Grapevine will be CLOSED in April due to:
SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE
TEMPORARY MILITARY OPERATIONS AREA
Effective Dates: April 7 – 20, 2013.
The ROOSEVELT LAKE Temporary Military Operations Area (MOA), over Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto
National Forest in eastern Arizona, supports the annual Air Combat Command Exercise ANGEL
THUNDER. The exercise is designed to provide Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training for combat
aircrews, para-rescue personnel, intelligence personnel, battle managers and joint search and rescue center
personnel. The execution of Exercise ANGEL THUNDER allows combat air forces to practice effective
integration/application of air and space power in the search and rescue mission. Training will include night
extracts and night ground infiltration/evasion/exfiltration scenarios at the Playas training facility.
The ROOSEVELT LAKE Temporary MOA will be activated during Exercise ANGEL THUNDER for
aircraft and parachute operations involved in the CSAR exercise. Aerial activities will consist of typical
MOA flight operations to include tactical combat maneuvering by fighter and transport fixed and rotary wing
aircraft, freefall and static line parachute operations, non-standard formation flights, rescue escort
maneuvering, and aerial helicopter refueling.
ROOSEVELT LAKE Temporary MOA, NM
Boundaries: That airspace within a 10 NM radius of Latitude 33°41’57”N, Longitude 111°03’52”W
[Phoenix (PXR) VORTAC R-059/48.1 NM].
Altitudes: 500 feet AGL to and including 9,000 feet MSL.
Times of Use: By NOTAM April 7-20, 2013.
Controlling Agency: FAA, Albuquerque ARTCC.
Using Agency: U.S. Air Force, Commander, 563rd Rescue Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
