My name is Brett Smith and I'm an
airspace manager at Edwards Air Force
Base today . I will be briefing you on
your degree at 2515 . During his
briefing , I will highlight some but
not all of the information contained in
a 2515 airspace handbook , air crew
should review the entire handbook and
all applicable directives listed in the
presentation prior to operating in 2515 ,
nonparticipants nonparticipating
aircraft are aircraft that cannot or
choose not to comply with standard
procedures . Pilots flying into or out
of Edwards that would not loiter may
choose to operate as a nonparticipants .
Some examples are passenger or cargo
transport . Nonparticipants have no
priority and may experience delays of
active missions prevent the release of
the Palmdale order for flight planning
annotate non-participant as the first
item in the remark section of the
flight plan , arrival route must have
palm down to Edwards as final fixes ,
departure route must have Edwards of
Palmdale as first two fixes for
communications expect to be transferred
to from Joshua directly to Edwards
tower for arrivals . Expect a visual
approach through Buckhorn Moa for a
left down wind or straight in from
Palmdale once inside the class delta ,
the Palmdale quarter is cold and pilots
must remain within the comps of the
glass delta nonparticipating air crew
can skip to and follow the instructions .
On the last slide of this briefing
participants , participating aircraft
describes aircraft under the command of
or sponsored by the dod or civilian
aircraft under a letter of agreement or
hold harmless agreement . Aircraft
agreed to operate within 2515 in
accordance with the 2515 airspace
handbook and had received the annual
2515 airspace briefing . Participating
aircraft had been scheduled in
accordance with the Edwards Air Force
Base aircraft and air ground schedule
support guide and agree to operate
under VFR Sea and avoid and non
inclusive use . While inside 2515
scheduling procedures , all aircraft
require a four digit operations number
to enter 2515 if you are an LO a or hh
a holder and comply with the
instructions provided if you are
conducting any form of testing ,
contact the IPO office first for Dod or
non dod want you to land at Edwards
without loitering in 2515 , contact
airfield management if you are a dod
and want to transit 2515 and not
perform testing or training review and
comply with the Edward scheduling guide
on our public website , non dud
aircraft without an established lo a
wanting to operate in 2515 for reasons
other than testing contact the 2515
airspace management office , filming
and data collection . It is a crime
under 18 US C 795 to take any
photograph , sketch , picture , drawing
map or graphical representation of a
military installation or equipment
without first obtaining permission of
the equipment and or installation
commander contact a public affairs
office for filming on Edwards compliant
with the DD in the slide for filming
and or data collection within 2515 that
are considered outside the scope of an
approved test concept document .
Contact a 2515 airspace management
office , no fly .
The areas depicted on the screen are no
fly areas , avoid no fly areas
laterally or vertically . Do not
overfly . The air force research lab
below 5300 ft . MS L . High explosive
blasting routinely occurs at bro mine
near Boron . Do not overly boron mine
property below 4500 ft . MS L within a
half mile area of the west , north and
east perimeter of the mine and one and
one quarter mile south do not overfly .
Edward's main base below 1500 ft . A gl
except for takeoff landing or airdrop
operations to the maximum extent
possible . Do not overfly base housing
or the medical facility . If you do
overfly base housing or the medical
facility , do not overfly them below
3000 ft . MS L nodes and D ROMs
nodes pertaining to the airfield are
issued by airfield management office .
Nodes pertaining to airspace are issued
by the airspace Management office D
Droms are not published for SUAS
activities within 2515 , airspace
for military training routes and
terrain following routes . Refer to the
flip A P one B 2515 airspace handbook
and the air crew briefing guide
published on the SharePoint drop zones .
When active avoid the drop zone areas .
Non Edwards air Force base units must
have an approved test plan and or inter
intra agency support agreement .
Jumpers must review the 412 test swing
jumpers agricultural briefing located
on the TPP site for
any questions , contact the listed
agencies . UES work areas when active
avoid UES work areas , maintain two way
communications with sport when sport is
closed , notify the 2515 airspace
office so a modem can be issued
supersonic operations . Log activity
used to form in cool under mission
planning operating requirements . Air
crew must maintain VFRC and avoid in
operative . No transponder , an
operable transponder and mode C are
required to operate in 2515 . All
aircraft regardless of formation status
are required to squawk normal unless
directed otherwise by sport or Joshua .
This does not apply to SUAS remaining
within the defined UAs areas except
when using the four corners area .
Altimeter setting is given by sport or
Joshua . Test aircraft may use 2992 at
all altitudes as required by test
parameters if test aircraft require an
altimeter setting other than 2992 ,
annotate it on the sport prebrief . G
for lights out operations , position ,
lights shall remain on while transiting
to from the restricted area and may be
turned off when established within the
restricted area excluding 25 08 advise
sport or Joshua when starting or
stopping operations . Chaff and flares
comply with the regulations listed on
the slide . Chaff is authorized above
5000 ft . A GL chaff is not authorized
on MTRS . Flares are authorized above
5000 ft . A GL do not release over
Edwards below 15,000 ft . A gl advise
sport prior to any chaff flare release
sport and Joshua Sport assists air
crews 2515 as well as the Bartow and
Buckhorn MOAs sport cannot provide
standard air traffic control separation
services . However , they provide c two
services such as radar monitoring ,
traffic advisories , airspace boundary
calls and issues heading in altitudes
for airspace deconfliction prior to
entering 2515 . Contact sport on Mira
Common briefing . Credit for additional
questions . Please contact the 2515
airspace office by email or phone as
indicated . This is a mandatory
briefing . You will not be scheduled
unless proof of completion is on file
with the 2515 airspace office . Please
be sure to email the 2515 office
indication . You have completed this
briefing records of completion will be
retained on file for one year .