Aerotech News - June 21, 2013

College students study Earth from NASA’s DC-8 flying lab

PALMDALE, Calif. – Thirty-two undergraduate students are participating in an eight-week NASA Airborne Science Program field experience designed to immerse them in the agency’s Earth Science research.

Now in its fifth year, NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students majoring in the sciences, mathematics and engineering to participate in all aspects of a NASA Airborne Science research campaign. Flying aboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory, students will measure pollution and air quality in the Los Angeles basin and in California’s Central Valley and use remote sensing instruments to study forest ecology in the Sierra Nevada and ocean biology along the California coast.

In addition to airborne data collection, students will take validation or complementary measurements at field sites.

SARP participants are given a rare behind-thescenes look at the instrument installation, flight planning and payload testing that is the basis of every successful Earth Science airborne campaign carried out by NASA. These campaigns play a pivotal role in the acquisition of process-oriented knowledge about the Earth system, as well as calibration and validation of NASA’s space-borne Earth observations, remote sensing measurements and high-resolution imagery for Earth system science.

SARP began June 10 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., with lec-

Photograph courtesy of James Mumaw

Bristling with numerous experiment probes projecting from its fuselage and wingtips, NASA’s DC-8 flying science laboratory descends for landing in this 2008 photo. The modified jetliner will be carrying more than 30 college students and their experiments during low-level flights over various areas in California June 17–20, 2013, as part of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program.

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Airbus A350 XWB makes first flight

The world’s aviation sector moved to the rhythm of Airbus’ A350 XWB June 14 as this new-generation jetliner performed its first flight – viewed by thousands of company employees, industry executives and aircraft enthusiasts at Toulouse, France, and followed on the Internet by a global audience.

Beginning its takeoff roll exactly on time at 10 a.m. local time, the no. 1 A350 XWB smoothly rotated and climbed away from Runway 32L at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, ascending through scattered clouds as it was accompanied by a photo chase aircraft.

Operating on maximum takeoff power of its two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, the A350 XWB demonstrated the aircraft’s low external noise levels and excellent handling conditions from its first moments in the air.

“The A350 XWB is fantastic and impressive,” said John Leahy moments after the historic takeoff. “Did you hear how quiet it was? We’re going to set new standards with the A350 XWB – not just for comfort and performance, but for environmental friendliness as well.”

Airbus employees welcomed the newest member of the company’s jetliner family by turning out in large numbers at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport – many waving flags with the message: “A350 XWB first flight – We did it!”

Additionally, more than 50,000 visitors watched the A350 XWB’s takeoff on the airbus.com website, which delivered on-line streaming that also included realtime air-to-air video. This coverage enabled viewers to share the experience as the aircraft went airborne for the first time, and subsequently provided real-time views during such key moments as the first landing gear retraction and certain handling qualities evaluations.

While airborne, the A350 XWB was clearly identifiable by the extra widebody fuselage cross-section, its distinctive wrap-around windshield and streamlined

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U.S. Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft has made an unprecedented landing on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

The aircraft flew from San Diego to the Japanese ship Hyuga June 14 as part of an 18-day drill aimed at improving Japan’s amphibious capabilities.

The Osprey has sparked protests in Japan over concerns about its safety record. There were two crashes last year, in Florida and Morocco.

The Japanese government approved the deployment of 12 Ospreys in 2012 to Okinawa after receiving additional assurances from the Pentagon.

Military officials say the Osprey is critical for regional security efforts. The hybrid aircraft can take off and land like a helicopter. AP Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after the attack last year on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey disputed the claim by former top diplomat Gregory Hicks, who told a House panel last month that the unit was told not to go to assist Americans under siege.

Dempsey told a Senate panel June 12 that when the unit contacted commanders in Germany, it was told that it would be better used in Tripoli to handle any wounded. He also said a plane evacuating Americans from Benghazi would have crossed paths in the air if they had left Tripoli.

Four Americans were killed in the attack. AP Navy revises plan for solar panels on runway The Navy says it no longer favors covering an historic Hawaii runway with solar panels to meet green energy requirements and will instead place panels on fallow acreage.

The plan to cover 28 acres of Ford Island runway had drawn protest from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and others.

The Navy in an environmental assessment says 50,000 panels on Waipio Peninsula are preferred and the Ford Island runway remains an alternative site.

The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports the solar energy equipment is part of a military power project for bases on Oahu and Kauai in response to a push by Congress and the Defense Department to substitute renewable energy for dependence on foreign fossil fuel.

Public for the environmental assessment is open through June 24. AP Camp Pendleton unveils tribute to Afghanistan dead A memorial honoring 89 Marines and Navy medical corspmen killed in Afghanistan has been unveiled in Southern California.

Friends, family and comrades were on hand June 6 at the Camp Pendleton Marine base for the dedication of a granite slab. It bears the names of 5th Marine Regiment members killed during Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Los Angeles Times says Gen. John Kelly spoke at the ceremony, telling families he regretted their loss from the bottom of a broken heart.

His son, Robert, was killed in Afghanistan three years ago.

Kelly said the fallen join what he called an “unbroken list of heroes” from other wars.

The memorial cost more than $50,000 and was funded by donations from local residents, veterans and regimental supporters. AP Air Force recruiter convicted on sex abuse counts A military jury in South Texas has convicted a Houston-area recruiter on multiple sexual assaultrelated counts.

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Air Force TSgt. Jaime Rodriguez faces up to life in prison in the penalty phase at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The San Antonio Express-News reports Rodriguez previously pleaded guilty to six charges and 23 specifications of wrongdoing. He was accused of having unprofessional relationships with recruits and an assistant.

Rodriguez late June 12 was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, non-forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual contact, wrongful sexual contact and exposure. He was acquitted on two sexual assault-related counts for alleged 2011 incidents with women in a back room of his office.

Rodriguez was tried at Lackland because the Air Force Recruiting Service is headquartered in San Antonio. AP Navy kickbacks defendant requests new lawyer A former employee of the U.S. Navy who admitted leading a kickback scheme that cost the Navy $18 million is asking for a new lawyer less than two weeks after pleading guilty to conspiracy, theft of government property and tax evasion.

