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General CURTIN. Built in 1942 at 6 inches thick.

Senator STENNIS. That is enough explanation.

Colonel FENLON. The second item for construction of a 7,815-squarefoot base-operations building needed to support flying activities of the two tactical fighter wings. Currently a World War II frame building is being used for this function which has badly deteriorated and does not warrant retention, and will be demolished.

Senator STENNIS. All right, the range facilities seem to be a small item.

Colonel FENLON. All right, sir. The fourth item is 11,400-squarefoot civil engineering maintenance shop needed for repair, maintenance and upkeep of all base real estate facilities.

Senator STENNIS. Real estate?

Colonel FENLON. Real estate facilities and real property, sir, buildings, grounds. The five existing woodframe buildings are entirely inadequate and will be disposed of when this project is completed. Senator STENNIS. All right, the next item is small.

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Skip that. Administrative wing.

Colonel FENLON. That is a repetitive item, sir, wing maintenance control.

Senator STENNIS. Headquarters division, what does that mean? Colonel FENLON. The division, sir, is the unit that has command responsible for the two wings assigned. We have two tactical fighter wings assigned on this base.

Senator STENNIS. What are you using now, Colonel?

Colonel FENLON. Using the second floor of one of the buildings, on a temporary basis, Mr. Chairman, about 3,000 square feet, and they are cramped into that one at the present time. There is also an existing substandard building of 850 square feet that is being used by the wing, and this would be disposed of. It is an old, deteriorated building.

Senator STENNIS. All right, next item.

Colonel FENLON. The last item, sir, is a repetitive item for a new 750-seat base theater to replace the World War II building.

Senator STENNIS. Going back to page 156, you say in your explanation that this is the most critical single facility deficiency for effective command and control of the base mission. Do you put that ahead of your apron replacements?

General CURTIN. No; I think the key words there, Mr. Chairman, are the words "command control" of the mission. This facility actually relates to the command and control function as opposed to the operational side of the function. But it is a most important facility. Senator STENNIS. So the answer to my question is "No."

General CURTIN. That is correct, sir.

Senator STENNIS. All right, what is your next item?

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VA.

Colonel FENLON. Page 159, Mr. Chairman, Langley Air Force Base, located 30 miles north of Norfolk, Va. The missions of this base are covered on page 159 of volume III.

The first item requested in this program for a 14,784-square-foot aerial port facility needed to support the joint airlift operations in

volving the delivery of personnel and cargo by airdrop landing to any theater of operation.

Senator STENNIS. Second item last, please.

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir. The third item, sir, is a repetitive item providing air conditioning for four 200-man airman dormitories. Senator STENNIS. The next one is a dormitory replacement. Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. And a dining hall air conditioning as well as officers quarters.

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. And then the theater?

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Go back to the second item. You have been at Langley a long time. I have been down there. You want $2.5 million more for the command headquarters building?

General CURTIN. That is correct, sir.

Senator STENNIS. How are you going to justify that?

General CURTIN. As you may recall from your visit there, Mr. Chairman, the headquarters of Tactical Air Command is now situated in 23 different buildings spread out all over the base. This has been the subject of study over the past 2 to 3 years, in an effort to come up with the best way to house this very important command headquarters in reasonable accommodations.

In the final plan of these 23 buildings I mentioned, we would retain 15 of them, dispose of 3 of them, and use 5 for other purposes.

So really we are proposing here, to retain 15 buildings and build this new facility of 112,000 square feet. Actually the requirement shown here was based upon a headquarters strength of about 2,100 people.

As a matter of fact, since this facility was programed in this book, the headquarters has expanded so that it now has almost 2,400 people on board. So this is a real problem the solution to which we are looking forward.

This would provide, after we take out about 77,000 square feet of special space used for command and control, communications and other functions, 100 square feet per occupant on a net square foot basis. This situation is really critical when you are trying to run a large headquarters spread all over the base in individual buildings as it is. Something really has to be done.

