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[RiE]

New to the forum.
I was in the USAF from 1975 to Jan 1981.
after tech school, Stationed at Barksdale LA, RAF Alconbury, then finished up at Williams AFB AZ

Worked on RADAR Nav systems on aircraft.


Roger

[Bill Farnie]

Welcome to the PF

[Stick]

Welcome home Roger. Glad to have you here. Ain't no FNG's here just Newbees so offer what you can and don't be scarce.

[39mto39g]

What does an , RNS person Do.

Ron

[RiE]

Originally posted by 39mto39g What does an , RNS person Do.

Ron
RADAR Nav systems?
Any of the RADAR Navigation systems that the aircraft had, our shop had to do the repairs on them. RADAR. TACAN (TACtical Air Navigation), the altimeters (radio based, not the barometric altimeters). Essentially the nav systems that transmitted or recieved.
The inertial nav system (doppler), was not ours. It didn't transmit, just relied on it's own thing.

this was pre-GPS, not sure which shop took over the GPS stuff when it came out.

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Welcome to the site and thank you for your service!

[goodnessgracie]

Roger, Roger (I know, that's SOOOOOO old)!

Welcome aboard

[SEATJERKER]

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[Jerry D]

welcome aboard Roger :ae: from another Com/Nav troop. Around 1989 Radio,Radar,and Doppler become one System and I think we got the gps around 1996?? been awhile since I helped mod the Aircraft at McChord AFB was there from 86'-2000, before that Incirlick AB working Transient aircraft. Befor that from 81-84 @ LRAFB,Ark Started out just a Radio Troop in 1980. Thank you for your service .
Jerry

[Keith_Hixson]

Welcome a great bunch of men and women.

Keith

P.S. Actually this is my group therapy session for those of Polish descent living in Indiana. :D

[RiE]

Originally posted by Jerry D welcome aboard Roger :ae: from another Com/Nav troop. Around 1989 Radio,Radar,and Doppler become one System and I think we got the gps around 1996??

Thanks for the welcome all.
Jerry,my last year at Alconbury, they were having the radio guys crosstrain with us. They split flight-line work from shop work. Us radio/radar flightline guys pretty much did each others work (well, mainly radio helping us, our systems were in a permanent state of broke all the time). We weren't officially together by a long shot, and I think the shop guys were still split at the time.

[revwardoc]

Excellent! Another member of the Mighty United States Air Force! We've got enough Dogfaces, Jarheads, and Swabbos.

[Robert Ryan]

Welcome to the site Roger. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

[Jerry D]

Roger, I had a good friend Harry(a C141 Engine troop) at McChord AFB whose father in law lived near Alconberry thats where he met his wife. His Father in Law loved his big Yank Tank an Olds 442 :)

[Boats]

Roger - little late welcoming you on board. Thanks for your service to the country and be sure to stand your ground.