Ralph Mariano filed papers in U.S. District Court in Providence saying there has been a “complete breakdown” in the relationship between him and his lawyer, Robert Corrente. Corrente is a former U.S. Attorney, and Mariano says he has a conflict because he was leading the office at the same time the U.S. Attorney’s office was investigating the scheme. Corrente would not comment.

Mariano says he does not want to change his plea, but wants a new lawyer to help him before he is sentenced in September. AP Japanese carrier’s Boeing 787 has engine problem A Japanese carrier’s Dreamliner had engine trouble before takeoff June 12, a day after a rival airline had a problem on another 787 plane.

Neither problem was with the lithium-ion batteries that were overheating and resulted in the Boeing aircraft being grounded for four months. The 787s returned to commercial service last month with their batteries now encased to prevent overheating from spreading.

The All Nippon Airways flight was scheduled to go from Ube to Tokyo’s Haneda airport but the right-side engine would not start, airline spokesman Yoichi Uchida said. He said its 141 passengers are taking other flights.

June 11, a Japan Airlines 787 returned to Haneda shortly after takeoff because of a problem in its deicing system.

The system is needed depending on weather conditions, and a malfunction can at times be dangerous, but the jet was not at risk and it returned safely, JAL spokesman Jian Yang said. The flight was en route to Singapore. AP Navy to set goals for women on subs The commander of a Groton, Conn.,-based submarine group is leading a task force dedicated to the integration of enlisted women on Navy submarines.

Female officers already have begun serving aboard ballistic missile and guided-missile subs. In 2015, female officers will begin reporting for assignment on the smaller attack submarines, where berthing is more of a privacy problem.

The panel led by Navy Rear Adm. Kenneth Perry, commander of Submarine Group Two, is developing integration goals for all submarines. A detailed plan is due to the chief of Naval Operations

by March 2015.

The Navy reversed a ban on women in submarines in April 2010.

The commander of the Navy’s submarine force, Vice Adm. Michael Connor, set up the task force to develop studies on the feasibility of enlisted women serving aboard submarines, potential courses of action and candidate timelines, according to a Navy

news release.

Electric Boat in Groton is working on a design for a new submarine to replace the aging Ohio-class ballistic missile subs. The Navy said it is working with contractors on a design that would accommodate female officers as well as mixed-gender crews.

AP Air Force admits error on support The U.S. Air Force is admitting giving out wrong information on public support for basing the F-35 fighter jet in Burlington, Vt. In a revised draft environmental impact statement, the Air Force said last month it had received 913 public comments on the proposal to base up to 24 of the next-generation fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport, and that 80 percent of them were in support, with 20 percent opposed.

The Air Force now says it got those numbers wrong, and that public comments actually ran 65 percent against basing the F-35 in Burlington, with 35 percent in favor.

An Air Force civilian project manager, Nicholas Germanos, says the error was found before the revised report was issued and was supposed to be fixed, but was not. AP New radios at Georgia Army base jammed garage doors Authorities say a new radio system being installed at a Georgia Army base is frustrating hundreds of homeowners in the Augusta area who have been locked out of their garages because of jammed remote-control signals.

The Augusta Chronicle reports the confusion began last week, when Fort Gordon upgraded its land-mobile radios to a 390 megahertz bandwidth, the same frequency used in automatic garage door remotes.

Since then, nearly 500 residents have called or visited the Overhead Door Co. of Augusta to complain about garage doors that fail to open and close on command.

Fort Gordon spokesman Buz Yarnell said in a statement June 10 that the Army post intended to conduct widespread public notifications on the transition but testing began earlier than expected.

AP Iran launches rearmed destroyer Iran says it has launched a 50-year-old destroyer on the Persian Gulf after overhauling it and rearming with modern missiles.

Since 1992, Iran has been pursuing a self-sufficiency military program, reportedly producing its own jet fighters, tanks, missiles and light submarines as well as torpedoes.

The report by state TV quotes Rear Adm. Abbas Zamini as saying that experts had equipped the destroyer Bayandor with anti-ship missiles capable of firing 160 kilometers (100 miles) during its 20-month overhauled.

Zamini says the destroyer joined Iran’s navy in 1964 and is named after a World War II war hero. AP World air fleet to double in 20 years Boeing expects its global aircraft demand to double in the next two decades with most of the orders coming from Asia, an executive from the US airplane-maker says.

Speaking ahead of the Bourget International Air Salon, Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing, says rising oil prices are forcing carriers to think harder about efficiency, and that means smaller planes that burn less fuel. It also means design changes and streamlined air traffic control.

The 20-year forecast, which Boeing puts out annually, predicts 60 percent of the demand for aircraft will come from Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The rest comes from carriers in Europe and North America.

The commercial fleet today stands at 20,310 aircraft, Boeing says. In 2032, the company said that will rise to 41,240. AP

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June 21, 2013

‘One giant leap’ toward a NASA Armstrong center?

Neil Armstrong’s name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum, but not a single NASA facility is christened in honor of the man whose “giant leap” made him the first to walk on the moon.

All that could soon change on the fringes of the Mojave Desert, where leaders at the space agency’s top flight research center are mulling the consequences of a proposed name change at the place where Armstrong was a test pilot.

The push by some in Congress to strike the name of former NASA executive Hugh Dryden from the facility has brought with it some questions: Is it justified to substitute one accomplished figure for another? At a time of squeezed budgets, is it worth the cost? And, besides: How long before the next space hotshot upends the world’s first moonwalker?

Managers at the Dryden Flight Research Center have no say in what they’re called – final approval rests with the U.S. House and Senate – and so they have left the soul-searching to others.

“I’m happy with the name Dryden Flight Research Center, but I’ll be equally happy with Armstrong,” center Director David McBride said.

“Both men were leaders in the field.”

Though not a done deal, brainstorming is already underway: Welcome signs bearing the Dryden logo would have to be updated. Research aircraft would need their sides repainted. Letterhead and pamphlets would have to be recycled. And then there’s the obligatory dedication ceremony.

Dryden officials have not calculated a total makeover cost but don’t foresee extra funds, meaning they would have to work within their $65 million operating budget to pay for the changes.

It wouldn’t be the first rebranding of a NASA facility.

