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1.1 PROPOSED ACTION. Under the Proposed Action, the United States (U.S.) Air Force Air Armament Center (AAC) and U.S. Navy, in cooperation with the 46th Test Wing Precision Strike Branch (46 OG/OGMTA), would conduct a series of Precision Strike Weapons (PSW) test missions during the next five years utilizing resources within the Eglin Military Complex, including two sites in the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) (Figure 1-1). The weapons to be tested are the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) AGM-158 A and B, and the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) GBU-39/B. As many as two live and four inert JASSM missiles per year would be launched from an aircraft above the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) at a target located approximately 15 to 24 nautical miles (NM) offshore of Eglin Air Force Base (AFB). Detonation of the JASSM would occur under one of three scenarios. Detonation upon impact with the target (about 5 feet above the GOM surface). Detonation upon impact with a barge target at the surfac