Senator STENNIS. All right, next item, gentlemen.

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZ.

Colonel FENLON. Page 167 is Luke Air Force Base located 30 miles northwest of Phoenix, Ariz. The missions of this base are on page 167 of volume III.

The first item requested in this program is for an addition of 4,065 square feet to the existing parachute and dingy shop needed to support the increased workload on repair, packing, drying, and inspection of parachutes at this installation.

The second item is for provision of a 1,920-square-foot squadron headquarters base out at Gila Bend Auxiliary Field located 50 miles from the base. This administrative space replaces an old wood frame building that is not suitable for retention, and will be demolished.

The third item is a repetitive item for air conditioning of three structurally sound 200-man airman dormitories. The fourth item is a repetitive item, the air conditioning of nine officers quarters buildings housing some 225 officers.

The last item is another repetitive item. It is the construction of a 300-seat chapel with an educational annex.

Senator STENNIS. What kind of air conditioning are you referring to in this dormitory for the airmen and the officers quarters?

General CURTIN. That will be central air conditioning, Mr. Chair

man.

Senator STENNIS. I thought you used this evaporative cooling system out there.

General CURTIN. No, not at Luke, Mr. Chairman. We have actually high humidity at Luke, coupled with high temperatures. The records show 1,850 hours in excess of 67° F. wet bulb. This would be air conditioning territory.

Senator STENNIS. What system have you now? Do you have regular air conditioning or do you have the evaporative system there now?

General CURTIN. There is an existing mechanical ventilation. The cooling coils and the rest of the air-conditioning equipment will be installed under this project. The existing system is not evaporative cooling, just mechanical.

Senator STENNIS. Just blower fans?

General CURTIN. That is right, circulating the air.
Senator STENNIS. All right, next item.

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLA.

Colonel FENLON. Page 173, MacDill Air Force Base, located 1 mile southwest of Tampa, Fla. The missions for this base are listed on page 173 of volume III.

The first item is a repetitive item providing some 2,700 feet of approach lighting to replace an obsolete system which is unreliable.

The second item is for an addition of 25,368 square feet to the four existing squadron operations buildings. This is to provide the operational space required to administer two tactical fighter wings of F-4C aircraft.

The third item is a repetitive item for a 32,000-square-foot-automotive maintenance shop. This space is required to support approximately 836 vehicles.

The fourth item provides an 11,000-square-foot release systems maintenance shop where maintenance is performed on bomb dispensers, rocket and missile launchers, guns, injector racks, and tow target launching equipment in support of these two tactical fighter wings.

The fifth item is a repetitive item, and this is an addition to the ground support equipment shop. The sixth item for alteration work to an existing open bay warehouse is to provide additional square footage for the base equipment management office.

The seventh item is for construction of a 15,000-square-foot base supply administrative office needed to handle the administrative and accounting functions resulting from the expansion of the two tactical fighter wings at this base. These functions are currently being per

formed in a hangar which will revert to aircraft maintenance when this project is completed.

Next the 166,000-square-foot major command headquarters building for exclusive use of U.S. Strike Command. It is functionally responsible for the planning and execution of worldwide contingency operations as directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Currently, several airman's dormitories are being utilized for this function, but they are wholly inadequate for the assigned and diversified missions of this installation.

The ninth item is a repetitive item on four 200-man airman dormitories required to partially satisfy troop housing deficiencies on this base. The existing open bay wood frame barracks cannot be upgraded and are scheduled for removal upon completion of this project.

The 10th item requested in the program provides a 1,200-man airman dining hall to satisfy the messing requirement for assigned personnel arising from the increased mission. The existing World War II messhall frame buildings are beyond economical repair, and are scheduled for demolition upon completion of this project.

The 11th item is a repetitive item for the construction of a 100-man capacity officers quarters. The existing substandard quarters built in 1940 are beyond repair and do not warrant retention.

