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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 26 February The AFLC Team Latest News the. on Commmniatmc!! Range Program Mana,. j.. ing the Apollo 8 program h MOON ORBIT cordinated SSL?1.inhesupport of AFLC Organizations Give Boost to Apollo Program GEEIA's 2862nd needed. Across the world and at the cape, men of the Ground Electronic Engineering Installation Agency (GEEIA) made final adjustments on sophisticated communications equip ment that they had installed in support of the Apollo 8 mission. As the space capsule began its critical descent to "the good earth," four balloon-nose- d aircraft flew over the Pacific recovery area to track The comical-lookinthe Stratolifters were specially modified for this job by the Oklahoma City AMA. Several HC-13- 0 rescue aircraft, supported by Warner Robins AMA, also circled over the EC-ISS- re-entr- Fla. was real "work horse" in the Apollo Working at both Cape Kennedy and Antigua Island, a station on the Eastern Test Range, 2862nd personnel engineered and installed high program. o"0 l- i- Alignment Brakes Relined $ The bulbous nose sported by this modification of a Stratolifter is reminiscent of the big red snozz worn by a circus clown. The mission of this weird bird is no laughing matter, though. Six such aircraft were used in Apollo 8 recovery to track the descent of the spaceship to "the was modified and managed by the good earth." The Oklahoma City Air Material Area. (AFLC Press Service). EC-135- N splashdown area, ready to give aid to the astronauts if needed. an ated procurement and insured delivery of the fuel to Cape 95 X "COW" 1 Inspection Starts In February ! R E p GET READY NOW A Inspection Station No. ) ITS. jy Tough State Vehicle m R 1536 K I N EARL DOC COCKRUM Manager sfejOol S Dm s. MORGAN Ownar G fire inarKer" - 3985 WALL AVE. AFLC Role Thus men of the Air Force Logistics Command played a role in the greatest stride man has yet taken toward the exploration of the universe. When the huge Saturn V successfully lifted off, it consumed tons of fuel provided by the San Antonio AMA's Directorate of Air Force Aerospace Fuels. Fuels specialists at set fuel specifications and limitations, oversaw the total logistics package, initiSA-AM- A TILL FEBRUARY 15th ONLY m s this OGDEN Fla, 4,653 rs EC-135- N WHAT-A-SNOZ- Z $$95 15 Kennedy and at Malabar, for an additional total of man-houwork. '' n GILL'S TIRE MARKET Front End man-hour- Install Antennas Special antennas were installed by the squadron at Cape AT HI ml frequency, single sideband More than 2700 were' required for job. N g y. Squadron at Patrick AFB, work. As final minutes of countdown ticked off, E. L. Carr, an inventory management specialist at the San Antonio AMA's Air Force Aerospace Fuels Directorate, tensely kept in contact with Cape Kennedy. At the Saturn V launch site, a doctor and a surgical technician from AFLC's USAF Hospital Wright-- . Patterson stood by to give medical aid if the Apollo program for 18 months including support of the Anolln 8 mission. When three American asAFLC PRESS SERVICE tronauts triumphantly orbited the moon last Christmas Eve, several Air Force Logistics Command employees looked on on their anxiously. The safety of the astronaunts depended -- 7, i969 Kennedy. Actual procurement of the fuels was done by SAAMA's Directorate of Procurement and Production. The complex contract required a year and a half of deliberation before being awarded. Provide Fuels Sacramento Service Some items that were vital to Apollo 8 success were managed by personnel at the Sacramento Air Materiel Area. The SMAMA SatelliteElectronics Division of Materiel manages the Spacetrack stem man-mad- 496L, e Sy- which detects objects in space, all in- cluding those involved in the Apollo program. The spacetrack system consists mainly of detection ra dars, tracking radars, and space cameras. SMAMA's item manager for the GeneratorFSG played Apollo nerator power 5900 also an important role in 8 support. These gesets provided amplified necessary to operate the at outerspace tracking radars Shemya, Alas. ; Morristown, N.J.; and Dyiabaker, Turkey. For the entire ground operation of the Apollo 8 mission, 399 such generator sets provia-eelectrical power. d Calibration Review The Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center at Newark caAFS, Ohio performed a equithe libration review of pment used in the Apollo range instrumentation aircraft. The SAAMA's item manager for Center's Directorate of Metrthe fuel, E. L. Carr, stayed in ology calibrated the time used contact with Cape Kennedy tracking stations. until actual blastoff. In an by Oklahoma City abort, Carr would have been aircraft extra for A providing responsible special KC-13-5 Oklahoma fuels quickly. But, of course, was modified by the the launch took place without a City AMA to provide a for hitch. training situation flies J At the cape, two AFLC medastronauts. The pilot at and, ical men stood by as members hump-shape- d pattern are of the launch site medical backcertain point, astronauts for" up team. Lt. Col. John W. subjected to tne few seconds. This gives t Coursey, an anesthesiologist, and MSgt. Jack A. Garland, a astronauts an opportunity esurgical technician, were memlearn how to maneuver when bers of a medical team availxperiencing this weightlessness. able at the launch site in case Additional training equiwas pnj of emergency. pment for astronauts Antonio vided by the San GEEIA Job simu As the Air Force agency as early as 1966. Three were responsible for the installation lated Apollo capsulesAeronautic engineering, installation, and for the National Administration w depot level maintenance of and Space and SAAMA in that year. ground communications electronics equipment throughTwo of the capsules out the free world, GEEIA used to train astronauts in played a key role in keeping and escape procedures, men in space in touch with men iliarization with inftrumcn" instrufflw on the ground. tion, flotation and capsule Charles E. Lynch, a GEEIA training. The third des used by NASA m EIA's Air Force Eastern Test studies. zero-gravit- y zero-gravi- ty 1 X J |