In 1999, the Lewis Research Center in Ohio – named for George Lewis, the first executive officer of NASA’s pre-

NASA photograph

This 1960 image shows Neil Armstrong standing by an X-15 rocketplane after a test flight. Armstrong later went on to become the first man to walk on the moon. A bill in Congress wants to rename the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California after the Apollo 11 astronaut to honor his time there as a test pilot.

decessor agency – was changed to the John H. Glenn Research Center, after the first American to orbit Earth and former senator. A daylong celebration was held, complete with an F-16 flyover and a parade filled with floats, marching bands and a cameo appearance by Glenn.

Any festivities marking a Dryden-toArmstrong swap would likely be more muted to save money.

A name switch often occurs to raise a center’s profile and is not unlike what happens at universities, which shuffle the nameplate on buildings and stadiums as memories fade and institutions try to cash in on a bigger celebrity or generous donor.

“Dryden had a tremendous influence on the original space program,” said American University space policy professor Howard McCurdy. Still, he added: “With few exceptions, time diminishes everyone’s legacy.”

The Dryden moniker has existed since 1976. Before that the center, located on the grounds of Edwards Air Force Base about 90 miles north of Los Angeles, was not named for a specific person. It was here where the sound

barrier was broken and where the nowretired space shuttle fleet once landed.

Experimental jets routinely buzz the skies.

Between 1955 and 1962, Armstrong was a test pilot at the facility – then called the High-Speed Flight Station.

He logged 2,400 hours of flight there, including on the X-15 rocketplane that opened the way for manned spaceflight.

Less of a household name, Dryden was a child prodigy who enrolled in college at age 14. An aerospace engineer, he served as director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, and later as the space agency’s first deputy administrator. He died in 1965; four years later, Armstrong stepped on the moon.

After the House in late February voted unanimously for a Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, Dryden officials started a checklist of signs that would need replacing on buildings, highway exits and aircraft. This is the second attempt at a name change

by Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, whose district includes Dryden. The measure is awaiting consideration in

the Senate, which failed to act last year.

Some in Congress have questioned the idea, given the fiscal climate.

“I doubt in this era of declining funding for NASA that either Neil Armstrong or Hugh Dryden would want a single precious dollar to be spent on a cosmetic facility name change when that money could be spent instead on fulfilling NASA’s mission to reach for the stars,” Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., said during the bill’s debate.

Edwards nonetheless voted for bill.

The Glenn Center spent about $260,000 on a new website, fresh signs and updated printed materials. To cut down on costs, employees were encouraged to use up the old letterhead when communicating with one another.

At Dryden, McBride said the metal entrance sign greeting visitors would be replaced immediately if the name change gets final approval, while other signs would have to wait. Most research aircraft would be rebranded as they come up for maintenance, except for the few that make frequent crosscountry trips.

Graphic artists have yet to envision what an Armstrong logo would look like.

The thought of being affiliated with the Apollo 11 astronaut, who died last year, has excited area business owners, who believe the change could help them better promote the region to visitors.

“Neil Armstrong is much more recognizable. No disrespect to Mr. Dryden,” said Kimberly Maevers, who heads the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance.

Some NASA facilities have been named after political figures - John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Texas, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama - or players who have made significant contributions. For example, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland was named for Robert Goddard, a physicist and inventor.

Meanwhile, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, known for its robotic missions to Mars and the outer solar system, is not named for anyone.

The Dryden name wouldn’t disappear entirely if the change goes through. The proposal calls for designating the center’s test range in his honor as a consolation. AP

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President Dwight Eisenhower, center, commissioning Dr. T. Keith Glennan, right, as the first administrator for NASA and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as deputy administrator, in Washington, D.C. A bill in Congress wants to rename the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California after Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut to honor his time there as a test pilot.

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nose profile, along with the tapered wings – a result of Airbus’ advanced aerodynamic design. To further distinguish the new aircraft, it carries the A350 WXB designation – complete with the stylized logo – in large letters on its fuselage centerline.

In completing its 4-hour, 5-minute maiden mission, the A380 XWB performed a flyby of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport before landing on Runway 32L to applause and cheers.

The A350 XWB that flew today is designated MSN1, and is an A350-900 version. This is the mid-family member of the A350 XWB Family, with the -900 to accommodate 314 passengers in a typical three-class configuration.

The longer-fuselage A350-1000 version seats 350, while the shortest – the A350-800 – has a capacity of 270 passengers.

A total of five aircraft will participate in the A350-900’s 2,500-flight hour test and certification programme in support of this first A350 XWB version to enter airline service.

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GenCorp completes acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne GenCorp Inc. announced June 14 that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all operations of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne business from United Technologies Corporation.

GenCorp will combine Rocketdyne with Aerojet-General Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GenCorp, and the combined businesses will operate as Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., headquartered in Sacramento, Calif.

As part of the Rocketdyne transaction, GenCorp will acquire UTC’s 50 percent interest in the RD Amross joint venture following receipt of Russian regulatory approvals.

“Today is an exciting milestone in the history of GenCorp.

This landmark transaction signals the transformation of two rocket propulsion companies into one extraordinary opportunity for the future,” said GenCorp President and CEO, Scott Seymour. “The addition of Rocketdyne almost doubles the size of our company and provides additional growth opportunities as we build upon the complementary capabilities of each legacy company, including their talented people and innovative technologies.”

“Combined, we bring decades of history that launched the first space age and put mission-critical technology into the hands of our war fighters,” Seymour continued. “Our vision for the future is a shared one. We have the best workforce in the industry and we are committed to 100 percent safety and mission success as we continue to deliver performance, drive innovation and create opportunity. We will continue to be a leader in the next space age.”

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Boeing transfers 1st C-17 to Indian Air Force

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Indian Air Force flew its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III to India today, becoming the newest operator of the leading airlifter.

“The C-17 will equip the Indian Air Force with amongst the world’s most advanced humanitarian and strategic capabilities,” said Air Vice Marshal SRK Nair, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Transport and Helicopters). “We have looked forward to this day when our Indian Air Force flies the first C-17 to its new home in India.”

Boeing is on track to deliver four more C-17s to the IAF this year and five in 2014. This first aircraft was transferred June 11 after completion of a flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale, Calif., that began following the Jan. 22 delivery.

“Congratulations to the Indian Air Force on this milestone as India joins the worldwide community of C-17 operators,” said Tommy Dunehew, Boeing vice president of Business Develop-

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ment for Mobility, Surveillance and Engagement. “Nations turn to the C-17 for the capability to perform a wide range of operations, from peacekeeping and disaster relief to troop movements from semi-prepared airfields. This aircraft will provide the Indian Air Force with the versatility to augment airlift capability.”

