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Draft 563Rd Rescue Group Personnel Recovery Supplemental Environmental Assessment Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona March 2015
DRAFT 563RD RESCUE GROUP PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA MARCH 2015 DRAFT 563RD RESCUE GROUP PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA March 2015 1 DRAFT 2 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT 3 4 1.0 NAME OF PROPOSED ACTION 5 6 The use of 20 Helicopter Landing Zone (HLZ) and Drop Zone (DZ) sites for the 563rd Rescue 7 Group (563 RQG) Personnel Recovery Training Mission at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 8 (AFB), Arizona 9 10 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES 11 12 In 2002, an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) were 13 completed by the United States (U.S.) Department of the Air Force (Air Force), Headquarters Air 14 Combat Command (ACC) for the West Coast Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Beddown at 15 Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Implementation of the Proposed Action resulted in the 16 establishment of a Personnel Recovery organization composed of collocated HH-60 helicopters, 17 HC-130 cargo aircraft, and Combat Rescue Officer (CRO)-led squadrons. The Beddown added 18 a total of 12 HH-60 helicopters, 10 HC-130 fixed-wing cargo aircraft, and 1,059 personnel to 19 Davis-Monthan AFB. Ground and parachute training for CSAR personnel within previously 20 approved ranges, DZs, and LZs were also part of the Proposed Action for the CSAR Beddown 21 EA. Since the completion of the CSAR Beddown, the 563 RQG has identified a need to 22 increase the number of HLZs and DZs to be used for training in order to provide a more robust 23 and realistic training scenario. -
WRP Military Asset List (MAL)
WRP Military Asset List (MAL) The Western Regional Partnership (WRP) has compiled the Military Asset List (MAL), a set of summaries describing the history, missions, and importance of installations in the WRP region. These fact sheets include installations from all of the Services and the National Guard. The summaries provide overviews of the military installations and ranges throughout the WRP's region. Their purpose is to better inform WRP Partners on the importance of these installations and ranges and Installations, such as Naval Base their missions by providing brief, accurate, uniform surveys of our assets Point Loma, often encompass vital and their missions from a single source. natural habitats. (U.S. Navy photo) These summaries use only publicly available information and are written WRP VISION STATEMENT for the policy maker new to military issues and the military savvy person WRP will be a significant resource to needing specific military information. It is our hope that WRP Partners proactively address common goals, identify emerging issues and develop use these summaries as a tool for future land use and environmental solutions that support WRP Partners policy and planning efforts throughout WRP's region, ultimately using and protect natural resources, while them to help prevent or mitigate encroachment. promoting sustainability, homeland security and military readiness. WRP MISSION STATEMENT WRP provides a proactive and collaborative framework for senior- policy level Federal, State and Tribal leadership to identify common goals and emerging issues in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah and to develop solutions that support WRP Partners and protect natural resources, while promoting sustainability, homeland security and military readiness. -
US Military Casualties
U.S. Military Casualties - Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Names of Fallen (As of May 22, 2015) Service Component Name (Last, First M) Rank Pay Grade Date of Death Age Gender Home of Record Home of Record Home of Record Home of Record Unit Incident Casualty Casualty Country City of Loss (yyyy/mm/dd) City County State Country Geographic Geographic Code Code ARMY ACTIVE DUTY AAMOT, AARON SETH SPC E04 2009/11/05 22 MALE CUSTER WA US COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY AF AF AFGHANISTAN JELEWAR REGIMENT, 5 SBCT, 2 ID, FORT LEWIS, WA ARMY ACTIVE DUTY ABAD, SERGIO SAGONI SPC E03 2008/07/13 21 MALE MORGANFIELD UNION KY US COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 503RD INFANTRY AF AF AFGHANISTAN FOB FENTY REGIMENT, CAMP EDERLE, ITALY MARINE ACTIVE DUTY ABBATE, MATTHEW THOMAS SGT E05 2010/12/02 26 MALE HONOLULU HONOLULU HI US 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP AF AF AFGHANISTAN HELMAND CORPS PENDLETON, CA PROVINCE ARMY NATIONAL ABEYTA, CHRISTOPHER PAUL SGT E05 2009/03/15 23 MALE MIDLOTHIAN COOK IL US COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 178TH INFANTRY, AF AF AFGHANISTAN JALALABAD FST GUARD WOODSTOCK, IL ARMY ACTIVE DUTY ACEVES, OMAR SSG E05 2011/01/12 30 MALE EL PASO EL PASO TX US 693D ENGINEER COMPANY, 7TH EN BN, 10TH AF AF AFGHANISTAN GELAN, GHAZNI SUSTAINMENT BDE, FORT DRUM, NY PROVINCE ARMY ACTIVE DUTY ACOSTA, EDWARD JOSEPH SPC E04 2012/03/05 21 MALE HESPERIA SAN CA US USA MEDDAC WARRIOR TRANSITION CO, BALBOA NAVAL AF US UNITED STATES SAN DIEGO BERNARDINO MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA 92134 ARMY ACTIVE DUTY ACOSTA, RUDY ALEXANDER SPC E03 2011/03/19 -
