use. Any SUAS operations must be requested through a form and must be
coordinated with the 81st Operations Support Flight (81 OSF). SUAS
operations that occur outside of base perimeter, but within the Keesler AFB
Delta Airspace, are asked to voluntarily complete the request form. The
81 Training Wing Commander (TRW/CC) is the approval authority for any
SUAS operations on the installation.
Minor planning constraints that are identified by the IDP include airfield
clearances, antiterrorism, BASH, installation restoration program, and
wetlands and floodplains. There were no major planning constraints
identified in the IDP. The IDP established five goals, each with its own
objectives to accomplish the goals. The goals are as follows:
Leverage robust and resilient infrastructure.
Enrich our dynamic campuses and high quality of life.
Promote innovative, sustainable development and environmental
stewardship.
Support a flying mission and remain poised to support contingency
ground air operations.
Forge strong community partnerships.
The procedures in this instruction are supplementary to AFI 13‐204V3, Airfield
Operations Procedures and Programs, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
policy.
Keesler Air Force Base Area Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) 1998
The 1998 Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) was created under contract with the City
of Biloxi to address incompatible land use development that could impact
Keesler AFB’s operations and that could create potential health, safety, and
welfare for the general public. The JLUS includes policies that are
recommended for neighboring jurisdictions to incorporate into their
comprehensive plans. The JLUS also provides two options that surrounding
jurisdictions can take regarding incompatible development nearby the
installation ‐ one is to remain with the status quo and the other is to amend
zoning ordinances to consider encroachment issues, such as building height
restrictions, noise attenuation, and population density based land use
regulations. It is recommended that the cities, Biloxi and D’Iberville,
acknowledge such encroachment issues through local police powers, such as
zoning. The result of this effort was that the City of Biloxi adopted a height
hazard ordinance and an Airfield Noise Overlay District.
Source: Installation Development Plan Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 2015
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP)
DoD Instruction 4715.3 and Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32‐7065 require
installations to develop an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan
(ICRMP) as an internal compliance and management tool integrating the
entirety of the cultural resources program with ongoing mission activities. As
a component of the installation master plan, the ICRMP is the base
commander’s decision document for conducting cultural resources
management actions and specific compliance procedures. It also allows for
ready identification of potential conflicts between the U.S. Air Force mission
and cultural resources, and identifies compliance actions necessary to
maintain the availability of mission‐essential properties and acreage.
Mutual Aid Agreements
Keesler AFB fire department has mutual aid agreements with the fire
departments of Harrison County, Biloxi, D’Iberville, and Gulfport to coordinate
fire protection services.
Keesler AFB Instruction 13-204 IC-1
Keesler AFB Instruction 13‐204 IC‐1 provides procedures to authorize the
limited use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) on Keesler AFB. SUAS
are defined by having a weight between 0.5 lbs. and 55 lbs. The instruction
allows SUAS for governmental and commercial use, and prohibits recreational
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