Boeing has now delivered 254 C-17s, including 222 to the U.S. Air Force and a total of 32 C-17s to Australia, Canada, India, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.

Boeing will support the IAF C-17 fleet through the Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program Performance-Based Logistics contract. The GISP “virtual fleet” arrangement ensures mission readiness by providing all C-17 customers access to an extensive support network for worldwide parts availability and economies of scale.

June 21, 2013

Northrop Grumman engineers show high school seniors ups, downs of advanced aircraft design REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Remotely controlled aircraft designed by high school seniors took to the air for the first time in the culmination of a mentoring program sponsored by Northrop Grumman.

The flight demonstrations, conducted during the last week of May, served as the “final exam” of a four-month curriculum in aircraft development to encourage students to consider careers in engineering.

That curriculum is just one part of a unique, award-winning partnership between the company and local schools that gives high school seniors the opportunity to obtain “real world” work experience. Since 1971, more than 8,000 students have “graduated” from Northrop Grumman’s High School Involvement Partnership (HIP) after working in a variety of disciplines.

A stiff ocean breeze greeted five students on a recent afternoon near Northrop Grumman’s Redondo Beach campus as they went through final preparation of the airplanes they designed and built using plastic foam, balsa wood and healthy doses of ingenuity.

“Strong winds don’t provide the best environment for stable flight, but these students were well prepared for the challenge,” said Rudy Loera, coordinator of the aircraft design program and integration manager for Northrop

Grumman’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System program. “They learned the principles of what makes aircraft fly – lift, weight, thrust and drag – and put that knowledge to work.”

One by one, the students watched as each aircraft was launched by Jeremy Alonso, a Northrop Grumman engineer who serves as the lead instructor for the aircraft development program. Some of the airplanes didn’t stay aloft on the first try, but they all eventually took off and landed intact.

“The students passed their final exam with flying colors,” Loera said.

“And if Northrop Grumman can inspire even one of them to pursue engineering or a similar discipline involving science and math, the mentoring program is well worth it. These young people could be our future employees.”

In 1996 and again in 2005, Northrop Grumman’s HIP program received the President’s Volunteer Award, the highest U.S. presidential award for volunteerism. HIP students come to Northrop Grumman for two hours a day, five days a week, to work side by side with employee mentors who volunteer their time. HIP introduces students to disciplines such as finance, office administration and manufacturing, as well as engineering.

This year, a total of 194 high school seniors participated in the program at

Northrop Grumman sites in California (El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Palmdale, Redondo Beach, San Diego), Florida (Melbourne, St. Augustine) and New York (Bethpage).

In California, participating school

districts were Antelope Valley, Centinela Valley, El Segundo, Environmental Charter, Inglewood, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Poway, Redondo Beach, San Dieguito Union, Valley CenterPauma and Wiseburn. In Florida, stu-

dents came from the Brevard County and St. Johns County school districts.

In New York, the participating districts were Baldwin, Bethpage, BellmoreMerrick, Commack, Farmingdale and Massapequa.

Northrop Grumman engineer Jeremy Alonso launches a remotely controlled aircraft as Julia Tang watches.

Tang, a senior at Redondo Beach (Calif.) Union High School, designed and built the aircraft as part of Northrop Grumman’s High School Involvement Partnership (HIP), an award-winning mentoring program with local schools.

HIP gives high school seniors the opportunity to obtain “real world” work experience in a variety of disciplines at Northrop Grumman locations across the country.

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Defense News

AEDC site of choice for unique T-6 Texan II engine test

by Philip Lorenz III Arnold AFB, Tenn.

The Arnold Engineering Development Center at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is the site of choice for a unique engine test currently underway in the Complex’s Sea Level 1 (SL-1) test cell.

The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop undergoing testing at AEDC powers the Texan II that is used by the U.S. Air Force for basic pilot training and the U.S. Navy for primary and intermediate joint Naval Flight Officer and Air Force combat systems officer training.

When asked why the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate decided to bring the PT6A-68 turboprop engine to AEDC for a nine to 10 month Accelerated Mission Testing, Hugo Heyns, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, Propulsion Acquisition Division PT6 Integrated Product Team lead, said the answer is simple.

“The PT6 Integrated Product Team, in concert with the JPATS System Program Director, determined that an AMT would provide an early understanding of engine failures allowing time to address them before they affect the fleet, thereby assuring continued success of the PT6 engine,” he said. “Further, that the program would be better served with an AMT conducted by an accurate and objective test facility with extensive aircraft

Air Force photograph by Rick Goodfriend

A frontal view of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine installed in AEDC’s SL-1 test cell includes a special shroud to provide a simulated flight environment for the propeller. Without the shroud the propeller would create a pulse every time the blade passes at the closet point to the bottom of the test cell.

engine testing experience. The U.S. Air Force’s AEDC clearly fits that description.”

This is the first time a T-6 Texan II engine has undergone an Accelerated Mission Test (AMT) at AEDC’s SL-1 test cell. The test represents a number of other firsts, including the first use of a propeller for loading the engine.

“This test is the first project where ATA has been contractAir Force photograph by Rick Goodfriend ed to provide The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine installed in AEDC’s maintenance SL-1 test cell includes a special shroud to provide a simulated flight environment and inspection for the propeller. Without the shroud the propeller would create a pulse every services in adtime the blade passes at the closet point to the bottom of the test cell. dition to the

installation and operation of the engine and support systems,” said Brian Knack, a turbine engine

Air Force photograph by Rick Goodfriend

Before testing can begin at AEDC’s SL-1 test cell, Chris Rogers, an AEDC engineer, conducts a borescope inspection of the PT6 engine that powers the T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft.

project manager with AEDC’s Aeropropulsion Branch. “We’re also doing a dynamic analysis on the rear of the engine – the auxiliary gear box. We’re trying to define the vibration modes at the rear of the engine where some parts have been failing in the field. Even though the engine is lightly instrumented, we will be measuring a number of performance parameters, including vibration, fuel flow, airflow and trending engine speeds.

“We’ll be relying on the engine parameters that are within the engine control that we’re going to be reading in addition to some test cell measurements that we’ll be making.”

