Heavy construction/Outside the Wire 3,000+ short tons Self-Sustaining Capability 3,000 Airmen in the Total Force Contract Support AFCEE / AFCESA
Prime BEEF and RED HORSE provide a full spectrum of engineerFly support – Fight to – Winthe warfighter 7 Expeditionary Combat Support
37 contingency bases in CENTCOM … 11 still in use Largest effort since Vietnam! 23.5K deployed to CENTCOM AOR Fly – Fight – Win 8 Deployed Requirements
May 03 Iraq/Afghanistan Joint Requirements 5000 Feb 02 4000 Nov 02 3000 2000 1000 0
OEF OIF Sep-01 Aug-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Apr-07Jun-07Aug-07 Dec-07
Steady State
CENTCOM EUCOM SOUTHCOM NORTHCOM PACOM Joint
AEF Supporting AF: 1483 AEF Supporting Army/Joint: 1009 AEF Other COCOM: 184 AEF Total Requirements: 2676 Standard Tour: 6 Months deployed, 12 months at home
Airmen Open, EstablishFly – Fight and – Win Operate Airfields 9 365-Day TDY Requirements
Individual Augmentees and Joint Manning Document requirements driving 365- day requirements - Filling Joint Staffs - Provincial Reconstruction AFSC Title Aug 07 Dec 07 - EOD Staffs/WIT 032E Officer 35 37 3E0X1 Electrical 0 3 - Training Teams 3E0X2 Power Pro 15 15 3E1X1 HVAC/R 0 3 - Civil Affairs missions 3E3X1 Structures 6 6 3E4X1 Utilities 2 2 Large demand for EOD, 3E6X1 Ops Mgt 6 6 Power Production and 3E7X1 Fire 0 1 Officers 3E8X1 EOD 17 17 Totals 81 90
Continued “growth”Fly – Fight expected – Win in FY08 10 CE Support to Air Bases
60% of total requirements (1500 of 2500) Al Udeid – 280 Airmen, increasing to 320 Balad AB, Iraq – 210 Airmen Ali, BIAP, Al Dhafra, Ali Al Salem, Kirkuk & Manas: 100-130 Airmen
Fly – Fight – Win 11 CENTAF Airbase Laydown
506 ECES, Kirkuk IZ TOTAL: 1952 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT 376 ECES, Manas KG 74 39 7 6 0 126 844 359 76 54 619 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 64 33 6 4 53 160 332 ECES, Balad IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 451 ECES, Kandahar AG 129 51 10 8 123 321 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 14 0 0 0 9 23 447 ECES, BIAP IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 80 47 25 6 56 214 455 ECES, Bagram AG PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 27 0 0 0 0 27 438 EMSG, Al Asad IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 1 0 0 0 0 1
407 ECES, Ali IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 82 47 6 5 39 179
387 ESPT, KCIA KU PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 11 0 0 2 28 41
386 ECES, Ali Al Salem KU PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 83 39 6 6 132 266 379 ECES, Al Udeid Qatar 380 ECES, Al Dhafra UAE 64 ESS, Eskan KSA PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 205 56 6 9 141 417 76 47 6 8 61 198 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 9 0 4 2 5 20 as of 10 Jul 07 CENTAF: BOS-I SAA Fly – Fight – Win 12 Combat Airmen
SrA Jordan Davenport, Barksdale AFB, LA Deployed Firefighter, 332 CES, Balad Airbase, Iraq Turkish civilian plane crash outside base Zero-visibility fog 40 passengers on board Still on fire Dispatched AF P-19 and Army security 4-man P-19 Crew extinguished aircraft and several spot fires Cooled the wreckage to extract bodies Recovered 39 remains/1 survivor Plane had been refused landing, but pilot tried to land anyway
Ordinary Airmen providing extraordinary engineer support to Flythe – warfighterFight – Win 13 Combat Airmen
