David
Tue December 17, 2002 3:35pm
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Specialist Dion Samuel a
Specialist Dion Samuel a Generator Mechanic assigned to the 268th Signal Company, checks out the DC Voltage and output AC voltage of a 10 kilo Watt generator. The 10 KW generator is part of the 72nd Signal Battalion communcations support at Devulje Barracks Split, Croatia for the Implementation Force.
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David
Tue December 17, 2002 3:35pm
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British Mechanical Transp
British Mechanical Transport Technician, Corporal Chris Hall and US Army Generator Mechanic, Specialist Dion Sammuel of the 268nd Signal Company, work together to repair a 10 KW generator.
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 1:36pm
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KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghan
KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghanistan)- Army Pvt. Robert Sheppard, a heavy weapons specialist with Delta Co., 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, scans the outlying mountains while on patrol outside the air base.
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 1:36pm
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KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghan
KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghanistan)- Army Pvt. Robert Sheppard, a heavy weapons specialist with Delta Co., 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, scans the outlying mountains while on patrol outside the airbase.
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 1:36pm
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KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghan
KANDAHAR AIR BASE (Afghanistan)- Army Pvt. Robert Sheppard, a heavy weapons specialist with Delta Co., 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, scans the outlying mountains while on patrol outside the air base.
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 2:35pm
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February 27, 2002 - Serge
February 27, 2002 - Sergeant Major of the Army Jack Tilley, and John Stryker with his wife Sharon of Auburn, New York unveil the name of the Army's interim armor vehicle at the annual Association of the United States Army convention tonight in Fort Lauderdale. John Stryker is the brother of Medal of Honor recipient Specialist Robert Stryker, one of the namesakes of this fighting vehicle.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 8:01am
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An Electronic Warfare Spe
An Electronic Warfare Specialist is reflected in her Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) display in the Combat Direction Center (CDC) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln. NTDS is one of the systems by which the battle space operations are transmitted throughout the battle group and provide real time information to decision makers. Abraham Lincoln is on a regularly scheduled deployment and is supporting Operation Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Patricia Totemeier.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 8:44am
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An Operations Specialist
An Operations Specialist provides a status report to Cmdr. John P. Cordle, Oscar Austin's Commanding Officer. The Operations Specialist is standing watch as Aircraft Interceptor Controller monitoring a no-fly zone around the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Battle Group. Oscar Austin is underway with Harry S. Truman, participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 4:27pm
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An Operations Specialist
An Operations Specialist 2nd Class monitors air radar contacts in the Combat Information Center. Lake Champlain is conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer?s Mate 1st Class Greg Messier
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 4:41pm
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A standard missile leaves
A standard missile leaves a trail of smoke off the Vandgrift's starboard side, on an intercept course with an incoming "hostile" drone. Nine U.S. Navy ships took part in missile exercise (MISSILEX) 02-1, an anti-ship missile defense training evolution, as part of a Commander Task Force Seven Five (CTF 75) Multi-Sail battle group interoperability exercise. All participating ships are part of forward deployed Naval Forces based in Yokosuka and Sasebo, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Matthew C. Ruble.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 6:10pm
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Search and Rescue (SAR) I
Search and Rescue (SAR) Instructors and students use a winch to lift a fellow SAR swimmer, Operation's Specialist Seaman Chris Elliott, in a Stoke's stretcher to the edge of Richardson Pool. The rescue is a part of refresher training to maintain their qualifications. The Pearl Harbor-based SAR swimmers practice various types of escape and release maneuvers to prepare for rescues involving combative or panicky victims as well as helicopter, forecastle and rigid hull inflatable boat rescues. The swimming instructors, assigned to the Afloat Training Group, Middle Pacific (ATG MIDPAC), provide SAR proficiency training, 2nd class swim testing, and SAR candidate training. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st William R. Goodwin.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 10:15pm
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Sailors assist in steadyi
Sailors assist in steadying the deep submergence rescue vehicle Mystic (DSRV 1) as it is lowered on to the fast-attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700) at Askaz Naval Base in Turkey. Dallas and Mystic are in Turkey conducting training operations in support of the NATO triennial major submarine escape and rescue (SMER) exercise Sorbet Royal 2000. Sorbet Royal involves rescue specialists and Naval forces from three NATO nations, Italy, Turkey and the United States of America. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jason E. Miller.
