Office of Aviation Services
Eastern Region
3190 NE Expressway, Ste. 250
Atlanta, GA 30341
US Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Regional Office
740 Simms Street
Golden, Colorado 80401
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July 23, 2013
Nebraska Army National Guard Approval
al Aviation Manager, NPS Anthony Lascano, National Aviation Manager, FWS Joel
Kerley, National Aviation Manager, BIA
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region and Department of Interior Eastern Region have
approved Nebraska Army National Guard pilots and aircraft for use in Wildland Fire Fighting
and/or Emergency Life Saving mission activities as specified in the Nebraska Interagency
Cooperative Fire Management Agreement and/or Operating Plan for the period of June 2013
through June 2014. This approval is in accordance with Forest Service Manual 5712.34 and
Department of Interior 351 DM 04 and OPM 13-41. The pilots have completed all training
specified as “Designated and Non-Designated Military Missions.” The training has been
conducted as a joint effort between the Nebraska Army National Guard, the U.S. Forest Service
and Bureau of Land Management. The training included: Basic Fire Behavior, Reconnaissance
Techniques, and Water Bucket Operations to ensure safe and effective operations. Agency
Helicopter Inspector Pilot (HIP) or Helicopter Operations Specialist (HOS) may be on board for
training or mission operation observation purposes. To promote safe and effective helicopter
operations, the Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide (IHOG) and appropriate National
Guard Field Manuals and Guides will be complied with during all wildland firefighting
operations. ALL aircraft used in support of multi-agency incidents will require radio
communications sufficient to communicate with other aircraft on VHF-AM frequencies and fire
line personnel on VHF-FM frequencies.
For fire assignments on multi-agency incidents, a qualified Helicopter Manager or Helicopter
Coordinator will be assigned to assist the flight crew to work with the Incident Management
Team. This will occur after the initial attack period and going into extended operations. The
Helicopter Manager or Coordinator will be experienced in fire behavior and aerial firefighting
tactics. A comprehensive briefing will include mission objectives, aircraft safety features and
aircraft performance. As a minimum, Pilots-In-Command (PIC) for the Nebraska Army National
Guard will have a designation of Readiness Level 1 (RL1).
The following pilots and aircraft are approved for Bucket Operations, Recon and Passenger
Transport provided certified seats are available in the aircraft. These pilots have been verified by
the Unit Commander as having met RL1 requirements, and have attended the unit’s annual
firefighting training:
UH-60 Aircraft Commanders
MAJ Smith Daniel
CW4 Caniglia Jeffery
CW3 Brozovsky Brent
CW3 Dolton Joseph
FS--6200-12a
CW2
CW2
CW3
CPT
CW2
CW2
CW2
1LT
CW2
Flores David
Klingler Jeffery
Score William
Fisk Aaron
Svoboda Matt
Powell Thomas
O’Malley Sean
Myers Jeb
Messier Lewis
CPT
CW2
CW2
CW2
CW2
CW2
CPT
CW3
CW3
Kilpatrick Cole
Morris Lloyd
Whistler Derek
Haselhorst Ross
Lima Bermudez Hector
Edwards Jake
Traylor Thomas
Mitchell Jeffery
Eiler Andrew
UH-72 Aircraft Commanders
CW4
CW2
CW2
CW5
CW4
CW2
1LT
Caniglia, Jeffery
Moser, Britt
Searight, Boe
Simonds, Derek
Hill, Daniel
Bockelman, Keal
Homes, Amanda
LTC
CW2
MAJ
CW3
CW2
CPT
Fineran, Thaddeus
Score, James
Shaw, Adam
Miller, Shawn
Miller, Courtny
McCormick, Troy
CH-47 Aircraft Commanders
CW2
CW3
CW4
CW3
Kuhn, Bradley
Bundy, Dallas
Groetzinger, Marcus
Schultheiss, Jim
CW4
CW2
CW3
1LT
Bergmann, John
Bennett, Brandon
Greathouse, Matthew
McClure, Joshua
APPROVED AIRCRAFT (Type and registration number)
UH-60
23307
23872
23687
24409
23492
UH-72
23698
24556
26078
23447
72242
72240
72239
72037
72191
72190
72192
72189
CH-47
08820
08819
08822
08098
08825
If you have questions concerning this approval contact the following:
USFS - Jim Lawson, Regional Helicopter Operations Specialist at 719-338-3918 or
jlawson01@fs.fed.us.
DOI – Frank Crump, OAS Eastern Region Director, at 770-458-7474 or
frank_crump@ios.doi.gov.
Please keep a copy of this letter in the Nebraska National Guard Aircraft listed above. This will
ensure continuous ability to cooperate on interagency firefighting missions.
This letter of approval will expire on July 31, 2014.
/s/ Sandra T. Lafarr
SANDRA T. LAFARR
Regional Aviation Officer
0cc: Tristan E Fluharty
Jim Lawson
Debbie K Bozarth
Jim A Fletcher
Glenn S Bartter
Kent Hamilton
Scott Fisher
Tim McClintock
/S/ FRANK CRUMP
FRANK CRUMP
Western Regional Director
DOI Office of Aviation Services