NSDC Welcomes New Leadership Americans to Be Prepared for Disasters Or Emergencies in Their Homes, Busi- by Steve Kotecki Nesses and Communities
COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, September 13, 2018 www.csmng.com Vol. 12 No. 37 Did you know? 17 years later, Schriever remembers 9/11 HHHHHHHHHH Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders HHHHHHHHHH The Kansas City Chiefs cheerlead- ers are hosting a meet and greet for Schriever Airmen from 4-5 p.m. Friday in the event center. For more informa- tion, contact the 50th Force Support Squadron at 567-5362. Base Briefs Spouses are invited to events marked with ON-BASE Schriever AFB to hold POW/ MIA 24-hour run In remembrance of those who have given their freedom for ours, Schriever Air Force Base will be holding a 24- hour vigil run. The opening ceremony will feature guest speaker and former POW, U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Wideman 7:30 a.m. Sept. 17 in front of Building 210. The vigil run will start at 10 U.S. Air Force Photo by Dennis Rogers a.m. Tuesday, running until 10 a.m. Airmen raise and then lower the U.S. flag to half-staff during the 9/11 reveille ceremony at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 11, 2018. The ceremony marked the Wednesday, at the fitness center park- 17th year since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and also included a striking of the four fives and wreath laying at the base’s 9/11 artifact. ing lot. The closing ceremony will take place 1 p.m. Sept. 21 at the fitness cen- By Airman 1st Class William Tracy New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, After a formation, consisting of Airmen ter with a speech from Wideman. -
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' . UMCL ASSIFIED RCS : HAF-HO (S) 7101 HISTORY OF THE 49TH FIGHTER WING (U) 1 JUL Y-31 DECEMBER 1998 NARRATIVE VOLUMENO. l Assigned to Twelfth Air Force, Air Combat Command Stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico foR- ~/~/b \ by: WILLIAM J. LAKE SSgt Gregory S. Henneman Brig Gen, USAF Commander DATE SIGNED /1/fk~Ji'ffl OFFICE OF ORIGIN: 4 WIHO DERIVED FROM: Multiple Sources DECLASSIFY ON: OADR dated 14 January 99 THIS DOC~~CONTAINS "If declassified, r~ew the ocument USONL~TION to ensure material is ~t OUO and exempt under AFI 3 7- · before ,. -...... making a public rei ' se/P ·: I I COPY[OFJ ·-·-··---___ ,.--- ______--·· - (THIS PAGE IS UNCLASSIFIED) SECURITY STATEMENT (U) This volume is classifie~T: by multiple sources to conform to the highest classification of the information in the source documents. Information drawn from those documents appear on pages #37-39; and 105-113. (U) Special notations which appear in this volume are: 4lfiis is a pri ..ilege:d- doeument (P"v"), not releasabl:e ift whole or ~aEt to :Persons o~:Laqe:n~ ..outside the United States A!t P'otce without express approual of the Secretary of hlte-1rtl' Force. PV material appears on pages 52 .. 53; 56-64; and 1 2-!7. Likewise, • For Official Use Only (FOUO) matetial is contained within this volume, on pages "29; 66- ES7; 75-83# an~ 104. 'Review against AFR 12-30 before public release/PV. (U) All titles and subtitles are unclassified under the authority of DoD 5200.1R/AFR 205-1. -
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0 HISTORY OF THE 49TH FIGHTER WING (U) 1 JULY 1996-31 DECEMER 1997 NARRATIVE VOLUME N0.1 Assigned to Twelfth Air Force, Air Combat Command Stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico by: DENNIS R. LARSEN SSgt Greg S. Henneman Brig Gen, USAF SrA David Libby Commander 2 8 MAY 1998 DATE SIGNED ______ OFFICE OF ORIGIN: 49 FW/HO DERIVED FROM: Multiple Sources DECLASSIFY ON: X4 THIS DOC~~ CO~TAINS USONL~RMATION to ensure material is n exempt un 3 7-131 before ~Yblic release/PV" UNClASSIFIED ~JtiCI{c; (THIS PAGE I S UNCLASSIFIED) SECURITY STATEMENT (U) This volume is classified ~RS'll by multiple sources to conform to the highest classification of the information in the source documents. Information drawn from those documents appear on pages t37-39J and 105-113. (U) S~cial -n-otations which appear in this volume are: privileged document (PV), not releasable in whole or partjt~~~~ffi outside the