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:30am
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C-23 Sherpa
Function: Transport and airdrops.
Description: The Sherpa is an all-freight version of the Shorts 330 regional airliner with a 5 foot, 6 inch square cabin section over an unimpeded hold length of 29 feet. Through-loading is provided via a large forward freight door, and via a full width, hydraullically operated rear ramp door with removable roller conveyors. The C-23 Sherpa is the Army National Guard?s answer to missions requiring an aircraft that is capable of faster, higher-altitude and longer-distance coverage than helicopters. The Sherpa comes with a low operating cost due to its simple, robust construction, compared to that of other cargo aircraft.
The Army National Guard has procured 44 C-23B/B+ Sherpa light cargo aircraft to support theater aviation, cargo, airdrop, and aeromedical evacuation for both state and federal wartime missions. The C-23 multi-role utility airplane is the only cargo airplane in the Army, and is organized into 4 theater airplane companies. Each company has four detachments. The detachments are all located in different states. Each detachment has two aircraft. In the Alaska Army National Guard the UV-18As have been replaced by the C-23B+. Requirements exist to standardize C-23B/B+ systems to include global positioning systems, high frequency radios, airdrop equipment, aeromedical evacuation, and engine upgrades. A few of these aircraft are used as all-freight regional airliners by Air Force Material Command.
The aircraft can carry up to 30 passengers in airline-type seats, along with palletized cargo, four small pallets, and do airdrop of those pallets, or 18 litter patients plus their medical personnel. It has a range of a thousand miles, cruises up to two hundred knots, and it?s square because most of the things the Army has are square rather than round. It has six-and-a-half feet of headroom. It is unpressurized, but if it flies above 10,000 feet for an extended period of time, the crew wears oxygen masks. The Sherpa has a crew of three, but sometimes flies with four man crews if there is a need for two flight engineers.
The C-23B Sherpa aircraft is a light military transport aircraft, designed to operate efficiently, even under the most arduous conditions, in a wide range of mission configurations. The large square-section hold, with access at both ends, offers flexibility to perform ordnance movement, troop & vehicle transport, airborne/airdrop missions, medical evacuation and is suitable for conversion to other specialist duties such as maritime or land surveillance.
Configured as a troop transport, the Sherpa provides comfortable, air-conditioned seating for 30 passengers, features "walk about" headroom, a removable latrine unit, and has a 500 lb capacity / 345 cu. ft. baggage compartment located in the nose of the aircraft. Additional space for a 600 lb capacity optional baggage pallet is provided on the rear ramp of the aircraft.
During airborne operations, the aircraft accommodates 27 paratroopers. Optionally, it can be outfitted to handle up to 18 stretchers plus 2 medical attendants. The airplane meets Army Short Take-off & Landing guidelines (STOL), can operate from unpaved runways and is equipped with self-contained ground handling equipment. Operational experience with this remarkable aircraft has proven it to have low maintenance costs and low fuel consumption.
The grey, 30-foot long Sherpa, begins life as a Shorts 360 Airliner. The Shorts Aviation Company is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is one of the oldest aircraft builders in the world. The airplanes are then sent to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where each is remanufactured into an Army Sherpa. The West Virginia Air Center (WVAC) operated by Bombardier Defence Services Inc. provides Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the C-23 Sherpa aircraft operated by the United States Army National Guard (USARNG) and the US Air Force. This entails support of 27 C-23B and C-23B+ aircraft located at 19 different bases in the USA, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Additionally, the company provide CLS to the fleet of C-23A aircraft operated by the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base CA.
