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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.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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”

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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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

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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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?