DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE FLIGHT STANDARDS 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-2001-10191) 

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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 vision 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 list of approved areas. 

The list of MOAs to be covered under this exemption is maintained as Attachment 1 to this 

letter. Changes to this list from the previous list include two additional of MOAs. 

3. The Air Force will continue to abide by all 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 

organizations and other civilian 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 lights out NVD 

operations have been conducted safely by these units since this exemption was granted in 2003, 

the Air Force Flight Standards Agency, on behalf of the Department of the Air Force, requests 

your consideration in granting this request. 

3. I may be contacted at (405) 582-4482, e-mail: hqaffsa.xof@us.af.mil. Thank you in advance 

for your consideration and assistance. 

KARNA P. MORE, Lt Col, USAF 

Chief, Flight Directives Division 

BREAKING BARRIERS ... SINCE 1947 
ATTACHMENT 1 

2017 MOA List for FAA Exemption 7960 

* = new or change for 2017 

MOA (All subdivisions unless otherwise noted. e.g. Eagle Hi & Lo, 1 & 2, etc.) 

Adirondack DeSoto Marian Sevier 

Airburst Devils Lake Moody Seymour Johnson 

AMRAAM* Dolphin Morenci Smokey 

Avon Duke Live Oak* Snoopy 

Bagdad Eielson Lowville Steelhead 

Basinger Eureka Lucin Stony 

Beak Evers* Mt. Dora Susitna 

Beaver Falls Naknek Taiban 

Benning* Farmville O'Neill Talon 

Big Bear* Fort Stewart* Olympic Tiger 

Birch Fox Ontonagon* Tombstone 

Bison Fuzzy* Outlaw Truman 

Bristol* Galena Owyhee Tupper 

Bronco Gamecock Palatka Turtle 

Brownwood Gandy Pamlico NB* Twelve Mile 

Brush Creek Gladden Paradise Tyndall* 

Buckeye Goose Pecos Viper 

Buffalo Hatteras B (East/West)* Phelps* Yolk 

Bulldog Hart Pickett Warrior 

Camden Ridge Hays Pike White Elk 

Carthage Hill Top Pine Hill Yankee 

Cato Hog (Hi N&S, Lo N&S) Pinon Canyon Yukon 

Cheyenne Howard Powder River 

Coastal* Jackal Red Hills 

Condor Jarbidge Reserve 

Cougar (Hi and Lo) Juniper Reveille 

Cranberry Kingsville Rose Hill 

Crypt La Veta (Low and High*) Ruby* 

Crystal* Lake Andes Saddle 

Delta Lake Placid Salem 

Desert Lindbergh Sells 

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