The U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center (USAATTC) has a C-23A aircraft which has been modified to acquire various electronic sensor data in support of the Program Executive Officer (PEO) Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Programs. The Sherpa (C-23A) is owned by Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), Ft. Rucker, AL. Originally under the sponsorship of PM, Airborne Reconnaissance Low (PM ARL) and currently being transitioned to PM NV/RSTA, it acts as a UAV surrogate for payload testing. The C-23A Sherpa, with its on-board workstation and capability to carry observers, is ideal for real-time evaluations of various sensor and target detection/recognition systems.
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:31am
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C-22B
Function: The C-22B, a Boeing 727-100, is the primary medium-range aircraft used by the Air National Guard and National Guard Bureau to airlift personnel.
History: The C-22B was introduced by the airline industry in 1963. It proved to be a major innovative design with its three Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines, one on each side of the rear fuselage and the third in the tail cone. Currently, there are three C-22B's in use, all assigned to the 201st Airlift Squadron, District of Columbia Air National Guard.
Description: The C-22B's unique arrangement of leading-edge devices and trailing-edge flaps permit lower approach speeds, thus allowing operation from runways never intended for a 600-mph (Mach 0.82) aircraft. The aircraft has heated and pressurized baggage compartments - one on the right side forward and the second just aft of the wheel well. The two compartments provide 425 cubic feet (12.75 cubic meters) of cargo space. The fuselage also incorporates a forward entry door and hydraulically opened integral aft stairs in the tail cone.
The flight controls consist of a hydraulically powered dual-elevator control system with control tab to assist during manual operation. Hydraulically powered rudders use two main systems with a standby system for the lower rudder. The ailerons also are powered by dual-hydraulic systems. They have balance tabs on the outboard and control tabs on the inboard, which assures adequate maneuverability in the event of a total hydraulic failure. The flight spoiler systems assist ailerons and also function as speed brakes. The aircraft's tricycle landing gear consists of a dual-wheel nose gear, left and right dual-wheel main gear, and a retractable tail skid which prevents damaging the aircraft in case of overrotation. Nose wheel steering is hydraulically powered and controlled by a steering wheel to approximately 78 degrees in either direction. Fuel is contained in three main tanks inside the wing center section. Rapid pressure fueling and defueling is accomplished at the fueling station on the right wing. The total fuel capacity is approximately 50,000 pounds (22,500 kilograms) of JP-4. Fuel may be dumped down to 35,000 pounds (15,750 kilograms) from all tanks.
The C-22B requires four crew members and three or four in-flight passenger specialists for passenger service and safety. The avionics package includes one UHF and two VHF radio altimeters, variable instrument switching and two Collins FD-108 flight directors. A third vertical gyro and an additional VHF transceiver are available in case of failure of the primary systems.
General Characteristics, C-22B
Builder:
Boeing Co.
Thrust:
14,000 pounds each engine
Length:
133 feet, 2 inches (40.3 meters)
Height:
34 feet, (10.3 meters)
Wingspan:
108 feet (32.7 meters)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
170,000 pounds (76,500 kilograms)
Maximum Payload:
20,000 pounds (9,000 kilograms)
Maximum Speed:
619 mph (Mach 0.82)
Power Plant:
Three JT8D-7 turbofan engines
Range:
2,000 miles (1,739 nautical miles)
Endurance:
5.5 Hours
Crew:
Pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, flight mechanic, and three or four in-flight passenger specialists
Date Deployed:
1963
Inventory:
Active force, 0
ANG, 3
Reserve, 0
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:42am
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E-8C Joint Stars
Function: The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS which is to provide dedicated support of ground commanders requirements.
History: Joint STARS evolved from Army and Air Force programs to develop, detect, locate and attack enemy armor at ranges beyond the forward area of troops. In 1982, the programs were merged and the Air Force became the lead agent. The contract was competitively awarded to Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman Aerospace Corporation) in September 1985 for two E-8C development systems. These aircraft deployed in 1991 to participate in Desert Storm even though they were still in development. The joint program accurately tracked mobile Iraqi forces, including tanks and Scud missiles. Crews flew developmental aircraft on 49 combat sorties accumulating more than 500 combat hours and a 100 percent mission effectiveness rate.
