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Show - April 18, 1996 11 Hilltop Times rBHW SSilRISIiKffiiiilftii MMKSMMxXMSMBt: Please Call U -- 8-2 Col. Eugene Fuzy, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground commander (left), present- (5-5- 38 ed SSgt. Richard Holmes (center) and TSgt. Roger Cannon, from the 75th Civil Engineering Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, the Army Commendation Medal for exceptionally commendable service. Cannon and Holmes volunteered toxic environmental protective outfits. to test For Afore Information ' lere's what you'll need, ' Valid Driver's License A Recent Pavstub - fce-estMs- Swallowing a transmitter, then sitting in the hot sun doesn't sound pleasant, but that's what two sergeants did to test protective chemical outfits. TSgt. Roger Cannon and SSgt. Richard Holmes, both from the Explo- ing on the face piece," Holmes said. "The outfit would then be run through a scenario which would expose it to the hot desert sun." Information was monitored by a computer and transmitter. "First thing in the morning they sive Ordnance Disposal Division, 75th would have you swallow a transmitter Civil Engineering Group, volunteered so that they would be able to monitor as test subjects in the body temperature," Cannon said. toxic environment protective outfit. our The computer would measure the readOver a period, they helped evaluate the durability of the outfit ings and store them in a data base. The tests involved Army, Air Force, during realistic chemical scenarios. The tests were done at the Army's Marine and DOD civilian personnel. After the tests, Cannon and Holmes B Dugway Proving Ground. "During one exercise we were put were presented the Army Commendainto an environmentally controlled tion Medal for exceptionally comchamber and the temperature was lo- mendable service by CoL Eugene wered to a point where ice was form-- Fuzy, Dugway commander. yr 'ctttit & , w" ' r Hill volunteers help test equipment , hA! Bankruptcy Discharge Papers Trade or Down Payment' Recent Phone Bill Title on two-ye- SrVQynTt?) I April 30. 1996 Dat. I ' t2S ft 3 d'J vj Print Your Name Here rta .tiCtSV. 'tSOSV. USSU . i CSSTTA J Stock 1395471 a GACttriY. Til THACd Ml ts ford I E5COSTT EXC& I 'nctsv, Stock 275501 '93 BtflCK CENTURY" "90 FORD BRONCO 529120 Stock 403792 J1 : Stock I 'BCI3V. I WRIGHT-PATTERSO- N Ohio (AFNSJ The Tfcr 111 DarkStv- I ASTRO VAN Ml- - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UA V) Stock 40M52 ceeafuDy completed ite first flight March 29. Taking off from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB. Calif., at 6:25 ajn. (PST), DrkStar achieved 92 PONTIAC an akitude erf approximately 5,000 feet baa-i-c end completed GRAND PRIX ' to maneuvers, Maj. eexording fhght Stock 204801 Mark Mattoon, flight test director. "It C&5 TOB C TROOPER ..J I Stock 529740 Stock 305061 dl'SSISUZU :l ej. urrui rmrsw 1 ? Stock 204251 ffiSS $800.00 'WPOBTIAC S39t I ar ' All PRICES AFTER REBATE PLUS TAX t LICENSE was flawless picture perfect," he said. "The system successfully executed a fully autonomous flight from takeoff to landing, using the differential Global Positioning System." DarkStar has a short, wingspan. It is capabody and ble of flying 500 nautical miles from its base at altitudes as high as 45,000 feet, and to loiter above highly defended, reconnaissance sites and most airborne radars for more than eight hours. With its wings off, the craft can be carried aboard a transport. "Designed to take American fighting forces out of harm's way while giving them more accurate battlefield data via three different types of sensors that can transmit data DarkStar will operate within the current military force structure, and with disk-shape- d 69-fo- ot jPONTinC CADILLAC GftAC TRUCK 750 North Main 544-344- 5 tCOPY J Layton C-1- real-tim- cation, computer and inteuicaace miipmewt.1 said UAV SPO director IX CoL ;Humes J. DtlMino. "Unce tme flight test program is completed DarkStar will join its companion program, the Tier II Phis Global Hawk, as a critical part of the Air Force's future vision for improved tactical reconnaissance." " DarkStar's fhghC test program is geared to evaluate basic system performance, molding a Synthetic Aperture Radar and electro-opticpayloads. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center, also located at Edwards, is conducting DarkStar's test flights, which are scheduled to continue through September 1997. Once the tests are completed, Dark-Sta- r will undergo technical demonstrations for military applications. The UAV program is managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on behalf of the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, and due to transition to the Air Force's Joint Endurance UAV System Program Office at Aeronautical Systems Center here. (Courtesy ofAFMC News Service and Aeronautical Systems Center Public Affairs) al . |