SSgt Barton I. Rembert, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho Deployed EOD Flight/Team Leader, 332 CES, FOB Paliwoda, Iraq EOD convoy forced down a narrow driveway into a kill zone IED placed behind cab of dump truck Directed team to deploy robot, investigate, and disarm IED Insurgents set off simultaneous detonation at Iraqi checkpoint Several burning ordnance items & suicide vests First responders would not extinguish due UXOs SSgt Barton neutralized burning ordnance Saw two soldiers standing on a command wire IED Barton left his vehicle to bring soldiers to safety Returned to disarm IED & detonate explosive Awarded Bronze star medal for this deployment
Fly – Fight – Win 14 CE Support to the Joint Community
40% of total requirements (1000 of 2500) 70% of Officer requirements (142 of 211) Facility Engineer Teams/Dets – 9-18 Airmen @ 6 locations Utility Detachments – 55 personnel @ 3 locations Training Teams – 70 Airmen in multiple locations EOD Companies – 6 @ 20-50 Airmen each PRTs – 20 Airmen Engineers, mult locs
Fly – Fight – Win 15 ILO Training Locations Leonard Wood, MO Ft. Lewis WA Security Forces SF/CST Ft. McCoy WI CE/CST Ft. Dix NJ SF/CST
Landover, MD Ft. Riley KS DOCEX TT/CST Aberdeen MD Weapons Ft. Sill OK Intelligence CST Ft. Lee VA Supply
Ft. Eustis VA Transportation
Ft. Bragg NC PRT, CA & SIS Ft. Huachuca AZ Ft. Jackson, SC Interrogator & EWO Ft. Bliss TX Postal / NIACT SF/CST
Ft. Hood TX Camp Shelby MS JSTO ILO Training Sites CST SF/CST Ft. Gordon GA Specialty Training Communications Camp Bullis Redstone, AL Blue on Blue Training BC3 GATOR (EOD) Fly – Fight – Win 16 ILO Training Curriculum
UXO/IED Training Army Commo Skills & Map Reading/Land Navigation Procedures Combat Lifesavers (CLS) HMMWV Drivers Training Cultural Awareness/Language Tactical Driving Training Convoy Ldr Training & Convoy CFLCC Rules for Use of Force Operations Media Awareness Convoy Live-Fire Exercise Troop Leading Procedures Crew Served Weapons (TLPs) Small Arms Qualification Foreign Weapons Identification Personnel Recovery CASEVAC Procedures
Amplifies the combat skills learned at home station just in time,Fly in – Fighta joint – WinenvironmentAETC ILO Spin-Up, Nov 0617 ILO/IA in OIF
732 ECES, Balad 732 ECES Det 10, Speicher 6 55 ILO C2 Staff Utilities Team
732 ECES Det 6, Balad TF Troy EOD, Various 55 97 (+32) Utilities Team TF Troy EOD
732 ECES Det 15, Balad 732 ECES Det 5, Various 10 19 Facility Engineer Team C-IED Weapons Intel Teams (WIT)
732 ECES Det 24, Speicher 732 ECES Det 3, VBC 9 55 Facility Engineer Team (28 Oct 07) Utilities Team
732 ELRS, (various) 732 ECES Det 2, VBC 19 9 MTT Regional & Garrison Support Unit Facility Engineer Team
732 ECES Det 14, Al Asad 732 EMSG, Various 9 9 Facility Engineer Team CAFTT-I
9 AFELM, (various) 386 EMSG, Ali Al Salem 586 EMSG Det 1, KNB 586 AEG, Arifjan 66 11 11 8 MNSTC-I, MNF-I, MNC-I, SOCCENT, etc AAS TLE KNB TLE S&D Team
Fly – Fight – Win 18 ILO/IA in OEF
755 AEG, Kabul 10 Bridage Support Teams
755 AEG, Bagram 9 AFELM, (various) 9 FET 26 CFC-A, CJTF-76, OSC-A, etc TF Paladin EOD, Bagram 67 EOD Company and Clearance Det
ILO Fire Team, JAF 6 Rapid Air Mobil Squad (FF/Rescue)
755 AEG, (various) 11 Embedded Training Teams
755 AEG Det *, (various) 20 Provincial Reconstruction Team
755 AEG, (various) 5 Area Support Groups RDD 29-July-07
Fly – Fight – Win 19 Combat Airmen
Projects: Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan Scope: A combined team of Airmen, Soldiers, U.S. civilians and Afghans make up this PRT. They support the construction of micro hydro plants for electricity generation, roads, bridges, wells, schools, and even a radio station through Task Force Cincinnatus. Effect: Providing Technical Advice and support to help the Afghans rebuild their country.
