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Show Page 12 HILL TOP TIMES Friday, May 13, 1983 s Qedl Force The squadron of "Eagles" takes off in the early morning light that streaks across the desert at Nellis AFB, Nev. Their job-accom- the plish return. mis-sion...a- nd Only a few minutes after take-of- f, they are jumped by the aggressors. The "bad guys" are good pilots and coma few Eagles "fall" in of rest but the the squadron gets bat, through. It's all a simulation, just part of a Red Flag exercise. But now it's more realistic than ever, thanks to the Air Force Logistics Command. ' The training is supported by Red Force Center. RFC helps "the bad guys" by providing electronic warfare equipment and computer programs air-to-a- ir CeonJeo1 used for training. The center, based at Sacramento Air Logistics Center, McClellan AFB, Calif., provides this support for the United States and friendly nation air forces for combat training. The squadrons come from Tactical Air Command bases and from other countries to Nellis, or other test ranges, as part of an actual tactical mobilization. The units consist of aircraft and their crews and maintenance support. The "war" is conducted in k increments, for a total of six weeks. Statistics from Red Flag exercises and actual combat missions in Vietnam indicate that the first ten combat missions for an aircrew are the most two-wee- Federal Managers Association opens membership drive Cal Stuart, president of Chapter 79, affect all federal employees. Federal Managers Association has anAll civilian employees holding nounced the chapter will hold a membership drive Monday through supervisory positions are encouraged to thoroughly review the membership June 24 at Hill AFB. Informational brochures which ex- package. Any questions should be plain the goals and objectives of the directed to the chapter's officers. association have been sent to all pro- Their names and telephone numbers are included in the brochures. spective members. national Association officers at the For more information, contact Cal level are in constant touch with congressmen and senators and have had Stuart, Ext. 73910 or Kay Self, Ext. a voice in many of the decisions which 77205. supra?! incite ?Ym micciloc "The countermeasures in our aircraft are intended to either protect or disrupt communications coming in tour. Now, thanks to the Red Force Center, this first combat experience can come in flight training so realistic that the only difference is that the aircrew can survive its mistakes and profit from them. Air Force intelligence and computer specialists can transpose intelligence data into computer programs that can simulate the signals of Eastern bloc radar and weapons. The information is so sophisticated that, while in flight, the crew receives in the cockpit a signal like that of the original. This tells the crew that it is being tracked missiles. or by surface-to-ai- r Although training of this type has been going on since the the Red Force Center will provide a focal point for both software and electronic warfare hardware used in the electronic warfare .training. According to Alfred Peteron, an electronic engineer and the chief of the Red Force Center, probably the most innovative feature of the RFC is the engineering. Mr. Peterson said the Red Force Center is a concept that encompasses program management, engineering, and equipment specialist functions dedicated to the RFC. Most of the air-to-a- ir mid-1970'- 5 mi. iHteni" Ccmnii electronic warfare systems developed there simulate hostile radars and crucial. It's been proven that the men who survive the initial "baptism of fire" usually have gained enough combat "savvy" to live through the entire s, from the hostile force," he said. The equipment and computer programs furnished by the McClellan-base- d Red Force Center will have application throughout the tactical forces and for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Foreign military forces, including NATO, will also use the Back at Nellis, the participants of the day's strike force sit down to carefully reconstruct every move, using blackboards and hand movements as visual aids. One or more aircrew members who have been" shot down" are picked at random for combat desert survival training the next day. After receiving intelligence and mission briefings, they are taken by helicopter or truck to a special area and given the life support equipment they had with them when they were "shot down'-nbthi- ng ..v more. 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