Final Environmental Assessment for the Joint Integrated Fires Exercise at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida

Abstract

The Joint Integrated Fires Exercise (JIFE) trains Tactical Air Controller Parties (TACPs) and Forward Observers (FOs) in coordinating the delivery of ordnance from aircraft, ground artillery, and mortars. While much of the proposed training is routine at Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR), some elements are new and are assessed this Environmental Assessment (EA). New elements include concurrent use of ordnance delivered by aircraft and ground units, placing TACPs and FOs in explosive impact areas, expanding artillery firing points, creating new mortar firing areas, launching ground-based inert rockets from new locations, and introducing new ordnance into an existing range. Environmental impacts include adverse impacts to endangered animal species that do not result in lethal take and limiting personnel access to an expanded portion of a high-explosives area of an impact range.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA611827

Entities

People

  • Hal W. Sullivan
  • John K. Austin
  • John W. Bridges
  • Kurt E. Olsen
  • Margaret Margosian
  • Marian Lichtler
  • Roger Grebing
  • Ronald I. Grayson
  • Ronald S. Penfield
  • Steve L. Orzell
  • Tod Zechiel

Organizations

  • Air Combat Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Artillery
  • Birds
  • Ear
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Groundwater
  • Habitats
  • Medical Personnel
  • Warfare
  • Water Resources
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Management

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering