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Building
a
Technology
Center
for

 Iraqi
Air
Force
Communica9ons
Training


Victor
B.
Adame,
William
A.
Davies,
Dan
M.
Davis,
Jeffery
P.
Smith,
and
John
J.
Tran


Meet
the
Authors


• Maj
John
J.
Tran,
CA
ANG


– Former
ECS
Commander,
Kirkuk
Regional
Air
Base,
Iraq
 – Current
Squadron
Engineer,
261
CBCS,
Van
Nuys,
CA


• Lt
Col
Jeffery
P.
Smith,
USAF


– Current
EOSS
Commander
Kirkuk,
Iraq


• Lt
Col
Victor
B.
Adame,
CA
ANG


– Former
ECS
Commander,
Kirkuk
Regional
Air
Base,
Iraq
 – Current
Squadron
Commander,
261
CBCS,
Van
Nuys,
CA


• Lt
Col
William
A.
Davies,
ANG


– Former
ECS
Commander,
Kirkuk
Regional
Air
Base,
Iraq
 – Current
Chief
Mission
Systems,
A6
Directorate,
NGB,
Andrews
Joint
Base,
MD


• CDR
Dan
M.
Davis,
USNR
(Ret)


– Former
Marine
Corps
Crypto‐Linguist
 – Conducted
liaison
with
ARVN
forces
in
1969‐1970


Agenda


• IntroducZon
&
Background

• MoZvaZon

• Process
and
Approach

• Challenges

• Success
Stories

• Lessons
Learned

• Conclusion
and
Future
Work


Kirkuk
Regional
Air
Base


Kirkuk
Region
Air
Base


• Home
to
the
7500
CoaliZon
Forces


– USAF:
506
AEG
(now
321
AEAG)
 – USA:
1‐1
AD
 – Other
OGAs


• Former
Iraqi
Air
Base
(Al
Hurriya)

• Army
refers
to
as
COS
Warrior

• 9
square
kilometers
(2,224
acres)

• 14.5
kilometer
security
perimeter

• 2
runways
offset
by
12
degrees

• 13/31
and
14/32

• More
than
2,900
faciliZes

• Kirkuk
is
the
center
of
Northern
Iraqi


Oil
Industry


• 6
gates:
3
open
for
traffic

• 10
rocket
adacks
per
month



506
Air
Expedi9onary
Group


• 506
AEG’s
Mission:



Secure
the
base…Safe
flight
opera3ons…Enable
our
Iraqi
partners…


• 506
AEG
Makeup


– LogisZcs
 – Medical
 – Communica5ons
 – Airfield
Opera5ons

 – Services

 – Security
Forces
 – Engineering


Expedi9onary
Communica9ons


• Responsible
for
strategic
and
tacZcal
communicaZons


– DSN


• 1.6K
lines



– NIPRNET/SIPRNET


• 2000
Users

• 300
SVOIP
Users


– Ground
Radio


• Giant
Voice

• Land
Mobile
Radios

• TAC
Radios

• Fly‐away
Kit

• RIPRNET

• PA

• ATCALS

• ASR

• TACAN

• Radio

• 506
ECS
embraces
addi9onal
challenges
beyond
communica9ons
mission


– Includes
building
a
technology
transfer
center
for
Iraqi
Air
Force
(IqAF)


Mo9va9on


• Building
a
Technology
Transfer/Training
Center
for
Iraqi
Air
Force


– Fits
into
the
506
AEG
Mission:
“Enable
our
Iraqi
Partners”
 – Fits
into
the
overall
US
mission
of
OperaZon
Iraqi
Freedom
(OIF)


• Independent
and
self‐reliant
Iraq

• Experience
at
Kirkuk
may
translate
into
a
best‐pracZce
approach
that
can


potenZally
be
beneficial
to
future
stability
and
training
operaZons


• This
talk
will
focus
on


– ObjecZve
 – Methodology
 – Experience

 – Lessons
learned


Other
Communica9ons
Training
Program


• Technical
training,
in
general,
is
difficult:


– One
of
the
most
difficult
technical
training
is
communicaZon
systems
 – Cultural
&
language
differences


• That
conformity
was
not
part
of
their
culture


– Differing
views
on
procedural
precision


• US
Marines
experience:


– Working
in
the
area
of
badlefield
communicaZons

 – Infantry
troops
reported
uneven
successes
in
those
endeavors
 – Mixed
classroom
and
field
exercises
 – Reported
success
in
Iraqi
counterparts
using
more
consistent
formats


• The
focus
of
the
training
reported
on
in
this
paper
has
a
different
set
of


goals


– Build
on
successful
aspects
of
badlefield
communicaZons
 – IdenZfy
common
issues
between
Marine
and
ECS
experience



Challenges


• Constraints


– Faced
with
limited
Zme
horizons
(AEF
cycle)
 – Limited
resources


• Training
focused
on
product
desired
and
results
needed



– Must
do
“something”


• ClassificaZons


– SensiZve
ITAR
technology
cannot
be
shared
 – Base
security
and
communicaZon
infrastructure
must
not
be
a
part
of
the
 lesson
plan
 – SIPR
and
classified
systems
must
be
off‐limit
at
all
Zmes


