Environmental Assessment for Lowering Base Altitude of Military Operations Areas
Environmental Assessment for Lowering Base Altitude of Military Operations Areas
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The 71 FTW at Vance AFB is considering lowering the base altitude of the Vance Military Operations Areas (MOAs) 1A, 1C, and 1D from 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) to 8,000 feet MSL, in order to create the additional 2,000 feet of airspace needed for Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) graduate level Air-to-Air training. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission mandated the establishment of IFF training at Vance AFB and this addition necessitated the need for additional airspace. Effective training is hampered with the existing 14,000 feet of vertical airspace. The additional 2,000 feet of airspace resulting from the Proposed Action would provide for a greater margin of safety when considering the aircraft performance envelope. Training effectiveness would increase because the aircrew can focus more on each individual event knowing they have the greater margin of safety provided by the additional airspace. There would be no new missions, personnel or aircraft assigned to Vance AFB as a result of the Proposed Action. Under the No-action Alternative, Vance AFB would continue to operate within the existing boundaries of MOAs 1A, 1C, and 1D, with base altitudes at 10,000 feet MSL and upper limits up to but not including Flight Level (FL), with Air Traffic Control Assigned airspace from FL180 to FL240. The following resources were identified for study in this Supplemental EA: Noise; Airspace Management and Air Traffic Control, Aircraft Safety, and Bird/Wildlife-Aircraft Strike Hazard Land Use, and Biological Resources.
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Environmental Assessment for Lowering Base Altitude of Military Operations Areas
2010
154 pages
Report
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English
Aeronautics , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Environmental Health & Safety , Air force facilities , Air space , Environmental assessment , Air force training , Altitude , Hazards , Land use , Military operations , Noise , Safety , Air space management , Air traffic control , Aircraft safety , Base altitude , Biological resources , Bird wildlife-aircraft strike hazards , Iff(introduction to fighter fundamentals) , Moa(military operations areas) , Msl(mean sea level) , Fonsi(finding of no significant impact)