Further, Knack said “This test is an endurance test on the PT6A-68 engine. It’s an overhauled engine - it’s not a new engine. We’re evaluating the durability of the engine through its second overhaul interval. We’ll be putting a whole overhaul interval’s worth of test life on this engine during this test.”

Lt. Sam Stephens, AEDC’s project manager over the test, said, “Primarily, we’re continuing this pacer engine’s life at an expedited rate. This engine is going to have about twice the [flight] hours as any other PT6 in the T-6 trainer fleet.

Maintenance and durability is our primary concern [with this engine].”

During the nine to 10 months of testing, the PT6A-68 will be subjected to the number of Total Accumulated Cycles an engine would experience in flight between depot overhaul periods. TAC is a unit of measurement for major rotating engine components tracked during an engine’s operational life.

Heyns said, “The PT6 AMT is intended to provide visibility into the future of the Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System program engine fleet, identifying and defining issues of concern which may have impact on the fleet in sufficient time to take preventative and/or corrective actions before actual impact to the fleet’s availability.”

The PT6 engine is a derivative of a commercial engine with significant operational history in a wide variety of applications - the engine was selected, in part, because of this history.

Considering the JPATS mission is somewhat different than many of the engines other applications, initial engine modifications were used to address them.

Heyns said, “For example, the JPATS need for inverted flight demanded oil systems modifications to assure continued oil flow during inverted flight. Program engineers have also identified possible sources of future failures – and will use the AMT to study them in more detail.”

Panel rejects request for military base closings

by Richard Lardner Associated Press Another round of military base closings has hit a dead end.

A Senate panel June 11 approved legislation rejecting the Defense Department’s request to shutter installations and facilities in the United States that are no longer needed as the military branches cut the number of troops in uniform.

The House Armed Services Committee last week also said no to more base closings, and even took the additional step of adding a provision barring the Pentagon from even planning for another round.

The House and Senate refusals effectively ensure that a final defense policy

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bill approved by Congress for the 2014 fiscal year won’t give the department permission to close excess bases even as lawmakers clamor for ways to cut the federal deficit.

Defense Department leaders have argued the troop drawdown will leave them with more installations than they need. The money saved by closing unused facilities can be spent on training and other essential operations.

But military installations are often the economic lifeblood of the communities that surround them and any discussion about shutting bases is a political hot button.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee, said the upfront costs of starting a new round of

closures are too high.

The Pentagon’s budget for the 2014 fiscal year sought $2.4 billion over five years to cover the initial expense of base closings. Decisions on which bases to close would start to be made in 2015 and implemented a year later, according to the military’s plan.

But Sen. Kelly Ayotte, the subcommittee’s top Republican, said the last round of base closings in 2005 ended up costing $13 billion more than estimated.

“To put that in perspective, that’s three fewer nuclear submarines or seven fewer destroyers for our undersized Navy fleet,” Ayotte said To help offset the negative impact of the automatic spending cuts on the readiness of the armed forces, the

readiness subcommittee trimmed $1.3 billion from unspecified military construction projects and another $400 million in “excess” spending for operations and maintenance. The $1.7 billion total is being “put back into critical readiness accounts for all the services in an attempt to restore flying hours, steaming days, unit training and essential depot maintenance in our hangars and shipyards,” Shaheen said.

The automatic cuts, known as sequestration in Washington speak, kicked in March 1 and are the result of Congress’ failure to trim the deficit by $1.2 trillion over a decade.

The Pentagon must reduce its 2013 budget by roughly $41 billion by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The reductions have forced the military to

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If sequestration remains in effect, the Pentagon likely will have to cut $52 billion from its 2014 budget to meet the numbers dictated by the law, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday.

“And, if there are no changes, continued sequestration will result in roughly $500 billion in additional reductions to defense spending over the next 10 years,” Hagel said.

Separately, the military also has to absorb a $487 billion reduction in defense spending over the next 10 years mandated by the Budget Control Act passed in 2011.

June 21, 2013

KC-130s, F-35s hook up for refueling operations Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 refueled two F-35B Lightnings of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 over the Gulf of Mexico during a training exercise May 30.

Refueling is a major part of VMGR252’s mission. The squadron’s pilots train repeatedly for aerial refueling missions, which they then perform when detachments from the squadron are sent out for training exercises and in support of contingency operations.

Capt. Jonathan Buckland, one of the pilots on the mission, deployed with a detachment Sunday in support of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which carries three different kinds of aircraft capable of being refueled by air.

“The training maintains our proficiency to make sure when we do these missions overseas, we can execute them without flaw,” said Buckland.

“We’ve done it dozens of times and the crew is very proficient at this, but maybe something different will happen that I’ve never seen before, and that will further prepare me. Each mission has something to learn.”

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Lance Cpl. Andrew A. Sandoval, a crew master with the squadron, watches refueling missions outside a window in the back of the aircraft to make sure nothing goes wrong. When refueling jets like Harriers or Lightnings, he watches to make sure the jets are in a stable flight. While refueling jets, the tanker is moving as fast as it can, but the jets are moving nearly as slow as they can, which can make them harder to control.

Conversely, helicopters like the Super Stallion are flying as fast as they can while the tanker is moving as slow as it can. The crew master watches the refueling hose, drogue, probe and aircraft so he can relay directions to the pilots to prevent any accidents.

Ospreys and the tankers move at about the same speed. However, their large rotors present a possible collision hazard that the crew master monitors.

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Technology in place for e-submission of claims A new online application from the Department of Veterans Affairs enables disability compensation claims to be processed faster in a more endto-end electronic environment, and VA is urging veterans and their Veterans Service Organization representatives to make full use of its capabilities to receive speedier decisions and reduce the backlog of claims.

The availability of the joint VA-Department of Defense Web portal eBenefits, which now integrates with the new internal Veterans Benefits Management System electronic claims processing system, marks a major milestone in VA’s transformation from paper claims records to a fully digital operating environment, one of the keys to VA’s goal to eliminate the disability claims backlog by the end of 2015. VBMS has now been fielded at all 56 Regional Offices across the country, ahead of schedule. VA will continue to upgrade and improve VBMS based on user feedback, and add features and tools that make it faster and easier to process claims. Instead of filling out and mailing paper forms to VA, veterans can now use eBenefits to enter claim information online using a step-by-step, interview-style application, with pre-populated data fields and drop-down menus similar to popular tax preparation software.