“That is a win-win situation, the Afghans have control over the project and they buildFly –it Fightthemselves, – Win which instills pride”20 Combat Airmen
Project: Beddown of U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team “Surging” into Baghdad AOR (Camp Taji, Iraq) Scope: Bed-down troops, Erect Force Provider DFACs, Construct 8 C2 Facilities, Renovate Detainee Holding Area Effect: Provided additional work, living and maintenance areas at Camp Taji to support additional personnel surging into the MND-B AOR.
Fly – Fight – Win 21 USACE (GRD) Integration
Major Mike Zuhlsdorf, HQ ACC/A7Z Deployed Location: Balad Air Base, Iraq USACE Gulf Region North, Dep Area Engr 35 mil/civ; 70 projects; $400M dsn/const A/F pavements, C2 Center, Hospital, incinerators, vehicle mx, dorms, overhead cover protection Challenges: Deconflicting Army & AF reqts and execution methods Lack of security drove CoE to cut QA Foreign Nationals live/work on-base One living compound hit w/ IDF; contract suspended due to exodus Contractor plane crash killed 40 Turkish workers; delayed finish of 3 projects
Fly – Fight – Win 22 AFCEE Iraq Program
As of 1 Oct 07: 245 task orders valued at $4.24B have been awarded 17 additional task orders/mods valued at $361M are pending 72% construction complete AFCEE approach / reasons for success: Cost plus DB contracts to US prime & Iraqi subcontractors Minimum in-country presence – small AFCEE PM staff, on-site Title II via contract, all CONS from San Antonio High level of Iraqi involvement: 72% of Title II engineers 91% of construction workers Fast project execution – parallel planning and construction Low cost – fee renegotiated semi-annually (currently ~2.5%) Significant socio-economic impacts
“AFCEE is the reason for our success.” - LTG Petraeus (USA) Former MNSTC-I CG Fly – Fight – Win 23 AFCEE Iraq Accomplishments
4,217 facilities (>60 million SF) 57 major military installations 469 schools 11 medical clinics 3 Ministry facilities (MOT, MOD, MOE) 3 airports (repaired/expanded) 534 miles of roads 174 miles of fence 179 miles of water & sewer lines 15 border forts and expeditionary camps 256 police stations 1 prison
Fly – Fight – Win 24 Additional AFCEE SWA Programs
Afghanistan 24 task orders valued at $286M have been awarded 2 additional task orders/mods valued at $6.4M are pending 92% of the construction workers are Afghan Qatar 13 task orders valued at $27.5M have been awarded Kuwait 28 task orders valued at $65.6M have been awarded Oman 1 task order valued at $4.2M has been awarded
Fly – Fight – Win 25 Fly – Fight – Win 26 RED HORSE
570 Airmen supporting ILO and CENTAF reqts Completed 200+ projs/$100M+ at 15 separate FOBs Dramatically enhanced combat capability, force protection, communications capability & quality of life for 150K soldiers
Fly – Fight – Win 27 RED HORSE
TOTAL: 571
Al Udeid, Qatar 1st ERHG Hub 167 Airmen Spokes: Bagram AB, Al Jabar, BIAP, Al Asad
Balad AB/LSA Anaconda 557th ERHS Hub 404 Airmen Spokes: Q-West, Speicher, Besmaya, BIAP, Warhorse, Al Asad
as of 10 Jul 07 Fly – Fight – Win 28 RED HORSE Early in OIF/OEF Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom Thumrait AB, Oman (Sep 02-May 03) (~$25M) Ramp, taxiway construction (2M square feet of pavement) Jacobabad Pakistan (Oct 02-Mar 03) (~$1.5M) K-Span Construction/Ramp Replacement Masirah Island, Oman (Mar 03-May 03) (~$27M) 30K linear foot taxiway extension Tallil AB, Iraq (Mar 03-Apr 03) Initial beddown and airfield opening with 820 SFG Baghdad International Airport (Apr 03-May 03) Assessed and repaired runway for first operations Initial Entry into OIF/OEF Placed 820,000 SqYd Concrete, 3,200 tents, 3.2 million square feet of facilities, 190 miles of water pipe, and storage for 200 Flymillion – Fight gallons – Win of fuel 29 RED HORSE Today
COB Al Asad (~$1.0M in construction) 438 AEG beddown Balad AB (~$3.3M in construction) 36K ft2 K-Span structures BIAP (~$2.5M in construction) 24K ft2 K-Span structures (4 bldgs) Bagram (~$11.2M in construction) CAS Ramp construction COB Speicher (~$5.3M in construction) 2,500 m3 concrete T/W / Ramp repair FOB Q-West (~$1.5M in construction) Garrison upgrades
RED HORSE provides new mission beddown, surge operations support, andFly facility – Fight expansion – Win for the warfighter30 Combat Airmen
Projects: FOB Hammer Beddown for U.S. Army Combat Brigade Scope: A combined force of the 557th ERHS and 92nd Engineer Battalion (US Army) built an entire base camp at a bare base location (lacking even a water source). $4.5M in construction in 45 days. Effect: Built 4,000 soldier base camp supporting Operation Enforcing the Law, known to the media as the "Fardh al-Qanoon," or "Baghdad Security Plan."
