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Another problem with this recommendation is airspace. As the home of Army Aviation,
Fort Rucker is blessed with over 32,000 square miles of airspace to conduct its mission -
this cannot be duplicated in Huntsville. A potential move also undermines the synergies
that currently exist between the schoolhouse and the experimental pilots. Finally, with
Fort Rucker being the Army proponent for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it is crucial
that the ATTC be able to leverage the expertise associated with this proponency to
conduct its tests on UAVs. Fort Rucker also has Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
certified UAV air space, which may be impossible to duplicate at Redstone.
I obviously have a parochial interest in seeing these two recommendations overturned,
but I truly believe that DOD failed to fully understand the negative impact that these
decisions would have on military readiness. Thanks again for taking a hard look at these
issues, and I appreciate the work that you and the other commissioners are performing on
behalf of our national security.
Since ours,
ERRYEE T
Cc: BRAC Commissioners
The Honorable Anthony J. Principi
The Honorable James H. Bilbray
The Honorable Philip Coyle
Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr. (USN, Ret.)
General James T. Hill (USA, Ret.)
General Lloyd W. Newton (USAF, Ret.)
The Honorable Samuel K. Skinner
Brigadier General Sue E. Turner (USAF, Ret.)
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Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse Response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Air and Space C4ISR Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation., letter, August 31, 2005; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc23477/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.