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Show I Page December HILL TOP TIMES 20 generation ejection seats acce pted for Mew of life-savin- g ejection seats for TAC's aircraft. high-performan- especially effective at low speeds, low altitudes and at altitude and airspeed sensors to activate the correct one of three recovery modes for each ejection situation. For example, a pilot can eject safely from altitudes of 150 feet while flying inverted at 150 knots (173 mph). Earlier designs required nearly twice that altitude for safe recovery under similar circumstances. Other improvements over earlier ejection seat designs include a vernier rocket to keep the ACES II from pitching and a specially designed drogue parachute to stabilize the seat until the main chute Compared to earlier designs, the system is The Air Force is now accepting deliveries of a new generation 9, 1977 ce adverse aircraft attitudes. The new seats, known as ACES II, for Advanced Concept Ejection Seats, will 5 be installed in TAC F-1- A-1- 0, and aircraft under a recently awarded $19 million Air Force contract to build 441 seats. F-1- 6 The ACES lis were designed and developed to give Air Force flight crews a better chance to survive emergency ejections and land safely in a range from zero altitude and zero airspeed to altitudes up to 50,000 feet and airspeeds of 600 knots (691 miles per hour). deploys. Key to the design is a solid-stat- AFLC electronic system outperforms ballistic- - and formerly on Ogden ALC CMSgt. Robert E. Rogers, senior enlisted advisor for the Air Force Logistics Command counsel with enlisted men and women, a job for which he has equipped seat-mounte- senior enlisted advisor reenlists his renewed (AFLC), enlistment oath recently in a ceremony conducted by Gen. F. Michael Rogers, AFLC commander. The command's top noncommissioned officer (NCO) had completed 26 years of active service in the Air Force. He has served in five foreign countries. - Other important features are use of a mortar to deploy the main chute and a reefing system to open the parachute in stages, which lessens strain on the crewmember. In event of a mishap that does not require ejection while the aircraft is on the ground, the crewmember need only use a single point release to free himself from all restraints, another unique feature of the electronic system that sequences and controls performance of the recovery subsystems built into the seat. mechanical systems that had been used on previous seats. It d works with TESTING The electronic warfare aircraft is scheduled to begin operational testing at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, in December. It will provide electronic countermeasure support for tactical air forces. (U.S. Air Force Photo) EF-111- A aircra ft if : ACES II. e The TAC Chief Rogers is responsible for keeping General Rogers advised on the morale and welfare of all enlisted personnel assigned to AFLC. He has been in his current job since September 1976. The job of senior enlisted advisor also requires Chief ; staff Rogers him to The educationally. Mississippi native earned a bachelor of science degree in from the psychology University of Massachusetts-i1962 and a master of science in degree personality development and modification from the University of Nebraska in 1972. He is a graduate of both the NCO and Senior NCO Academies. 3 n He began his career in 1951 performing aircrew duties. In 1956 he cross-traine- d into the air operations career field in which he worked for the next 18 years. In 1974 he became ACES II AFB, Utah. (LOGNEWS) display during testing of the McDonnell Douglas Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES II) at the firm's Long Beach, Calif., test facility. 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