1. Col Al “Jethro” Wimmer Director of Operations
CONR - 1AF (AFNORTH)
CAP Ops Conference – Aug 2015
Col Al “Jethro” Wimmer
Director of Operations 1

2. NORAD Air Defense Continental NORAD Region (CONR)
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24/7 Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) in CONUS
CONR defends critical infrastructure/national leadership
National Capitol Region
Joint Air Defense Operations Center (JADOC)/ACA alert (ground-based)
National Special Security Events
Deployable Integrated Air Defense System (DIADS)/ACA Alert/CAPs
Complex - Specialized C2 and Rules of Engagement
1. ACA Ground based Alert – executing the ONE EXORD
53 sites in current CAL
DAL of NCR
865 in proposed NNC CAL
75% of top 20 w/in 20
100% within 45
For NCR mention BLACKJACK and the Visual Warning System
NSSE – avg 5 per year
Working with your A3 to ensure that we are prepared for a busy summer (2 political conventions) and increased POTUS travel for the campaign
2014: 60+ POTUS, 42 NSSE/SEAR 1, 1,404 Practice Scrambles, 784 Tactical Actions
Symmetric
Asymmetric
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3. Steady-state and Major Crisis Response
1AF DSCA Lines of Effort
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Search and Rescue
Airspace Coordination/Deconfliction
Air Mobility Coordination & Visibility; Airflow Control
Incident Awareness & Assessment
SAR
AFRCC Stats
44 Total JPRC Stats
4 Civilians 5 total
15 Reservists 3 Civilian
AFSCs are 86Ps, 11x and 1C3 2 Reservist
660 lives in the last 2 years – average 1 save per day. Coordinating over 2000 individual SAR missions. B/U for other COCOM JPRCs – Libya shootdown –
Airspace – DWH – 9 near mid airs / 900 normal flts – tripled in the aftermath
Mobility - Assigned 1,000+ landing times within first 24 hours, managed a 900% increase in Port-au-Prince air traffic without a single ground delay that maximized the orderly flow of food, water, and medical supplies
-- Over two months, facilitated 6K landing times, 4K sorties, 18K short tons of cargo, & 29K personnel evacs
-- Coordinated aerial efforts of the DoD, numerous civilian and international agencies, and 140+ foreign govts
IAA - Discuss the Interagency piece, discuss CAP
390+ Incident, Awareness and Assessment (IAA) missions, 1,000+ hours flown, 50,000+ still images, 182+ hours FMV resulting in millions of gallons of oil identified; forward-deployed 13 IAA Liaison Officers to the Incident Command Posts (ICP) and the Unified Area Command (UAC) to focus ISR assets and sequence ISR operations; directed 16 Global Hawk and two U2 missions; 5,324 ISR requirements satisfied
Steady-state and Major Crisis Response
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4. Airspace Coordination
FAA actively controls disaster airspace
CDRAFNORTH will provide assistance in developing a JOA airspace control plan: restricted areas, routes, traffic flow
AFNORTH coordinates plan with FAA at the direction of the JTF
Plan deconfliction for participating air traffic within/around JOA
Subject Matter Experts for state Airspace Control Plans
AFNORTH can leverage FAA notification tools and internal tracking tools to deconflict aircraft
Regional Airspace Management Plan
AFNORTH will also provide assistance in developing a JTF JOA airspace control plan in conjunction with the FAA to set up necessary restricted areas, establish traffic flow and reporting points as well as altitude deconfliction bands for the various types of aviation operating in the JTF JOA.
The FAA will likely continue to actively control disaster airspace unless FAA radars have been destroyed. In that event AFNORTH can utilize USAF and joint service air early warning platforms such as AWACS to temporarily control and deconflict traffic until the FAA reconstitutes its capabilities.
The 601AOC has already worked with many hurricane states and have established an “on-the-shelf“ airspace plan. In the event of a disaster, that plan can be quickly modified to meet the particular requirements of the situation.
4 – States have an executable Annex – LA, GA, Fl, ND
8 – States have a signed Memorandum of Agreement – OR, CO, SD, WI, OH, MS, CT, DE
11 – States have been contacted or are coordinating – ID, AZ, TX, KY, MO, TN, MS, AL, SC, NC, VA

5. Incident Awareness and Assessment
“Provides support, coordination, and assistance for collection management during response operations”
Coordinate and Integrate DoD IAA
collection efforts with state, federal,
local, and non-DoD efforts for
efficiency & effectiveness
Support to the JTFs/States/FEMA
Deployed IAA Liaisons
Coord with Interagency Remote
Sensing Coordination Cell
Reach back support to 601 AOC/Intelligence Reconnaissance Division

6. 1AF Leverages Partnerships
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Average 2,400 ATO Taskings and 1,200 sorties per month J J L J J J S J J IO F    F J F S S J L F L J J J ◊ ◊ L J F J P J J   ◊
1. Partnerships across the nation with the interagency and with the total force.
State JOCS, Hurricane Hunters ISO of NOAA (National Ocieanic and Atmospheric Administration), MAFFS in support of the NIFC (National Interagency Firefighting Center)
Across the Total Force with ANG units that make up 100% of the current ONE mission, with Army NG that provides units to source the JADOC J F S ◊
Hurricane Hunters
State JOC
C2 Node/Augmentation
MASS Unit MAFFS Unit
Fighter Alert Tanker Alert
GBAD Unit JADOC
Pred Liaison Officer H J P  F T L J T S J J F P  I J J H L F P F   L J 6  F
Full Spectrum Airpower in the Homeland

7. Future Efforts Expanded Exercise Play CAP-USAF transfer to ACC (1AF)
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Expanded Exercise Play
HF C2 of Air Defense Forces – VIGILANT SHIELD
Local VHF networks in disaster – ARDENT SENTRY
IAA and personnel movement
CAP-USAF transfer to ACC (1AF)
TFR Outreach Efforts – Success!!
Your compatriots – pass the message
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8. QUESTIONS?
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9. End of Brief
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Backup Slides
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11. 2014 Highlights Homeland Defense (ONE)
60+ POTUS Movements, 138 POTUS Sorties
42 NSSE/SEAR1 Sorties: State of the Union Address, G8, UN General Assembly, NATO Summit, Super Bowl, etc.
1,404 Practice Scrambles/Diverts
1,461 Reportable Air Tracks
784 Tactical Actions

12. Scenario 1 30nm 15nm Cessna 182 Not in radio contact (NORDO)
Not “squawking” discrete code in the SFRA
TACTICAL ACTIONS
Scramble Helicopter
Convene ONE Conference Call
Increase GBAD States of Alert
FAA Clears Airspace / Guard Calls
Visual Warning System “Sparkle”
Intercept TOI
Inspect
Guide
Evaluate Compliance
Defended Asset
SFRA
30nm
FRZ
15nm 12

13. SCENARIO 2 Commercial Aircraft Level 4 Disturbance
Squawking 7500/ now Primary Only
Not on Flight Plan
Not on Altitude
TACTICAL ACTIONS
Scramble Fighters
Convene ONE Conference Call
Increase GBAD State of Alert
FAA Capitol Scram / Ground Stops
Intercept TOI – Supersonic / AFIO
Inspect, “Headbutt”, Cover
Time to Decide
Engagement Order 13

14. INTEGRATED AIR DEFENSES (IADS)
GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE
USCG HH-65
Joint Air Defense Operations Center
Sentinel Radars
NASAMs
Avenger
ANG F-16 / F-15
Visual Warning System
“SPARKLE”
Stinger 14