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Air Force Combat Engineering Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win Combat Engineer Panel Brigadier General Tim Byers Director of Installations and Mission Support Air Combat Command 1 Fly – Fight – Win 2 RH Demo Op 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
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