unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
BASE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Description (continued):
FY01 funding provided for the Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), CO switch upgrade, Command IT Summit/server consolidation initiatives, high
speed internet access on Patrick AFB, FL and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET).
FY02 funds support LMR implementation for Buckley Air National Guard Base (ANGB), CO stand up. Funds also continue to support the
directed program of "Server Consolidation" and IT server consolidation in the command through facility preparation of generator and
uninterrupted power source (UPS) as well as development of a mirrored facility, providing an alternative communication path. Funds also
procure the communications infrastructure in support of the Transportation Control System at FE Warren Air Force Base (AFB), WY, and the
North Vandenburg AFB, CA fiber project. Additionally, funds will be utilized toward wing telephone switch upgrades at Patrick AFB, FL and
switch battery replacement at Thule Air Force Station (AFS), Greenland.
FY03 funding will provide for switch upgrades, replacement of one-third of Local Area Networks (LANS) command-wide, infrastructure
upgrades and extensions, "last 400 feet", continue server consolidation, IT Summit initiatives throughout the Command, and support MAJCOM
Military Communications (MILCOM) program.
4. HQ US AIR FORCE EUROPE (HQ USAFE): FY01-03 funding supports engineering, procurement, and installation of infrastructure
expansion and modernization by purchasing network equipment, network servers, fiber, metallic wiring, fiber optic transceivers, network hubs,
and voice and data switching equipment not covered by the CITS program. FY01-03 will also continue to fund communications upgrades in
direct support of the IT Summit Initiative to consolidate servers on both the Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network
(NIPRNET) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). Included in these requirements are the needs to re-home and consolidate
multiple geographically separated units behind single consolidated servers at main operating bases. FY01-03 funding continues to procure
telephone switches to replace Siemans switches throughout United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), which will not be maintainable after
FY04. FY01-03 funding will also continue to support the transfer of the Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany airlift mission to Ramstein and
Spangdahlem ABs in Germany. This is a six year effort (FY00-05). The Rhein-Main relocation allows USAFE to continue as an en-route hub
to support South West Asia (SWA) and other contingency efforts, and the Air Force to fully support airlift operations throughout Europe. Other
important issues facing USAFE include the much needed modernization of technical control centers which will begin using FY03 funding in an
effort to replace old analog circuit patch and test facilities with digital facilities that match the communications backbones. Finally, the
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