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Show I 1 HILL TOP TIMES :Page 30 ANDREWS AFB, Md. A beam six-mile-lo- ng between (AF-N- F-4- S) laser the Wright Brothers Memorial near Tn snfted ud AFB, Ohio, and a to the north is carrying conversations of Air Force Systems Command engineers in experiments to learn how atmospheric conditions affect transmission of sound along the narrow beam of hill-Ato- p light. the lightweather In good receivand weight transmitting even ing units could operate over line-o- funobstructed greater, :;sight distances, engineers say. d transmitter of ?The 'one laser unit is operated by the beam at the receiver ' aiming and talking into a lapel high-energ- y pistol-shape- the movement of vital parts for the ' ' t - ' ' F-4- C in- m,. y," Ogden Programmer Specialists delay in shipping material due to Jerry Barnett and Dave Clark paper work controls and accounthave spent most of the past ing. three months on TDY at Okla This is another example of homa City AMA and Hq AFLC how the logistics command is efDayton, Ohio, in sa. all-obringing the latest techniques ut fort to finalize procedures and computer programs for the new supporting system. The new system, called the "Immediate Response Distribution System (IRDS)," will permit random response computer processing of C high priority requisitions. It will reduce F-4- C F-4- OFFICERS &TOPNCO GRADES GET ME ON JUST THEIR SIGNATURE!! IgflilljjLJl JO.! l I - C fighter aircraft, Data Services Division at Ogden AMA stalled new RCA computer equipment this month. n Wright-Patterso- t : New Computer Equipment Installed Parts To Speed Movement of Carries Conversations :'; RESPONSE IMMEDIATE Laser Beam Six-Mi- le February, 1967 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TOO!v ft ttm 1 and equipment to bear on problems of our space age Air Force. The purpose of this new system is to provide the System Support Manager (SSM) with the capability to respond immediately to customer requests for status and balance data when required by emergency condl tions. This is done by keeping master balance records acquired from the 7080 Computer, SSM Stock Control and Distribution (SC&D) System updated daily. These records are maintained in the RCA 301R Random Access computer at Data Services Division where they can be interrogated every half hour. This ran dom access equipment will be week, operated on a seven-da- y 18 hours per day, by personnel at Data Services so the needed information will be readily obtainable. To illustrate the effectiveness of instantaneous response, an Squadron in Southeast Asia can request material from Ogden directly, and in two to three hours they will receive an answer giving the status of their NEW EQUIPMENT After spending three months at Oklahoma City AMA in preparation of procedures, Dave Clark and Jerry Barnett (letf to right) of Data Services are ready to begin the process of filling requisitions by means of an RCA 301 computer. n, F-4- C Material is supplied to the F- - 4C from two locations, Hill AFB and Warner-Robin- s AFB, Geor gia. Accountability will always be to Ogden AMA, with WR- AMA being an alternate site. If the material is not stored at Ogden, then Ogden AMA will automatically request the alternate storage site to make the shipment. Ogden AMA is the point of supply for over 6,000 items used by the Navy's version of the F4 aircraft. Requisitions on these request. If the requisition is items will be processed on the filled, the material can be IRDS at Ogden. on the way to SEA within a The machine configuration matter of hours. for the IRDS is "one of a F-4- C kind." It consists of devices to read and write on discs and tape, read cards or punch cards. A high speed printer is also attached to the computer to print out information for the System Support Manager. The main section of the machine, system is the two units where the master records and programs are stored, which is called the random access disc units. This configuration was established especially for Ogden AMA to provide the best possible logistical support of the F4 in Vietnam. 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