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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday, March 2,: 1984 MiDimtfGifii(3iiri)se Five civilian technicians from the Directorate of Maintenance here are on temporary duty at Spangdahlem AB, West Germany, helping set up Wild Weasel training the first simulator in Europe., Eldon R. Van Buren, team chief, Ronald E. Eastman, Carl J. Fink, John T. McDonald and Neil D. Shelton, along with nine airmen from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing at the German base are preparing the $18 million simulator for operation. Prior to turning on the power early next month, the team is building an environmentally controlled room to store the trainer which has suspended floors, three computers, linkage, ; radar and electronic cables. "The simulator will feature enemy threat simulation with a variety of tactical situations and will provide training to the 52nd that is not normally available in Europe," said Lt. F-4- G Sonstallls fie F-- somy 4 Col. Worrall V. Wilson, chief of wing " tactical operations. "Aircrews flying the simulator for continuation training will have the opportunity of practicing a mission in a cockpit nearly identical to the actual ft 7 ' I I J M aircraft," the colonel said. "The simulator will save money for actual flight operations and will also provide the instructor ready access to the student's cockpit for maximum training effectiveness," he added. The Wild Weasel is equipped with the latest electronic hardware to of find, destroy or force' shut-dow- n F-4- G radar-guide- d, anti-aircra- ft weapons. It does its job with greater accuracy than previous Wild Weasel aircraft, plut it has a larger payload capacity and can carry a greater variety of weapons, including precision-guide- d bomb units for missions. Its role is suppression and destruction iff i K P3 air-to-grou- nd of enemy surface-to-ai- r missilesl Correct office symbols needed for new military pay system Effective March 15, leave and earnings statements and net pay advices for military personnel will be distributed through the Base Information Transfer System. AN military personnel are ad vised to check with their unif .) to ensure office symbols are correct. For more information call SMSgt. Sanders or SSgt. Pogue, Ext. 71851. J LtiPiMklll... mmkim!! titt & F-4- Y SCRIBE SERVICE INCLUDES Consultation Preparation Final Copy Using Computer Equipment For WORD PROCESSING 9 DICTATIONTRANSCRIPTION RECORD KEEPING m Convenient To H.A.F.B. FOR APPOINTMENT CALL 10:00-3:0- ; Ham 776-472- 0 0 ALL YOU CAN EAT Bacon sausage Eggs Hash Browns Scones Muffins Baron of Beef Seafood Salad Bar vegetables Fresh Fruit v : Fruit Juice coffee or Tea 'Only-.-.-- . . .. . .$4.95 1095 W. RIVERD ALE RD. 5 Hz T. McDonald and Eldon R. Van Buren, Directorate of Maintenance Wild Weasel traininstall suspended flooring in the room to house an West simulator at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. ing John CUSTOMIZED PROJECTS . mm (U.S. Air Force Photo by SSgt. J.D. Parker) RESUMES GRANT PREPARATION DATA t vr-- ''f ! G |