“There are so many advantages to making this move from paper to digital – for both veterans and VA” said Under Secretary for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. “Veterans can now file their claims online through eBenefits like they might do their taxes online.”

By filing electronically, any compensation benefits that are awarded will be effective back to the date the veteran started entering their claim information in eBenefits. From that initial claim establishment date, each Veteran has up to a year to gather all necessary records and hit “submit” to

preserve their original date of claim. eBenefits allows veterans to upload digital images of records and evidence to support their claims, bypassing the need to physically mail in personal records and wait for confirmation of receipt. VA is advising veterans to gather and submit all relevant medical records and file a Fully Developed Claim in eBenefits, which entails entering all available evidence at the time the claim is submitted and verifying to VA that they have no more evidence to submit. Veterans filing an FDC will receive priority processing over the traditional claims process. VA can typically process FDCs in half the time it takes for a traditionally filed claim, and there is no risk to veterans in filing an FDC. If VA finds that there is a piece of relevant evidence that was not submitted by the veteran, but is needed for a rating decision (like private medical records), claims processors will work to obtain that evidence on the veteran’s behalf and process the claim in the traditional way.

Once logged into eBenefits, veterans can also choose to have an accredited VSO representative assist with their claim submission by filing an electronic power of attorney form. Using a companion portal, the chosen VSO representative, with proper authorization, will be able to see the contents of a veteran’s claim, track its status, and add additional information when needed. A veteran and his rep-

resentative can even work a claim simultaneously while both are logged into the system, enabling VSOs to assist more veterans in their homes or even remotely.

VA will still accept claims in paper form, though processing may take longer than for an electronically-submitted claim. As of this summer, VA scans all new paper claims and uploads them into VBMS so they too can be processed electronically, though without many of the benefits provided when veterans initiate the process in eBenefits such as guided questions that help ensure complete and accurate information and the immediate receipt of information without having to wait for the scanning and processing of paper documents. In addition to filing claims online, registered eBenefits users can track their claim status and access information on a variety of other benefits, like pension, education, health care, home loan eligibility, and vocational rehabilitation and employment programs.

A free Premium eBenefits account is required to file claims electronically. The quickest and most convenient method of establishing a free premium eBenefits account is to complete the remote verification process through the eBenefits home page, or use DoD’s common access card (CAC) to register for and/or upgrade to a free premium account.

Veterans can also establish an account by telephone

“There are so many advantages to making this move from paper to digital – for both veterans and VA. Veterans can now file their claims online through eBenefits like they might do their taxes online.”

at 1-800-827-1000, option 7, if they are in receipt of VA benefits via direct deposit, or by visiting a VA regional office or TRICARE Service Center (if they are a military retiree). For the location of the nearest VA regional office, visit www.va.gov and search the VA regional benefits office locator.

While compensation claims are pending, eligible Veterans are able to receive healthcare and other benefits from VA. Veterans who have served in recent conflicts are eligible for five years of free healthcare from VA. Currently, over 55 percent of returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are using VA healthcare, a rate of utilization greater than previous generations of Veterans.

This is the latest effort in support of the secretary’s plan to eliminate the backlog. On May 15, VA announced that it is mandating overtime for claims processors in its 56 regional benefits offices through the end of fiscal year 2013 to help eliminate the backlog, with continued emphasis on high-priority claims for homeless Veterans, those claiming financial hardship, the terminally ill, former Prisoners of War, Medal of Honor recipients, and Veterans filing Fully Developed Claims.

In April, VA announced an initiative to expedite compensation claims decisions for veterans who have waited one year or longer. On April 19, VA began prioritizing claims decisions for Veterans who have been waiting the longest by providing decisions based on evidence currently in hand that allow eligible veterans to begin collecting compensation benefits quickly while waiting for their final eligibility decision.

For more information about VA benefits, go to http://www.benefits.va.gov. For more information on VA’s Transformation, go to http://benefits.va.gov/transformation.

Veteran’s Resources Veterans Administration www.va.gov Burial, Death Pension, Dependency Indemnity Compensation, Direct Deposit, Directions to VA Benefits Regional Offices, Disability Compensation, Disability Pension, Education, Home Loan Guaranty, Medical Care and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment: 1-800-827-1000 Beneficiaries in receipt of Pension Benefits: 1-877-2946380 Debt Management Center (Collection of Non-Medical Debts: 1-800-827-0648 Children of Women Vietnam Veterans, Foreign Medical Program, and Spina Bifida Health Care Program: 1-877-345-8179 (or) 1-888-820-1756 Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and CHAMPVA In-House Treatment Initiative: -800-733-8387 Education (GI Bill): 1-888-442-4551 Health Care Benefits: 1-877-222-8387 Veterans Crisis Line: (800) 273-TALK (800-273-8255 Combat Call Center: (877) WAR-VETS (877-927-8387) Life Insurance: Service members and/or Veterans Group Life Insurance Program: 1-800-419-1473 All other VA Life Insurance Programs: 1-800-669-8477

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June 21, 2013

AF changes military funeral honors requirements

Due to the impact sequestration has on resources, Air Force Services is adjusting requirements for military funeral honors of retirees.

Air Force policy will revert to requiring a minimum of two personnel for retiree MFH details, consistent with statute and DOD policy.

The Air Force historically went a step further by providing a seven-member detail for all retiree funerals.

“We cherish the service and sacrifice of our retirees,” said Brig. Gen. Eden Murrie, Director of Air Force Services.

“While we had to adjust the Air Force requirement as a result of sequestration, commanders still have latitude to provide seven-member details if local resources permit.”

The two-person team will continue to fold and present the interment flag and play Taps. If a seven-person team is able to support, the detail will also act as pallbearers and the firing party. Additional support for retiree funeral honors remain available from authorized providers such as Veteran Service Organizations or Reserve Officer Training Corps units, as resources permit.

“Unfortunately, this is a necessary decision,” said Murrie.

“However, we remain dedicated to honoring our current and former airmen to the greatest extent possible.”

MFH details for veterans and active duty members will remain unchanged. Funeral honors for veterans consist of twoperson teams while active duty funeral honors are performed by a 20-person detail.