"If you've ever seen Extreme Makeover on TV, that's what it was like ... only for 4,000Fly Soldiers – Fight – insteadWin of just one family"31 RED HORSE Total Force
Validated Warfighter reqt for 40% more HORSE Active Duty: Increase by 318 Civil Engineers Relocate 554th from Korea to Guam Round-out 819th then spread across all three Air National Guard: Round-out of units in OH and PA Air Force Reserves: New units at Seymour-Johnson and Charleston Associate training with Active Duty squadrons
The warfighter needs more capability and we are working to provide that – movingFly from– Fight 7 to– Win 10 squadron equivalents 32 RED HORSE Squadrons
Active Duty (~4) Air National Guard (3 +) AF Reserve (2+)
819/219 RHS Malmstrom AFB 557 ERHS & 1ERHG Al Udeid, Qatar 200 RHS Camp Perry 200 RHS Det 201 RHS Mansfield Ft Indiantown Gap 554/254 RHS 201 RHS Det Andersen AFB Willow Grove 203 RHS Camp Pendleton 567 RHS Seymour Johnson AFB 820/555 RHS 560 RHS Nellis AFB JB Charleston 202 RHS Camp Blanding 307 RHS 823/556 RHS Barksdale AFB Hurlburt AFB Fly – Fight – Win 33 Fly – Fight – Win 34 Take-Aways
The Warfighting Comanders request a full spectrum of engineer capabilities and effects Air Force Civil Engineers are organized, trained and equipped to provide solutions to the joint force Air Force Engineers are fully engaged in the fight
Fly – Fight – Win 35 Questions?
Fly – Fight – Win 36 Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win
Backup Slides
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Projects: ECP Upgrades @ COB Speicher Scope: Upgrades to Primary ECP, including: Three New Defensive Fighting Positions; Two New Guard Shacks; Friendly Fire Protection; Repairs to Interpreter Facilities; Provide Power, HVAC and Water utilities for multiple facilities, and; Replace Railroad Gate. Effect: Safe, functional facilities for the primary ECP improved the safety/defense of the 50+ troops controlling the main entry point and the security of the 14,000 Base population.
Fly – Fight – Win 39 Combat Skills Training (CST): Support to Army Upward trend in joint operation rotations in combat areas for… EOD in joint improvised explosive device operations Prime BEEF and RED HORSE En route Combat Skills Training Army Power Projection Platforms Lack of standardization at PPPs Early CST challenges met head on AF working long term solutions
Fly – Fight – Win 40 ILO Terminology
In-Lieu-Of (ILO) Sourcing – overarching term for sourcing alternative force solutions when preferred Service solution is not available
Individual Augmentee (IA) – Unfunded TDY position identified on a Joint Manning Document by a supported CoCOM to augment HQ operations during contingencies
RFFs – Requests for Forces, flow from Combatant Commander (CENTCOM), JFCOM to services for Joint Sourcing Solution
Fly – Fight – Win 2AF ILO Spin Up Training42