United States Air Force without approval of the Secretary of PV material ap e pages 52-531 56-64r and 127. Likewise, material is contained within (U) All titles and subtitles are unclassified under the authority of DoD 5200.1R/AFR 205-1. ii I .:;-· . Summary (U) The events of the 49th Fighter Wing (FW), from July 1996-December 1 were a microcosm of the Air Force itself--varied and busy .. When Air Force senior leadership sought an answer to Saddam Hussein's aggression, the 49 FW responded and deployed F-117 stealth fighter power. First, in Operation Desert Strike, September 1996, the Wing deployed its F-117s in a non-stop, 7,990 mile flight to Kuwait Then again, in November 1997, when Iraq blocked UN inspectors, the nation's leaders called upon the 49 FW to deploy its stealth fighters. -
United States Air Force Ground Accident Investigation Board Report
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE GROUND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT: High Angle Belay Training Fatality LOCATION: Kathmandu, Nepal DATE OF ACCIDENT: 21 October 2014 BOARD PRESIDENT: COLONEL THADDEUS P. ALLEN, USAF Conducted IAW Air Force Instruction 51-507 United States Air Force Ground Accident Investigation Board Report High Angle Belay Training Fatality, Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 October 2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 21 October 2014 at 1345 hours local time (L), the Mishap Pararescueman (MPJ) assigned to Blue Team, 320th Special Tactics Squadron (320 STS), 353rd Special Operations Group (353 SOG), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), impacted a metal beam while belaying on the internal section of the mishap tower (MT) at the Chaunni Military Barracks, Kathmandu, Nepal. At the time of the mishap, MPJ was participating in Exercise Teak Nail 15-01 (Teak Nail), a Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) directed Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET). The JCET provided mission essential training for 353 SOG forces while increasing the capability of the Nepalese Army Rangers (Rangers) to operate in a joint and combined environment, by expanding on the Rangers’ skills developed during prior JCETs. Teak Nail included, in part, high angle rope climbing, rappelling and belaying techniques utilizing the 60-foot freestanding MT with two metal platforms at 45 feet (Platform A) and 35 feet (Platform B). The training station on Platform B, operated by Belay Pararescueman One (BPJ1) and an additional Pararescueman (PJ), demonstrated the belay of one climber by another climber using various techniques and equipment including friction knots and a metal friction device called a Gri-Gri 2. -
7Th AF Vice Commander Visits Wolf Pack
Peninsula - Wide U.S. Air Force Newspaper Volume 11, Issue 22 July 26, 2019 http://www.7af.pacaf.af.mil U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Eaglin (third from the left), 7th Air Force vice commander, poses for a photo with 8th Fighter Wing and 38th Fighter Group leadership at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 12, 2019. Eaglin went on an immersion tour at Kunsan, to see first-hand the capabilities the Wolf Pack and Republic of Korea Air Force bring to the table. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards) 7th AF vice commander visits Wolf Pack By Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards goals for the visit to Kunsan and by ensuring that they know that I think a lot of people look at “fight 8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs the 8th FW? every Airman is strategic and we, tonight” and think that should be as Airmen, need to be ambassadors our first priority, because readiness KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Gen. Eaglin: My goals for this for the U.S., so we can be a strong certainly is. I think the other thing Korea -- Brig. Gen. David Eaglin, visit are to get out and see the part of the alliance. everyone needs to understand 7th Air Force vice commander, Airmen that are getting after the is that if we can be really sharp visited the 8th Fighter Wing for an mission each and every day. I want What are the 7th AF and ready, we will dissuade any orientation tour July 12. to thank them for their sacrifices priorities? adversary aggression against us. -
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WRP Arizona Mals 2016.Pdf