Deadline looms for Ohio veterans to claim bonuses from state Time is running out for eligible military veterans to claim Ohio bonuses of up to $1,500, and officials are worried that thousands of veterans may miss out by not applying.

Navy veteran Robert Erb III describes his bonus for service in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan war eras as a “real blessing” for him and his family.

“You don’t join for the benefits, but they can really help when you come back home,” said Erb, 41, of northeast Ohio’s Fairport Harbor.

Ohio voters in 2009 approved a $200 million bond issue to fund bonuses for veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq war eras, and the Persian Gulf-era application deadline is Dec. 31.

While over $55.7 million has been paid to more than 66,000 veterans or family members for all three bonus periods since August 2010, there could be as many as 90,000 who haven’t applied, including probably several thousand from the Persian Gulf era, according to the Ohio Department of Veterans Services.

“Our Persian Gulf-era veterans need to take action right away,” department Director Tom Moe said.

While about 10,000 veterans from that era have received bonuses, officials can’t say how many still need to apply, department spokesman Michael McKinney said.

The federal Department of Veterans Affairs estimates just over 100,000 Ohioans served during the Persian Gulf era. But the VA looks at a longer time period than the bonus period, and state and county officials say they don’t get general information from the Defense Department on returning veterans and when they served.

The VA estimates that 75,000 to 80,000 Ohioans have served since 9/11.

State officials and county veterans commissions that help with the applications have worked to provide bonus information through tradi-

tional media ads, social media, veterans events and other means. The state last week approved a direct mailing to Ohioans with birthdays from 1950 or later who identify themselves as veterans on driver’s license renewals, McKinney said.

But officials know they haven’t reached everyone.

The executive director of the Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission in northeast Ohio says veterans tend to put more weight on “what they hear from fellow veterans.”

“Despite all we do to get the word out, most tell us: ‘My buddy told me,’ ” Robert Schloendorn said.

The executive director of the Butler County Veterans Service Commission in southwest Ohio believes some may be reluctant because “they think it’s a handout.”

“It’s not a handout,” Executive Director Curtis McPherson said.

“It’s a thank you they earned for serving their country.”

Eligible veterans must have been Ohio residents when entering the service and when applying for bonuses. They also must have served at least 90 days of active duty, excluding training, in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Ohio National Guard or the reserves.

Persian Gulf-era bonuses require service sometime from Aug. 2, 1990, through March 3, 1991. The Iraq-era time is March 19, 2003, through Dec. 31, 2011, with a Dec. 31, 2014, application deadline.

The Afghanistan eligibility period covers Oct. 7, 2001, to an end time yet to be determined until the conflict’s official conclusion.

Bonuses are open to all eligible Ohio veterans for the compensated periods, regardless of where they served, though those serving in specified war zones would receive higher ones. Family members of those killed in action or who died from injuries or disease resulting from service in specified war zones could receive up to $6,500. AP

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Mars science lab drills another rock; now moving again

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer At a recent press briefing, Jet Propulsion Lab scientists discussed recent activities and plans for the Curiosity Mars lab.

A second rock drilling and sampling task was competed. The next three brief investigations are set, and details of the trek to Mount Sharp are being planned.

Curiosity has spent about six months at the site called Glenelg. It will start to Mount Sharp in few weeks.

While completing major first-time activities since landing, the mission has also already accomplished its main science objective. Analysis of rock powder from the first drilled rock target, “John Klein,” provided evidence that an ancient environment in Gale Crater had favorable conditions for microbial life: the essential elemental ingredients, energy and ponded water that was neither too acidic nor too briny.

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has not reappeared. The nearby investigations are of the boundary between bedrock areas of mudstone and sandstone, a layered outcrop called “Shaler” and a pitted outcrop called “Point Lake.”

The second rock drilling was at “Cumberland” at the Glenelg site, about 9 feet away from the first drill site. Tens of cubic centimeters of powdered rock were delivered to the SAM analytical instrument. SAM may use dilution as a cleaning technique to be sure of a new sample. Jim Melko, sampling activity lead, said the drilling and sampling activity took about a week, compared to the cautious four week long time required for the first hole into John Klein.

Melko said “We increased use of the rover’s autonomous self-protection.

This allowed more activities to be strung together before the ground team had to check in on the rover.” One new capability being used is to drive away while still holding rock powder in Curiosity’s sample-handling device to supply additional material to instruments later if desired by the science Joy Crisp, JPL deputy project scientist for Curiosity, said “Shaler might be a river deposit. Point Lake might be

tures by university faculty members, NASA scientists and NASA program managers. The students will fly onboard the DC-8 on during the week of June 17. They will acquire multi-spectral images of kelp beds in the Santa Barbara Channel and of forests in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In addition, the students will overfly dairies and oil fields in the San Joaquin Valley and parts of the Los Angeles basin at altitudes as low as 1,000 feet in order to collect air samples and monitor air quality.

The final six weeks of the program will take place at the University of California, Irvine where students will analyze and interpret the data they collected onboard the aircraft. At the conclusion of the program, each student will deliver a final presentation on his/her results and conclusions.

Students participating in the 2013 SARP represent 32 different colleges and universities from across the United States. They were competitively selected based on outstanding academic performance, future career plans and interest in the Earth System Science.

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NASA photograph

This image shows a row of small pits created by firing the ChemCam’s laser at the tailings. The pits are near the drill hole, which has a diameter of about 0.6 inch.

the way.” He went on to say it will probably take longer than 10 months or a year to reach Mount Sharp. There

will be stops to investigate interesting items on the way. The base of Mount Sharp is about 5 miles away.

of NASA’s tools for exposing future scientists to the Earth Science missions that support environmental studies and the testing and development of new instruments and future satellite mission concepts. The program’s goal is to stimulate interest in NASA’s Earth Science research and aid in the recruitment and training of the next generation of scientists and engineers, many of whom will be getting their first hands-on research experience during this program.

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volcanic or sedimentary. A closer look at them could give us better understanding of how the rocks we sampled with the drill fit into the history of how the environment changed.” The Point Lake rock has an odd “Swiss cheese texture” and appears more resistant to erosion than surrounding materials.

Surface contact instruments will be used to explore the rock’s composition.

The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument will be used to obtain hydrogen analysis of the rocks at the Shaler stream bed.