The 12th item is a repetitive item for a 300-seat base chapel with an educational annex.

The 13th and last item is a repetitive item to provide a new service club to replace the existing frame building which will be destroyed. Senator STENNIS. Quite briefly explain what the Strike Command

is.

Colonel LUSCHEN. Sir, Strike Command is an organization that was directed to be established by the Secretary of Defense in 1961. It has operational control over all of the Army and the Air Force units that are involved for contingency planning, deployment to overseas for war operations.

It is a planning, war planning organization. They deploy elements of the headquarters with the units as they deploy. They have built into the organization a supporting communications organization. It is a triservice headquarters. General Adams of the Army is commander of Stricom. Air Force Lieutenant General Holloway is vice commander.

Senator STENNIS. I know what SAC is. You have Tactical, and then

Colonel LUSCHEN. Actually Stricom has the operational control and deploys the forces that Tactical Air Command and Continental Army Command on the Army side of the house train. The airborne troops from the Army and the regular Army divisions fall under Stricom's operational command for employment and movement overseas.

Senator STENNIS. This is your modernized concept of readiness, is that right?

Colonel LUSCHEN. Yes.

Senator STENNIS. This grew out of not altogether, but partly and was pushed forward by the Cuban crisis.

Colonel LUSCHEN. Also the Strike Command commander is responsible for the area, for any operations south of the Mediterranean, really south of the Sahara over in Europe, the Mediterranean and south of

the Sahara area, as compared to commander for Europe or Cinceur located in Germany and Cinpac in the Pacific area. General Adams and his Stricom headquarters takes care of Africa and Middle East.

Senator STENNIS. You lost me. Going back now to Macdill, I thought we were going to close Macdill. I don't know if the order was ever given. But now we are building it up. Is it due to and because of this Strike Command?

Colonel LUSCHEN. You are correct, sir, that Macdill at one time was announced for closure, about 1960. It was a B-47 base. As the B-47 units were phasing out, we did not anticipate a follow-on mission requiring the base.

The B-47's were extended briefly in the 1961 time period due to the Berlin crisis, and about that same time we received an increase in authorization of tactical fighter forces.

Concurrently was the activation of the Strike Command Headquarters. We put two TAC fighter wings into Macdill Field and Strike Command Headquarters in there. Initially Strike Command Headquarters went in as an interim assignment, at that time.

Senator STENNIS. All right, I notice you have a $4 million building that you are asking to put in here, just a few years after we considered closing MacDill, it is due entirely to this new command, is that right?

General CURTIN. That is correct, Mr. Chairman. The location of this was studied for the better part of a year and a half by the Department of Defense. It was finally determined that this was the best location for it.

At the present time the functions of this command are housed in 11 different buildings at MacDill Field. Three of these are actually dormitories that were referred to before. Five of them are wood frame buildings generally in poor condition. Then there are two or three others; concrete, two-story permanent buildings is the description I have of them. Actually these buildings are dispersed and on completion of this project, the three dormitories will revert to use as dormitories and help us solve a very critical dormitory problem there. Five of these 11 buildings would be disposed of, and 3 others would be converted to other uses. They are generally smaller buildings.

Now this project here as noted in the backup, is designed for 850 personnel. There are presently 790 people on station down there in the STRICOM Headquarters. After we take out special use space, this will provide between 95 and 100 square feet net per occupant. Senator STENNIS. Any questions, Senator Cannon? Senator CANNON. No questions.

Senator STENNIS. There is one further question on MacDill. You might have covered this. Does this STRIKE command have anything to do with the matter of air support for ground Army troops? Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir. As Colonel Luschen stated, they do have an operation.

Senator STENNIS. To what extent? Do you get your air support from this group and this group alone, or is this just a quick, ready to go setup?

Colonel LUSCHEN. Sir, the commander STRICOM has all of the air support under his operational control.

Senator STENNIS. This man will be the commander then of all ground support, what I used to call tactical air?

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