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Members of the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., hold aloft the 2012 Major General Robert H. Curtin Award trophy presented to them by Maj. Gen. Timothy Byers (left), then the Air Force Civil Engineer. The 27 SOCES commander, Lt. Col. Anthony Figiera (right) looks on as the squadron receives the award for best small civil engineer squadron in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Major Bases 2Plant Replacement Value $6.5BBuildings 9.1M sq. ft.Airfield Pavement 2.49M sq. yd.Housing 1,143 units (100% privatized)Dorms 1,772 rooms

aFsoc Personnel Active Duty 13,621 Reserve 1,286 Guard 1,490 Civilian 1,657 Contractor 1,248cE Personnel Active Duty 510 Reserve 96 Guard 146 Civilian 238 Contractor 111

MILCON 3 projects ($57.95M)SRM 113 projects ($56M)*Facilities Operation $10.9M

*Excludes $6.9M for preventive/corrective maintenance of facilities and infrastructure

1 SOCES Hurlburt Field, Fla.

2013 Statistics

27 SOCES Cannon AFB, N.M.

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America’s specialized air power ... a step ahead in a changing world, delivering special operations power anytime, anywhere. Air Force Special Operations Command provides Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to geographic combatant commands. The command’s SOF are composed of highly trained, rapidly deployable Air Commandos, conducting global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower to infiltration, exfiltration, resupply and refueling of SOF operational elements.

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Plans, programs, resources and manages civil engineer processes and resources enabling the air component of U.S. Special Operations Command to execute its mission. Executes $90M in annual appropriations, supports more than 15,000 spe-cial operations forces at 35 locations worldwide and advises the AFSOC commander on base development and sustainment, emergency response, contracting, integrated defense, security, force protection and expeditionary combat support. Provides specialized agile combat support by employing installation engineering, expeditionary engineering, readiness and emer-gency management, fire and emergency services and EOD in garrison and at overseas contingency locations. To further enable USSOCOM elite forces mission, provides expeditionary beddown support for deployed personnel in contingency loca-tions for up to 30 days using AFSOC-unique Air Rapid Response Kits, or ARRKs.

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• Deployed 130 engineers (17 percent of the total force), for 25,095 man-days to 12 locations in Southwest Asia, Africa, Central America and an uncounted number of other loca-tions in direct support of USSOCOM and Air Force missions.

• Supported five AFPAK Hands Airmen in Afghanistan, fostering long-term relationships with the Afghan people, governments and militaries.

• Planned, programmed and sustained $1.2B Cannon AFB beddown (fiscal 2013 MILCON included $166.5M).

• Executed MILCON valued at $17.5M at Hurlburt Field, including a $14.9M fuel storage facility and a $2.6M non-appropriated funds temporary lodging facility.

• Executed $41.2M for SOF Aviation Foreign Internal Defense Squadron Operations and Maintenance Facilities at Duke Field, Fla.

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Col David C. Piech Director of Installations & Mission Support

CMSgt Michael T. Irons CE Functional Manager

• Programmed for $130.3M Future Years Defense Program investment at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom; started design for the $69M beddown for the CV-22 Osprey, including a hangar/aircraft maintenance unit, airfield pave-ments, squadron operations and MRSP storage facility.

• Executed a $1.8M add/alter project for 22nd Special Tactics Squadron operations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

• Executed $56M for 113 Air Force and SOF operations and maintenance facility projects as well as designs, area development plans, comprehensive range plans, and environmental studies in support of basing options and sustainment, restoration and modernization of facilities and infrastructure.

• Completed $4.9M wastewater treatment plant upgrade at Hurlburt Field, incorporating re-use water into the base irrigation system, reducing annual potable water use by 93M gallons and saving $382,000.

• Completed fiscal 2011, 96-person dormitory ($14M) at Cannon AFB.

• Streamlined furnishings management operations through business process improvement; provided blanket purchase agreement template to bases to facilitate movement and repairs of furniture.

• Transitioned 150 leased housing units at Cannon AFB back to project owner in anticipation of military family housing privatization.

• Executed 10 energy and water conservation projects ($11.4M), estimated to annually save $1.4M and reduce AFSOC’s energy consumption by 18 percent.

• Managed $5.7M energy and water conservation program; developed 14 projects estimated to annually save $930,000 and 63,929 MBTUs of energy and 12.2 M gallons of water.

• Privatized 763 homes at Cannon AFB (1,038 end state) on Aug. 1 as part of the Northern Group; privatized 380 homes at Hurlburt Field (404 end state) on Sept. 13 as part of the Continental Group.

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