F-22 Plus-Up Environmental Assessment - Joint Base Elmendorf ...

F-22 Plus-Up Environmental Assessment
2.0 Description of the Proposed Action and Alternatives
2.1.3 JBER-Elmendorf Personnel
The addition of six primary and one backup F-22 aircraft at
JBER-Elmendorf would require additional personnel to
operate and maintain the aircraft and to provide necessary
support services. F-22 personnel would increase by an
estimated 103 positions from the personnel numbers
associated with the current F-22 squadrons. Table 2.1-3
details the manpower requirements to support the plus-up
of the F-22 wing.
Multiple personnel and skills are needed to support
F-22 operational aircraft.
Table 2.1-3. Manpower Requirements
Manpower Requirements
Officer Enlisted Civilian Total
F-22 1 92 661 193 946
F-22 2 102 734 213 1,049
Notes:
1. Existing two squadrons of 18 primary aircraft.
2. Requirements for two squadrons of 21 primary aircraft.
2.2 Proposed Action Elements Affecting Alaskan Airspace
F-22s at JBER-Elmendorf conduct similar missions and training programs as performed with the
F-15Cs and F-15Es previously located at what is now JBER. The Air Force expects that the
additional F-22s would use the training airspace associated with JBER in a manner similar to the
F-22s currently based there. All F-22 flight activities would use existing Alaskan airspace.
Figure 2.2-1 displays the five types of Alaskan training airspace. Four of those airspace types
are used by F-22 aircraft for training. Airspace managed by JBER associated with the proposed
F-22 plus-up includes MOAs, ATCAAs, Warning Areas, and Restricted Areas. Restricted Areas
and the ground ranges supporting air-to-ground training are provided by joint use ranges at
Stuart Creek Range (R-2205) and the Oklahoma Impact Area of R-2202 (Figures 2.2-2 and 2.2-3).
The Army’s Blair Lakes Range (R-2211) is exclusively used by the Air Force.
Operational requirements and performance characteristics
of the F-22 dictate that most training would occur in MOAs
and ATCAAs. MOAs are established by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) to separate military training
aircraft from non-participating aircraft (those not using the
MOA for training). Nonparticipating military and civil
aircraft flying under visual flight rules may transit an active
MOA by employing see-and-avoid procedures. When
flying under instrument rules, nonparticipating aircraft
must obtain an air traffic control clearance to enter an active
MOA.
The additional F-22 aircraft would train in existing
Alaskan airspace where the two squadrons of JBER
F-22 aircraft now train.
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