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Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win Combat Engineer Panel Brigadier General Tim Byers Director of Installations and Mission Support Air Combat Command 1

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Headquarters U.S. Air Force Fly – Fight – Win Combat Engineer Panel Brigadier General Tim Byers Director of Installations and Mission Support Air Combat Command 4

Way Ahead  Air Force Civil Engineers – Who We Are  Air Force Engineers Supporting Air Bases  Air Force Engineers Supporting Joint Community  Contract Support to the Fight – AFCEE / AFCESA  Heavy Construction – The RED HORSE  Growing to Meet the Demand Air Force Engineers are fully engaged in the GWOT fight, from sustaining our bases to reconstructing nations. Fly – Fight – Win 5

Air Force Civil Engineer Mission Provide, operate, and maintain installations, infrastructure, and facilities necessary to create and sustain responsive, persistent and effective combat operations on a global basis. Civil engineer forces support contingency operations by providing engineer support capabilities to employ, protect, sustain, and recover forces to meet Air Force and Joint taskings. Fly – Fight – Win 6

How do we do this mission?  Prime BEEF  In-garrison/Base Operational Support  10-12 short tons  29,000 Airmen in Total Force  RED HORSE  Heavy construction/Outside the Wire  3,000+ short tons  Self-Sustaining Capability  3,000 Airmen in the Total Force  Contract Support  AFCEE / AFCESA Prime BEEF and RED HORSE provide a full spectrum of engineer support to the warfighter Fly – Fight – Win 7

Expeditionary Combat Support 37 contingency bases in CENTCOM … 11 still in use Largest effort since Vietnam! 23.5K deployed to CENTCOM AOR Fly – Fight – Win 8

Deployed Requirements May 03 Iraq/Afghanistan Joint Requirements 5000 Feb 02 4000 Nov 02 3000 2000 1000 0 Sep-01 Steady State OEF OIF Aug-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Dec-07 CENTCOM EUCOM SOUTHCOM NORTHCOM PACOM Joint AEF Supporting AF: 1483 AEF Supporting Army/Joint: 1009 AEF Other COCOM: 184 AEF Total Requirements: 2676 Standard Tour: 6 Months deployed, 12 months at home Airmen Open, Establish and Operate Airfields Fly – Fight – Win 9

365-Day TDY Requirements  Individual Augmentees and Joint Manning Document requirements driving 365- day requirements  - Filling Joint Staffs  - Provincial Reconstruction AFSC Title Aug 07 Dec 07  - EOD Staffs/WIT 032E Officer 35 37 3E0X1 Electrical 0 3  - Training Teams 3E0X2 Power Pro 15 15 3E1X1 HVAC/R 0 3  - Civil Affairs missions 3E3X1 Structures 6 6 3E4X1 Utilities 2 2  Large demand for EOD, 3E6X1 Ops Mgt 6 6 Power Production and 3E7X1 Fire 0 1 3E8X1 EOD 17 17 Officers Totals 81 90 Continued “growth” expected in FY08 Fly – Fight – Win 10 10

CE Support to Air Bases  60% of total requirements (1500 of 2500)  Al Udeid – 280 Airmen, increasing to 320  Balad AB, Iraq – 210 Airmen  Ali, BIAP, Al Dhafra, Ali Al Salem, Kirkuk & Manas:  100-130 Airmen Fly – Fight – Win 11

CENTAF Airbase Laydown 506 ECES, Kirkuk IZ TOTAL: 1952 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT 376 ECES, Manas KG 74 39 7 6 0 126 844 359 76 54 619 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 64 33 6 4 53 160 332 ECES, Balad IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 451 ECES, Kandahar AG 129 51 10 8 123 321 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 14 0 0 0 9 23 447 ECES, BIAP IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 455 ECES, Bagram AG 80 47 25 6 56 214 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 27 0 0 0 0 27 438 EMSG, Al Asad IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 407 ECES, Ali IZ PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 82 47 6 5 39 179 387 ESPT , KCIA KU PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 11 0 0 2 28 41 386 ECES, Ali Al Salem KU PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 83 39 6 6 132 266 379 ECES, Al Udeid Qatar 380 ECES, Al Dhafra UAE PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 64 ESS, Eskan KSA 205 56 6 9 141 417 76 47 6 8 61 198 PB FF EOD CBRN ESCORT Total 9 0 4 2 5 20 Fly – Fight – Win as of 10 Jul 07 12 BOS-I CENTAF: SAA

Combat Airmen SrA Jordan Davenport, Barksdale AFB, LA  Deployed Firefighter, 332 CES, Balad Airbase, Iraq  Turkish civilian plane crash outside base  Zero-visibility fog  40 passengers on board  Still on fire  Dispatched AF P-19 and Army security  4-man P-19 Crew extinguished aircraft and several spot fires  Cooled the wreckage to extract bodies  Recovered 39 remains/1 survivor  Plane had been refused landing, but pilot tried to land anyway Ordinary Airmen providing extraordinary engineer support to the warfighter Fly – Fight – Win 13

