NAS Whiting Field Commanding Officer CAPT Rick Sadsad, USN
AGENDA Installation and Outlying Landing Fields Economic Impact Missions Supported Projects Events Community Partnership
NAS Whiting Field Mission To effectively support the mission accomplishment of multiple tenant commands training of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and International students, by efficiently providing high quality installation facilities and operational services at 2 primary airfields and 13 Navy Outlying Landing Fields
NAS Whiting Field Complex 3 separate and fully operational airfields NAS Whiting Field North & South 2 lighted 6,000 X 200 Runways each with control towers NOLF Choctaw One Lighted 8,000 X 150 Runway with a control tower Main complex encompasses 3,913 acres 13 Outlying Landing Fields Occupy 8,254 acres Total acreage - 12,167 acres
NAS Whiting Field Plant Property Over 12,000 acres (entire complex) 223 buildings (984,000 SF) Supporting services: Fire, Security, Medical, Dental, MWR, Chapel, NEX, Gas Station, Commissary 287 single family housing units 340 bachelor quarters 4,408,731 square yards of airfield pavement 7,169 acres of total grounds maintained 92 miles of fence line Plant Replacement Value $1 Billion
13 Outlying Fields Site 8 Spencer Harold Pace Santa Rosa Barin Summerdale Wolf Silverhill Choctaw Holley Brewton Evergreen
Naval Outlying Landing Field s Overview Jackson Monroeville NOLF Pace (FL) NOLF Site 8 (FL) NOLF Wolf (AL) 5 Helicopter Fields NOLF Spencer (FL) NOLF Santa Rosa (FL) NOLF Harold (FL) 8 Fixed-Wing Fields NOLF Barin (AL) NOLF Brewton (AL) NOLF Silverhill (AL) NOLF Summerdale (AL) NOLF Evergreen (AL) NOLF Choctaw (FL) NOLF Holley (FL) J = JPATS Ready L = Leased (J) (J)(L) (J)(L) (J) 4,500 NM 2 miles Silverhill Summerdale Foley Barin Atmore Wolf Pace Spencer Evergreen Brewton NAS Whiting Field Site 8 Milton Gulf Breeze Harold Santa Rosa Choctaw Pensacola Holley
Personnel Statistics Student throughput approximately 1,800 per year Civilians Storefront 35% Officer Staff - Assigned to WF Enlisted Civilians - Assigned to WF Contractors BOS Contractors BOS Contracto r NASWF Staff - Storefront - Storefront Officers Staff 1% Enlisted 27% Officers Storefro nt 0% Civilians WF 10% Contracto rs Total 9 2 222 78 282 87 129 809 Contractor s 20% Civilians 3% Reserve Det 4% Tenants Military Staff - Officer & Enlisted 522 Military Students - AMO & Pilots 1,813 Naval Reserves Detachments 104 Civilians 82 Contractors 635 Other Pen Air, Embry Riddle County & State 12 Other 1% Total 3,168 Military- Officer & Enlisted 16% Military- AMO & Pilots 56%
Economic Impact UWF HAAS 2008 Data Defense Spending (Direct) $ 386.1M Procurement $ 86.5M Salaries $ 47.8M Pensions & Transfers $ 251.8M Santa Rosa County (Direct / Indirect) $ 856.8M Employment 15,000 jobs
Primary Mission Supported VT-2 VT-3 VT-6 FITU 150 T-34s HT-8 HT-18 HT-28 HITU 119 TH-57s
Other Missions Supported CNATT FUTURE MISSION EOD SCHOOL SPEC OPS COMMAND
Flight Operations Over 160,000 flight hours per year Average 1.3M flight operations per year 15% of all USN / USMC flight hours
Current Projects Airfield Lighting and Signage Feb 09 start / Apr 10 completion JUAS facility (NOLF Choctaw) ~Aug 09 IOC 2 buildings (training facilities) Housing / Dining facilities at NASWF NOLF Evergreen Runway extension ~Jun 09 start
Current Projects Base signage upgrade NAS Whiting Field vice Whiting Field I-10 Exit Sign to NASWF NOLF Low Flying Aircraft Signs Jul 09 start Commissary renovation Jul 08 start / Jul 09 completion T-6B Maintenance cadre Maintenance contract
Current Projects Energy Conservation Program Energy Audit completed Solar Water Heater Wings Club Used Oil Powered Maintenance Bay Heater Turbo Core Chillers Solar Powered Street Lights JP-8 8 Recycling Plasma Waste to Energy System? 1MW PV Array?
Future Projects NOLF Spencer field repaving Oct 09 start Phase II EOD School (Eglin) BQ Phase II ~Nov 09 start Medical clinic renovation ~Nov 09 start FLETC School
Future Projects Baldwin County, AL NOLF Runways Extension NOLFs Barin,, Summerdale, Silverhill,, and Wolf Decision by Aug 09 North Field ATC Tower ~FY 10 T-6B Paraloft ~FY10 T-6B Aircraft Shelters ~FY 11
Current Events TRAWING FIVE Winging Ceremony 19 Jun 09 30,000 th Rotary Wing Naval Aviator Blackwater River Clean Up 0800 20 Jul 09 Community Appreciation Day 1830 14 Aug 09 Update Brief Luau
NAS WHITING FIELD SANTA ROSA COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
Community Partnerships Aviation Commerce Park Agreement approved 26 May 09 by DASN (I&E) City of Milton Water Re-use Initiative Recycled water disposal at NASWF Golf Course Gulf Power Access to NOLFs Holley/Choctaw Preposition Emergency Crews SRC Access to NOLF Holley Hurricane debris collection
Community Outreach Serviceable items donated to local schools (worth( $79.8K) 3,500 books to Carver Century School 115 pieces of furniture to various schools 35 pieces of fitness equipment to Pace, Jay, Central and Chumuckla High Schools 24 ball field lights to West Florida High School of Advance Technology Win-win situation NAS Whiting Field is able to dispose of good quality excess equipment while helping the community improve their facilities.
The future... T-6B / TH-57D / JSF / SUAS / EOD
The Future 159 T-6Bs will replace 150 aging T-34Cs April 09 simulators delivered August 09 initial delivery (two aircraft) April 10 IOC Average 4 aircraft per month to 2015 120 TH-57B/C glass cockpit retrofit and flight system enhancement Increased Naval Aviation Requirement - Helicopter Community continues to grow Joint Special Operations UAS and SpecOps training requirements on the rise JSF Intro USN and USMC variants will use NOLF Choctaw for transition training and Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Complex (2009-2017) 2017) Transition Period (2009 2012) 2017 Today T-34C // TH-57B/C // EOD // UAS T-34C // T-6B // TH-57B/C EOD // UAS // SPECOPS T-6B // TH-57D // F-35 EOD // UAS // SPECOPS 2009 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 South Field Tower / Signage & Lighting Upgrade / ILS North Field Tower / Paraloft / Aircraft Shelters / Simulators / EOD BQ / Energy Conservation IFLOS / E-28 A/G Dynamic mission requirements
NAS Whiting Field Forging Wings for the Fleet Questions?