Environmental Assessment for Construction of a Communications Facility at Snowy Peak, Alaska

• Other Authors: AIR FORCE FIGHTER WING (354TH) EIELSON AFB AK
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Military Aircraft Operations; Terminal Flight Facilities; Civil Engineering; *AIR FORCE FACILITIES; *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS; *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; AIR SPACE; AIRCRAFT; ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; AREA COVERAGE; CLOSE SUPPORT; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COMMUNICATIONS CENTRALS; CONSTRUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION; GRAVEL; GROUND LEVEL; HELICOPTERS; INSTALLATION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MISSIONS; MOUNTAINS; RADAR; RADAR RECEIVERS; REQUIREMENTS; SITES; TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT; TRAINING; SNOWY PEAK(ALASKA); Arctic; Eielson; Moa; Pacific; Snowy Peak; alaska range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA609123; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA609123

The host unit at Eielson Air Force Base (Eielson AFB), the 354th Fighter Wing (FW), operates F-16 Fighting Falcon and A/OA-10 Thunderbolt aircraft. The 354 FW s mission is to train and equip personnel for close air support of ground troops in an arctic environment. The complex combat scenario traini...