• Cultural
and
Language
Barriers


– Some
students
have
limited
English
 – SystemaZc
“rice
bowl”
mentality
 – Iraqi
work
schedule
is
very
light


Methodology 


• Training
program
as
it
is
designed
would
be


– Appropriate
for
any
airman
deployed
to
the
AOR

 – Model
is
a
“plug
and
play”
approach


• Curriculum
development
effort
close
to
praxis
approach


– Spontaneous
and
naive
“understanding
by
design”
philosophy

 – IdenZfied
goals
and
developed
a
formal
training
plan


• Simplicity
is
King


– No
reliance
any
sophisZcated
theory
of
curriculum
development
 – Teaching
environment
is
based
on
day‐to‐day
operaZon


• Ensured
each
of
the
lessons
mapped
to
funcZonal
units


– Evenly
distribute
workload
across
each
of
the
five
work
centers
 – Work
center
structure
breakdown
and
the
inclusive
funcZons
are
universal
 throughout
the
Air
Force


Approach 


• Curriculum
Development


– Focus
on
materials
that
is
both
theory
and
hands
on


• Classroom
&
Laboratory
exercises


– Cultural
Intelligence


• Define
schedule
around
Iraqi
work
schedule
(Holidays
and
VacaZons)

• SensiZve
to
Iraqi
cultural
norms

• IdenZfy
real
projects


– Work
side‐by‐side
with
Iraqis
 – MoZvate
and
indoctrinate
concept
of
success
and
pride
in
process
ownership


• Build
teaching
labs


– Teaching
materials
supplemented
by
laboratory
exercises
 – Using
commodity
available
items
–
aka
extras


Laboratories


• Networking


– A
virtual
network
lab
using
4
CISCO
routers
and
4
laptops
serving
both
as
configuraZon
 terminals
and
connecZon
points



• Cable
and
telephone


– A
telephone
interconnecZon
point
mockup
board


• Radio


– A
test
channel
on
our
Land
Mobile
Radio
(LMR)
network


• Small
computers


– A
computer
cloning
lab
that
employs
desktop
and
laptop
“ghosZng”
technology


Success
Stories


Success
Story
#1 


• ObjecZve:


– Real
Project
to
connect
fiber
&
cables
between
flight
 line
and
OperaZon
Center
 – Learn
about:


• Project
planning

• Cable
&
fiber
technology

• Pre‐work,
installaZon
and
terminaZon

• Result:


– Cohesive
mission
planning
between
US
Air
Force
and
 IqAF
 – Empowering
IqAF
with
sense
of
ownership
and
pride
 – Mission
accomplished
criZcal
communicaZons
between 
 flight
line
and
OperaZon
Center
is
established


Success
Story
#2 


• ObjecZve:


– IqAF
need
to
replicate
desktop
computer
images
 – Learn
about:


• Ghost
image
preparaZon

• Drivers
and
patches

• Result:


– Reduce
image
Zme
from
several
hours
to
30
minutes
 – Immediate
use
for
their
squadron
 – Consistency
and
uniformity
achieved
on
all
workstaZons


Success
Story
#3


• ObjecZve:



– The
Iraqi
Civil
AviaZon
Authority
(ICAA)
needed
to
feed
radar
data


from
Kirkuk
to
Baghdad


• Air
picture
of
all
of
northern
Iraq

• Enable
the
Iraqis
to
control
all
aircram

• How
we
did
it:


– Used
networking
experZse
to
advise
the
Iraqis


• Built
a
virtual
tunnel
between
Kirkuk
and
Baghdad


– Worked
side‐by‐side
with
the
Iraqis

 – Correctly
configured
and
validated
the
connecZons


Conclusion


• An
effecZve
technology
training
center
for
training
an
Iraqi
Air
Force


communicaZons
squadron
was
built
and
successfully
used


– ObjecZve
were
met
and
methodology
was
refined
 – Lessons
learned
were
effecZvely
conveyed
to
the
Iraqi
Air
Force



• NaZon
Builder


– It
demonstrably
fit
well
into
the
US
mission
of
naZon‐building
 – It
enabled
our
Iraqi
partners
to
excel
at
providing
communicaZons


• Other
US
Forces
Training
mission


– Similar
situaZons
in
the
future
might
be
beder
served
should
they
study
 curriculum
development
as
an
educaZonal
discipline

 – Benefits
should
accrue
from
the
adopZon
of
this
experience
at
Kirkuk
 – Such
a
best‐pracZce
approach
may
well
prove
to
be
beneficial
to
future
 stability
and
training
operaZons



Acknowledgement


• Maj
Gen
Joseph
Reynes
(USF‐I
ACCE),
Maj
Gen
Craig
Franklin
(332
AEW),
and
Brig


Gen
Scod
Hanson
(321
AEAW)


• Kirkuk
AEG
and
AEAG
Senior
Leadership:


– Col
Leonard
Dick,
Col
Steven
Slick,
and
Col
Shaun
Turner


• California
Air
NaZonal
Guard:
Col
Steven
Beck

• IqAF:
LTC
Mohammad
Ali
(Al
Hurriya
communicaZons
commander)

• The men and women of the 506 ECS, 506 EOSS, and 321 ITAMS

• Our
birddog:
Mr.
Charles
Secard