WRP Arizona Military Asset List (MAL) Within the Western Regional Partnership (WRP) region, there are significant military testing and training installations and ranges. WRP developed summaries from all of the Services and the National Guard, describing the history, missions, and importance of these assets. These summaries use only publicly available information and are written for the policy maker new to military issues and the military savvy person needing specific military information. It is our hope that WRP Partners use these summaries as a tool for land use planning efforts to encourage compatible growth and ensure future mission viability. Incompatible development (encroachment) comes in many forms but for the military, it means those issues that affect their ability to fulfill their mission on land, in the sea, or in the air. These military summaries are for general planning purposes. Attached Arizona MAL summaries: Air Force: • Barry M. Goldwater Range East • Davis-Monthan Air Force Base • Luke Air Force Base Army: • Fort Huachuca • Yuma Proving Ground Marine Corps: • Barry M. Goldwater Range West • Marine Corps Air Station Yuma National Guard: • 161st Air Refueling Wing • 162nd Fighter Wing • 214th Reconnaissance Group • Arizona Air National Guard JFHQ • Arizona Army National Guard • Camp Navajo • Florence Military Reservation • Papago Park Military Reservation • Silverbell Army Heliport • Western Army Aviation Training Site (WAATS) Navy: • U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Military Asset List 2016 U.S. Air Force BARRY M. GOLDWATER RANGE – EAST: ARIZONA Established in 1941, the Barry M. Goldwater Range (BMGR) is a premier military training range, located in southwest Arizona along the U.S.-Mexico border. -
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Love, Hate & Close Air Support 56 | CSAR in Africa 44 |Buying the Force We Need 49 INVISIBLE AND EVERYWHERE New 16th Air Force Combines Cyber, EW, ISR & IO| 33 December 2019 $8 Published by the Air Force Association Strength of purpoSe Entrust your most sensitive missions to Gulfstream. With more than five decades of high performance, flexible platforms and proven reliability, there is no other choice for civilian and military operations over land and sea. the Art of excellenceTM STAFF Publisher December 2019. Vol. 102, No. 11 Bruce A. Wright Editor in Chief Tobias Naegele Managing Editor Juliette Kelsey Chagnon Editorial Director John A. Tirpak News Editor Amy McCullough Assistant Managing Editor Chequita Wood Photo: TSgt.Photo: Rachelle Coleman Senior Designer Dashton Parham DEPARTMENTS FEATURES SSgt. Antonio Pentagon Editor Brian W. Everstine 2 Editorial: 10 Q&A: The Business-Case Approach (last name Speed Kills withheld) packs Digital Platforms An exclusive interview with Matthew Donovan, as Acting an RA-1 free-fall By Tobias Editor parachute at Naegele Secretary of the Air Force. Jennifer-Leigh Camp Lemonnier, Oprihory 4 Letters 18 USAF Chief of Sta Gen. David L. Goldfein’s Media Djibouti. See “30 Recommendations Million Square Senior Editor 6 Index to Kilometers,” p. 44. Rachel S. Cohen Advertisers 33 16th Air Force Launches Info Ops for the Digital Age Production 7 Verbatim By Rachel S. Cohen Manager Eric Chang Lee 8 Strategy & The new numbered Air Force will lead operations in the Photo Editor Policy: Thinking information domain. Past the F-35 Mike Tsukamoto 12 Airframes 38 The Raider Takes Shape By John A. -
Screenshot Helicopter Crashed Near FOB Jackson BF-2 Is the Third F-35 to Achieve Su- in Afghanistan’S Restive Helmand Prov- Personic Flight
Air Force World By Marc V. Schanz, Senior Editor Airmen Die in War Zone Crash 1.6, which is the fighter’s top speed Four airmen were killed and three with a full internal weapons load of wounded when their HH-60 Pave Hawk 3,000 pounds. screenshot helicopter crashed near FOB Jackson BF-2 is the third F-35 to achieve su- in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand prov- personic flight. Two F-35A conventional ince June 9.The crash occurred while Air Force variants have also broken the helicopter was performing casualty the sound barrier. evacuation missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. One of the injured F-35C Makes First Flight USAF photo by SSgt. DeNoris Mickle airmen died three weeks later from CF-1, the first Navy F-35C test aircraft, the injuries he sustained in the crash. performed its inaugural flight June 6 from Killed were 1st Lt. Joel C. Gentz, 25, NAS JRB Fort Worth, Tex., Lockheed of Grass Lake, Mich., assigned to the Martin announced June 7. The 57-minute 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis AFB, flight was performed by Lockheed test Nev.; TSgt. Michael P. Flores, 31, of San pilot Jeff Knowles, a retired naval aviator. Antonio, assigned to the 48th Rescue The F-35C is a carrier-optimized Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.; variant of the Lightning II, and features SSgt. David C. Smith, 26, of Eight Mile, a larger wing and control surfaces and Ala., assigned to the 66th Rescue structural strength greater than the Squadron, Nellis; and SrA. Benjamin Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps D.