96 th Air Base Wing It s Always the

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96 th Air Base Wing …It’s Always the Hour Sustainabilty Briefing Colonel Eric Pohland 96 ABW/CV Integrity - Service - Excellence

Eglin Air Force Base • Eglin AFB is the home of the Air Armament Center, responsible for development, acquisition, testing, and sustainment of all air-delivered weapons. – 464, 000 acres in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties – Hundreds of thousands of square miles of over-water range – Over 45 associate units – Over 50 test areas – Multiple terrain features including shorelines, rolling hills, dense forests, cleared flat expanses, water Air Force Marine Corps Army Navy

Eglin’s Current Missions

BRAC and New Mission • • • BRAC-Congress approved Eglin as beddown site for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter joint training, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) test site and of the Army’s 7 th Special Forces Group. Recent beddown of the Air Force Special Operations tilt-rotor aircraft, the CV-22 Osprey, at Hurlburt Field. Incoming testing of the Combat Search and Rescue vehicle at Duke Field – Big challenge to sustain current mission and accept new mission Joint Strike Fighter Army 7 th SFG DTRA CV 22

Sustainability and Stewardship Sustainability of Eglin’s dynamic and robust missions depends on • Stewardship of natural and cultural resources • Effective management of land, water, range and airspace • Support of the State and surrounding communities – Coordinated Planning • • • National Environmental Policy Act - BRAC, Military Family Housing Joint Land-use (JLUS) planning Emerald Coast Transportation Corridor Mid-Bay Bridge Transportation Connector Leveraging resources – Partnership examples • NGO - Nature Conservancy, Longleaf Pine Alliance • Regional bodies - Committee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast, Gulf Coastal Plains Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP), NW FL Regional Planning Council • Local communities - Shalimar, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Crestview, Navarre, and Destin • Counties – Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton • Federal Agencies - US Fish and Wildlife, Agriculture, Geological Survey, EPA, Corps of Engineers • State of Florida - Departments of Environmental Protection, Forestry,

Eglin’s Natural Resources Stewardship Mission Support Eglin AFB in accomplishing its diverse warfighting missions through sound natural resources management • Largest natural resources program in Air Force • 280, 000 acres in public recreation • 70, 000 acres/yr in prescribed burns • 20 miles of beach • 19 Federally-listed T&E species • 39 State-listed T&E species • 300, 000 acres in longleaf pine

Eglin is a Success Story – Military Testing and Training is Compatible with Natural Resources Conservation • Only jeopardy opinion ever received at Eglin AFB cited a lack of information about the species as the reason. • If that same mission were to come to Eglin today it would happen. • Good science, good information and good partnerships win every time.

Sustainability through Environmental Management Sustainability of Eglin’s dynamic and robust missions through • Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Committee provides oversight and policy of environmental areas • Environmental Management System (EMS) - automated EMS scores and prioritizes environmental aspects for both funding and planning corrective actions. • Pollution Prevention (P 2) Assessments - to avoid, eliminate or correct potential compliance issues • Environmental and Occupational Health Assessments and Assistance Visits (EOHCAMP) - annual multidisciplinary selfassessment of environmental compliance

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