Combat Airmen SSgt Barton I. Rembert, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho  Deployed EOD Flight/Team Leader, 332 CES, FOB Paliwoda, Iraq  EOD convoy forced down a narrow driveway into a kill zone  IED placed behind cab of dump truck  Directed team to deploy robot, investigate, and disarm IED  Insurgents set off simultaneous detonation at Iraqi checkpoint  Several burning ordnance items & suicide vests  First responders would not extinguish due UXOs  SSgt Barton neutralized burning ordnance  Saw two soldiers standing on a command wire IED  Barton left his vehicle to bring soldiers to safety  Returned to disarm IED & detonate explosive  Awarded Bronze star medal for this deployment Fly – Fight – Win 14

CE Support to the Joint Community  40% of total requirements (1000 of 2500)  70% of Officer requirements (142 of 211)  Facility Engineer Teams/Dets – 9-18 Airmen @ 6 locations  Utility Detachments – 55 personnel @ 3 locations  Training Teams – 70 Airmen in multiple locations  EOD Companies – 6 @ 20-50 Airmen each  PRTs – 20 Airmen Engineers, mult locs Fly – Fight – Win 15

ILO Training Locations Leonard Wood, MO Ft. Lewis WA Security Forces Ft. McCoy WI SF/CST CE/CST Ft. Dix NJ  SF/CST Landover, MD Ft. Riley KS  DOCEX TT/CST  Aberdeen MD Weapons Ft. Sill OK Intelligence CST   Ft. Lee VA       Supply  Ft. Eustis VA    Transportation   Ft. Bragg NC    PRT, CA & SIS  Ft. Huachuca AZ Ft. Jackson, SC Ft. Bliss TX Interrogator & EWO Postal / NIACT SF/CST Ft. Hood TX Camp Shelby MS JSTO ILO Training Sites CST SF/CST Ft. Gordon GA Specialty Training Communications Redstone, AL Camp Bullis Blue on Blue Training GATOR (EOD) BC3 Fly – Fight – Win 16

ILO Training Curriculum  UXO/IED Training  Army Commo Skills &  Map Reading/Land Navigation Procedures  Combat Lifesavers (CLS)  HMMWV Drivers Training  Cultural Awareness/Language  Tactical Driving Training  Convoy Ldr Training & Convoy  CFLCC Rules for Use of Force Operations  Media Awareness  Convoy Live-Fire Exercise  Troop Leading Procedures  Crew Served Weapons (TLPs)  Small Arms Qualification  Foreign Weapons Identification  Personnel Recovery  CASEVAC Procedures Amplifies the combat skills learned at home station just in time, in a joint environment Fly – Fight – Win 17 AETC ILO Spin-Up, Nov 06

ILO/IA in OIF 732 ECES, Balad 732 ECES Det 10, Speicher 6 55 ILO C2 Staff Utilities Team 732 ECES Det 6, Balad TF Troy EOD, Various 55 97 (+32) Utilities Team TF Troy EOD 732 ECES Det 15, Balad 732 ECES Det 5, Various 10 19 Facility Engineer Team C-IED Weapons Intel Teams (WIT) 732 ECES Det 24, Speicher 732 ECES Det 3, VBC 9 55 Facility Engineer Team (28 Oct 07) Utilities Team 732 ELRS, (various) 732 ECES Det 2, VBC 19 9 MTT Regional & Garrison Support Unit Facility Engineer Team 732 ECES Det 14, Al Asad 732 EMSG, Various 9 9 Facility Engineer Team CAFTT-I 9 AFELM, (various) 386 EMSG, Ali Al Salem 586 EMSG Det 1, KNB 586 AEG, Arifjan 66 11 11 8 MNSTC-I, MNF-I, MNC-I, SOCCENT, etc AAS TLE KNB TLE S&D Team Fly – Fight – Win 18

ILO/IA in OEF 755 AEG, Kabul 10 Bridage Support Teams 755 AEG, Bagram 9 9 AFELM, (various) FET 26 CFC-A, CJTF-76, OSC-A, etc TF Paladin EOD, Bagram 67 EOD Company and Clearance Det ILO Fire Team, JAF 6 Rapid Air Mobil Squad (FF/Rescue) 755 AEG, (various) 11 Embedded Training Teams 755 AEG Det *, (various) 20 Provincial Reconstruction Team 755 AEG, (various) 5 Area Support Groups RDD 29-July-07 Fly – Fight – Win 19

Combat Airmen Projects: Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan Scope: A combined team of Airmen, Soldiers, U.S. civilians and Afghans make up this PRT. They support the construction of micro hydro plants for electricity generation, roads, bridges, wells, schools, and even a radio station through Task Force Cincinnatus. Effect: Providing Technical Advice and support to help the Afghans rebuild their country. “That is a win -win situation, the Afghans have control over the project and they build it themselves, which instills pride” Fly – Fight – Win 20