### DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H EA DQ U ARTERS AI R FORCE FLIGHT ST AN D ARDS AGENCY

MEMORANDUM FOR HQ FAA/AGC-10
FROM: HQ AFFSA/XOF 6500 South MacArthur Blvd (AJW31 AF) Oklahoma City , OK 73169
SUBJECT: Renewal and Addition to Exemption 7960 (Docket No. FAA-2001-10 1 91) 

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1. Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Exemption 7960 was granted to the United States Air Force on 24 Jan 2003 (renewed as 79600 on 30 April 2015) and exempts certain activities of the USAF from the provisions of 14 CFR §91.209 (a)(1) and (b). The requirement for the Air Force , and other military service ' s aircraft participating in approved joint or combined air operations , to conduct night vis ion device (NVD) training with lights out in Military Operating Areas (MOA) continues
. We request a renewal and to add 17 MOAs to the Exemption lAW 14 CFR Part 11.
2. The Air Force respectfully requests additional MOA 's be added to the li st of approved areas. The l ist of MOAs to be covered under this exemption is maintained as Attachment 1 to this letter. Changes to thi s list from the previous list include two additional of MOAs.
3. The Air Force wi ll continue to abide by al l the terms and conditions of Exemption 7960 , as amended. These include, but are not limited to: issuing a NOT AM at least 48 hours before the lights out operations are to begin; providing annual informational briefings to local flying organiza tion s and other civ ilian users within 100 nautical miles of the MOA airspace; developing a letter of agreement with the servicing air traffic control facility; and continuous radar monitoring by military personnel to detect all nonparticipating aircraft. As li ghts out NVD operations have been conducted safely by the se units s ince this exemption was granted in 2003 , the Air Force Fl ight Standards Agenc y, on behalf of the Department of the Air Force, requests your consideration in granting this request.
3. I may be contacted at (405) 582-448 2 , e-mail: hqaffsa.xof@us.af.mil. Thank you in advance for your consideration and assistance.

KARNA P. MORE , Lt Co l, USAF Chief, Flight Directives Division

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