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142d Fighter Wing January 20, 2015
Col Jenifer Pardy – MSG/CC Maj Luke Smith – CES/BCE
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Presentation Overview • 142 Fighter Wing Overview
- Mission Statement - History
• Oregon Air National Guard Missions • F-15C and Alert Operations • Other Missions • Overseas Commitment • Domestic Operations • Community Involvement • Financial Impacts • Portland Air National Guard Base Main Gate Re-Design
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Mission Statement: Provide unequalled, mission-ready units to sustain combat aerospace superiority and peacetime tasking, anytime, any place in service to our nation, state and community.
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History: • 123d Observation Squadron: 18 April 1941 • Combat Operations in WWII, Korea, SW Asia • Air Defense Alert since 1958
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Air National Guard Missions • Federal
- Defense of US Sovereign Airspace (24/7 “Alert” Posture) - Worldwide Deployable - Supplement Active Duty
• State - Disaster Relief - Support to Civil Authorities - Search and Rescue - Protect life and property
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F-15C Eagle • Air Superiority Fighter designed for Air-to-Air Combat
- Perfect 104-0 record - 21 Aircraft on base in Portland
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Armed Jets on Alert
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What’s at Risk
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NBC
Infrastructure Military
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NORAD Fighter Alert Force
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Elmendorf
Fresno
New Orleans
March (Fresno)
Atlantic City
Andrews
Homestead (Jacksonville)
Mc Entire
Barnes
Buckley
Davis Monthan (Tucson)
Madison
Ellington (Tulsa)
Toledo Portland
Home Station Alert Detachment
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“Only Game in Town”
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Buckley: 890nm Response: 1 hr 35 min
Fresno: 650nm Response: 1 hr 10 min
Portland: 115nm Response: 12 min
Cold Lake: 620nm Response: 1 hr 10 min
Elmendorf: 1250nm Response: 2 hr 25 min
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High Profile Intercepts • April 2012
- Korean Airlines bomb threat
• July 2012 - Long Range Russian bombers
• January 2013 - Alaska Airlines hijack threat
• June 2014 - Long Range Russian bombers
• July 2015 - Long Range Russian bombers
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Specialties - Beyond the flying mission…. • 125th Special Tactics Squadron
- Poised for full spectrum rapid response to all crises & contingencies at home or abroad
• 123d Weather Flight - Provide weather services to the Army, National Guard assigned units & state/civil authorities
• 116th Air Control Squadron - Deployable radar/communications unit with superior mobility & response to global and local missions
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Overseas Commitment
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GERMANY
AFGHANISTAN
QATAR
UAE
KUWAIT
JORDAN
DIJIBOUTI
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Domestic Operations
• Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) • CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P) • Quick Reaction Force • Joint Incident Site Communications • Urban Search and Rescue • Explosive Ordinance Disposal
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Community Involvement • Public Tours • High School / Middle School Events • Veterans Day Parades • KPAM Operation Santa Claus • Hospital Visits • Honor Guard Events • CODEL Visits • Young America Day • Camp Rosenbaum
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Financial Impacts • 1,450+ members
- 600 Full-Time / 850 Part-Time
• $78M annual payroll
• $2B in operational assets
• $26M annual impact to WA & OR economies
9% of the budget, 35% of the capabilities
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Portland ANG Base Gate Re-Design (Information Only)
• Goals • Base Overview / Lease Impacts • Status • Design Overview • Questions
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Project Goals • Consolidate Commercial Search and Main Gates
- Commercial Search gate is located in a parcel of land slated for turn-over to the Port of Portland in 2030 - Reduce staffing requirement for gate guards & improve gate efficiency
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Base Overview / Lease Impacts
Commercial Gate
Main Gate
Cornfoot Rd
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Project Goals • Meet latest construction standards
- Improved commercial search area & weather protection - Correct stand-off distances from nearby facilities
• Improve traffic flow
- Increase queuing capacity on-base - Reduce back-up onto Cornfoot Road - Flexible design to allow for future improved bicycle and pedestrian
access along Cornfoot
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Status • Design: At 65%, design completion expected this Spring • Construction:
– Programmed for Fiscal Year 2017 – If funding becomes available in Fiscal Year 2016, construction
could start next fall/winter • Concept design has been coordinated with the Port of
Portland and the City of Portland • Goals:
– New gate adequately incorporates commercial searches – Complies with the latest DoD security standards – Improves traffic flow & increases on-base queuing capacity
350%
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Design Overview – Existing Gate
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Design Overview – New Gate
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Design Overview – New Gate (Information Only)
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Questions?