RFID in the PACAF Program Protects against Adversaries
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii – Pacific Air Forces has taken the next step in the protection of its valuable resources. The Security System Effectiveness Program examines the force protection capabilities of each installation within the command to help each base enhance its capability to detect, delay and deny potential adversaries. It’s one facet of the Air Force’s Integrated Base Defense concept which includes in its framework a belief that that every airman is a defender of the installation.
As part of the SEA program, a multi-disciplinary team will visit each wing to look at different ways the entire base can improve its force protection posture. A Tiger Team comprised of individuals from various career fields will then use the SEA results to develop a plan to help each base through four areas: technology and equipment, manpower, policy, and procedures.
Six PACAF installations have been examined in the SEA program thus far including Andersen AFB, Guam; Yokota AB, Japan; the 497th Combat Training Squadron at Sembawang, Singapore; and Taegu AB, Kunsan AB, and Osan AB, Republic of Korea. All other PACAF installations will be evaluated before fiscal year 2005.
Specifically, the Tiger Team will consider the modifications the base can make and assist the wing in creating a Force Protection Improvement Plan that is different from a wing’s force protection plan or installation security plan.
“Those plans address how the bases execute force protection measures on a day-to-day basis,” said Capt. Joseph Musacchia, PACAF Security Forces Requirements Branch chief and Tiger Team leader. “The FPIP is a roadmap designed specifically for each installation to achieve the maximum capability to defeat any potential adversary. It integrates all the elements of force protection to achieve the greatest results by combining new technology with the most effective procedures."
The FPIP will include force protection modifications that will affect every person on the base.
One of the most noticeable modifications will be the installation of $351.7 million worth of new technology at entry control points at Air Force installations -- a technology that will increase the capability of security forces to detect illegal entry.
The PACAF Tiger Team is working with each installation on how this technology will be installed at each base. The new equipment will scan the identification card of every person entering an installation with special visitor passes being issued for contactors and sponsored guests. Additionally, each vehicle will have a
Radio Frequency Identification Tag placed on its window. The base entry control points will take on a new appearance and become “high tech” with these new electronic card readers plus drop arm bars, electronic barriers and cameras.
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