Joint STARS developmental aircraft were also called to support the NATO peacekeeping mission, Operation Joint Endeavor, in December 1995. While flying in friendly air space, the test-bed E-8A and pre-production E-8C aircraft monitored ground movements according to the Dayton Peace Treaty agreements. Crews flew 95 consecutive operational sorties and more than 1,000 flight hours with a 98 percent mission effectiveness rate.
The 93rd Air Control Wing accepted its first aircraft, June 11, 1996, and Joint STARS returned to Operation Joint Endeavor in October 1996 when the 93rd ACW deployed. The designated 93rd Air Expeditionary Group (Provisional) monitored while NATO rotated troops through Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first production E-8C and a pre-production E-8C from Northrop Grumman Corp. flew 36 operational sorties and more than 470 flight hours with a 100 percent effectiveness rate. The wing declared initial operational capability Dec. 18, 1997.
The E-8C Joint STARS supports various taskings from the Combined Force Command Korea during the winter exercise cycle to the United Nations enforcing resolutions on Iraq.
A fourth production aircraft, designated backup aircraft inventory, was delivered to the Air Force Aug. 18, 1998.
Description: The E-8C is a modified Boeing 707/300 series commercial airframe extensively remanufactured and modified with the radar, communications, operations and control subsystems required to perform its operational mission. The most prominent external feature is the 40-foot (12 meters) long, canoe-shaped radome under the forward fuselage that houses the 24-foot (7.3 meters) long, side-looking phase array antenna.
The E-8C can respond quickly and effectively to support worldwide military contingency operations. It is a jam-resistant system capable of operating while experiencing heavy electronic countermeasures. The E-8C can fly a mission profile for more than eight hours without refueling. Its range and on-station time can be increased through inflight refueling.
The radar and computer subsystems on the E-8C can gather and display broad and detailed battlefield information. Data is collected as events occur. This includes position and tracking information on enemy and friendly ground forces. The information is relayed in near-real time to the Army's common ground stations via the secure jam-resistant surveillance and control data link and to other ground command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) nodes beyond line-of-sight via ultra high frequency satellite communications.
Radar operating modes include wide area surveillance, moving target indicator (MTI), sector search MTI and synthetic aperture radar. The antenna can be slued to either side of the aircraft to provide a 120 degree field of view covering nearly 19,305 square miles (50,000 square kilometers) and is capable of detecting targets at ranges from 164,049 to 820,248 feet (50 to 250 kilometers) from the aircraft. In addition to being able to detect, locate and track large numbers of ground vehicles the radar has some limited capability to detect helicopters, rotating antennas and low slow-moving fixed wing aircraft.
Other major E-8C subsystems are communications, operations and control. Eighteen operator workstations display computer-processed data in graphic and tabular format on video screens. Operators and technicians perform battle management, surveillance, weapons, intelligence, communications and maintenance functions.
In support of air-to-ground operations, the E-8C can provide the direct information needed to increase situation awareness with intelligence support and support attack and targeting operations to include attack aviation, naval surface fire, field artillery and friendly maneuver forces. It also provides information for air and land commanders to gain and maintain control of the battle-space and execute against enemy forces.
The E-8C can be used as a battle management and command and control asset to support the full spectrum of roles and missions from peacekeeping operations to a major theater war.
General Characteristics, E-8C Joint Stars
Contractor:
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Unit Cost:
Approximately $270 million
Power Plant:
Four Pratt and Whitney TF33-102Cs
Thrust:
19,200 pounds each engine
Length:
152 feet, 11 inches (46.6 meters)
Height:
42 feet, 6 inches (13 meters)
Wingspan:
145 feet, 9 inches (44.4 meters)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
331,000 pounds (150,142 kilograms)
Speed:
Optimum orbit speed 390 - 510 knots (Mach 0.52 - 0.65)
Ceiling:
42,000 feet (12,802 meters)
Crew:
Flight crew of four, plus mission crew of 15 Air Force and three Army specialists (crew size varies according to mission)
Range:
Eight hours (unrefueled)
Inventory:
Active force, 4 (14 to be delivered to Air Force by 2003)
ANG, 0
Reserve, 0
Date Deployed:
1996
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