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Show June New CHAMPUS contractors - vi ;i N-- Seattle, WA - 'i v t -v- y Vt 'k t ZTJ I S, 98177. Professional claims from Missouri should be sent to: Wisconsin Physicians' Service, P.O. Box 7939, Madison, WI 53707. Institutional claims should be sent to: Wisconsin Physicians' Service, P.O. Box 7923, Madison, WI 53707. Inouiries should be addressed to: Wisconsin Physicians' Service, P.O. Box 7927, Madison, WI 53707. Blue Cross of Washington-Alask- a and Wisconsin on were Service selected basis of the Physicians' two The the best submitted organizations petitive bidding. overall proposals for administering payments of CHAMPUS claims for the eight states, according to I 5 e Washington-AlaskaCHAMPU- beneficiaries. 'Pq--x 1 1 Affected beneficiaries should begin submitting claims June 30, 1978, even for care received before that date. Claims from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, sent to: Blue Washington (state), and Wyoming should-bCross of P.O. Box 77084, the same date, Wisconsin Physicians' Service will begin processing all claims for professional and institutional care received in Missouri by CHAMPUS I I i 19 to the new contractors after On for seven western states Page Defense Department officials. Beginning July 1, 1973, Blue Cross of Washington-Alask- a will process all claims for professional and institutional care received by CHAMPUS beneficiaries in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah. Washington (state), and Wyoming. Utah is one MILL TOP TIMKS 9. 19T8 1 f ' ; - '-- v? nii lirx """""" ' - ""-- - . V ;wi .jMar L1 I ; "Cr u P n 'a. v -- 1 k; r -- - M aircraft that has endured two tortuous lifetimes without ever leaving the ground has successfully completed a test program designed to locate and fix airframe areas susceptible to w as subjected to fatigue prior to delivery of the first production fighter. In this test rig, the 100 computer-directeof over assistance with the of simulated 16,000 hours flight hydraulically-drive- n pressure rams. (General Dynamics Corp. Photo) An Torture Test -- , ' " fv fWHi.! l H " F-1- 6 F-1- 6 d, testing to determine service usitagciss dyribsli An F-1- 6 aircraft has endured two tortuous lifetimes of durability testing without ever leaving the ground. The advanced jet recently completed 16,000 two lifetimes equivalent flight hours test apparatus at in a computer-controlleGeneral Dynamics' Fort Worth facility. The test rig subjected the aircraft to thousands of takeoffs and landings and rugged combat maneuvers with loads as high as lOg, or ten times the force of 15-ye- ar d gravity. "The test program was particularly successful in identifying specific areas of the airframe that are most susceptible to fatigue," said Herbert F. 6 Program Rogers, Vice President and a structural "As Director. design result, modifications have been made and tested and will F-1- be included in production aircraft." durability test program began in April 1977 and was conducted on the fifth developmental airframe. In order to simulate the complex load spectrum on the airframe, over 100 The F-1- 6 flight-by-flig- ht computer-directe- d, hydraulically-drive- n pressure rams were applied. The tests often ranged Test monitors could see the aircraft move and hear it groan in the test rig as the round-the-cloc- k. General Dynamics fighter was subjected to strict test procedures. Data from the tests and the inspection will form the basis for establishing the service life of 6 aircraft as they become operational with the U.S. Air Force and the air forces of Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Iran. F-1- |