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Welcome to the United States Air Force F-35A Training Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Website.

The Air Force proposes to establish training F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) training aircraft at one or more existing Air Force installations within the continental United States. F-35A is a conventional take-off, multiple-role fighter with an emphasis on air-to-ground missions. The aircraft was designed to replace and supplement F-16 and A-10 aircraft.

The candidate basing alternatives include: Holloman AFB New Mexico, Boise Air Terminal Air Guard Station, also known as Gowen Field, Idaho, Luke AFB, Arizona, Tucson International Airport Air Guard Station, Arizona, and Eglin AFB in Florida.

For purposes of this Environmental Impact Study alternatives currently include:

  • No-Action – The No-Action Alternative evaluates the consequences of not bedding down the F-35A aircraft at any of the candidate locations. Analysis of the No-Action Alternative provides a baseline, enabling decision makers to compare the magnitude of the environmental effects of no action to the effects of the Proposed Action.

  • Action Alternatives – For the F-35A Training EIS, each candidate installation is an “alternative” for review in the EIS. Environmental impacts for each alternative will be analyzed for the No-Action Alternative and in six increments of 24 primary assigned aircraft.

This site provides information about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and actions that are necessary to prepare an EIS. The EIS will describe the potential environmental impacts of the proposed F-35A training alternatives. The website provides information about the EIS documents and schedule, and public involvement opportunities.

Your involvement and feedback are essential in assisting us to identify key environmental issues potentially affected by the Air Force F-35A training proposal. The first F-35A Training EIS Newsletter has been prepared to keep you up-to-date with news and information related to the Training EIS. Please download a copy of this newsletter and read about the announcement of a Preferred Alternative for the Joint Strike Fighter Training Base and the next steps in the preparation of the EIS. Also see the summary of the Public Scoping Meetings held during January through March 2010.