“We’re hitting full stride,” said Erickson. “We needed a more deliberate pace for all the first-time activities by Curiosity since landing, but we won’t have many more of those.”

Images of Mount Sharp taken from orbit and images Curiosity has taken from a distance reveal many layers where scientists anticipate finding evidence about how the ancient Martian environment changed and evolved.

“We don’t know when we’ll get to Mount Sharp,” Erickson said. “This truly is a mission of exploration, so just because our end goal is Mount Sharp doesn’t mean we’re not going to investigate interesting features along

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, as part of the company’s effort to certify its Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch System for National Security Space missions.

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A CRADA enables the Air Force to evaluate the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch system according to the Air Force’s New Entrant Certification Guide. As part of the evaluation, SMC and SpaceX will look at the Falcon 9 v1.1’s flight history, vehicle design, reliability, process maturity, safety systems, manufacturing and operations, systems engineering, risk management and launch facilities. SMC will monitor at least three certification flights to meet the flight history requirements outlined in the NECG. Once the evaluation process is complete, the SMC commander will make the final determina-

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tion whether SpaceX has the capability to successfully launch NSS missions using the Falcon 9 v1.1.

SMC anticipates entering into additional CRADAs with SpaceX to evaluate its Falcon Heavy rocket and with Orbital Sciences for its Antares launch vehicle.

“Certifying Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle’s for new entrants is in keeping with the Air Force strategic intent to promote the viability of multiple domestic EELV-class launch providers as soon as feasible,” said Col. William Hodgkiss, Launch Systems director.

Currently, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV and Atlas V are the only certified launch vehicles capable of lifting NSS payloads into orbit. The addition of multiple certified launch vehicle providers bolsters assured access to space by providing more options for the war fighter to place needed capabilities on orbit. While certification does not guarantee a contract award, it does enable a company to compete for launch contracts. Those contracts could be awarded as early as fiscal year 2015 with launch services provided as early as fiscal year 2017.

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NASA Dryden funding supports valley fever research NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center is known for aircraft and science research, but a recent center-funded study is examining an airborne disease found in California’s Mojave Desert.

Microscopic spores found in the soil of the arid regions of California and Arizona can lead to a serious fungal infection called Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis.

Reported Valley Fever cases in the high desert portions of Los Angeles County known as the Antelope Valley increased 545 percent when comparing 2000-2003 (49 cases) to 2008-2011 (316 cases), according to Ramon E. Guevara, Ph.D., epidemiologist with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health.

The disease is contracted after tiny spores are inhaled into the lungs from disturbed soil. There is no vaccine for this non-transmittable disease.

Although it can be debilitating, it is rarely fatal.

A large number of those who live in the arid Southwest may become infected when exposed to the spores, but do not notice symptoms. Others develop symptoms similar to the flu that can last for months. In extreme cases, the infection can spread from the lungs to other parts of the body.

Especially vulnerable are visitors or new residents of an area where Valley Fever is prevalent, such as the Antelope Valley area of the Mojave Desert about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

NASA Dryden, located on Edwards Air Force Base in that region, hosts hundreds of temporary contract employees or guest scientists who come to the center to conduct research using Dryden’s aircraft.

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growth in Los Angeles County. In the Antelope Valley from 1996 to 2005, the correlation between the number of Valley Fever cases and the number of newly constructed privately owned buildings is 0.95, which is very strong as the perfect correlation is 1.00,” Guevara added.

All NASA centers have identified strategies for dealing with potential negative effects of climate change and formed the Climate Adaptation Science Investigator working group. This group is tasked with identifying climate-change risks – such as drought, flooding, hurricanes, wildfires – at each center and developing strategies intended to minimize the impact to NASA mis-

DRI photograph by George Nikolich

Antje Lauer, an assistant professor at California State University in Bakersfield, gathers soil samples at Edwards Air Force Base as part of the research to characterize the soil where the Valley Fever spores grow.

sions. Dryden’s representatives are meteorologist Ed Teets and occupational health scientist Miriam Rodon-Naveira, who holds a doctorate in microbiology.

Teets and Rodon-Naveira continue research this year into the spread of Valley Fever by funding a scientist to gather soil samples in the region.

Thomas Mace, retired NASA scientist and CASI member, procured original funding in 2012.

“NASA is enabling this research, hoping to provide the scientific community with data to better understand how climate increases or decreases outbreaks of Valley Fever,” said Rodon-Naveira.

“That information can then be translated and provided to public health communities so they can use the data to make more informed decisions concerning Valley Fever.”

Antje Lauer, who has a Ph.D. in biology and is an assistant professor at California State University in Bakersfield, recently gathered soil samples from a variety of locations at Edwards Air Force Base with the goal of learning if one area held more Valley Fever spores than another. For example, is there an increase in the number of spores at the edge of a dry lake where moisture may have at times been greater than on the sloping hillside?

A looming question is whether the current drought is increasing the number of Valley Fever cases when the dry soil is disturbed and releases the spores that are carried by desert winds.

“Antje Lauer’s work is very important to public health as she and her team lead the research in characterizing the soil where the Coccidioides immitis fungus grows,” commented Guevara. “Such information can contribute to strategies such as construction worker protection and population education.”

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brought together Lauer, Vic Etyemezian, who approaches his work with a doctorate in civil and environmental engineering, and George Nikolich of the Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas, as the type of research the groups were conducting was complimentary.

As part of a NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences grant studying climate change at Dryden, Etyemezian is researching how soil behaves at different wind speeds. The pair collected dust samples using a small portable wind tunnel creating a situation similar to what occurs in the desert when the dust blows. They also studied the plants in the area of dust sampling because soil in that area may react differently from that sampled away from vegetation.

Additional DRI research funded under NASA’s Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on NASA Centers and Facilities Program grant includes development of regional climate projections for the Antelope Valley and characterization of the hydrology of the local watershed for the possibility of extreme storm events and flooding at Dryden. The latter included deploying meteorological sensors on and around Rogers Dry Lake.

Valley Fever also caught the attention of Public Broadcasting Services’ News Hour producers who interviewed the researchers while they collected soil samples on the edge of Rosamond Dry Lake at Edwards in mid-May. NASA Dryden is enabling the California State University – Bakersfield and the Desert Research Institute studies to gain more information about where this particular organism lives. The ability to determine the type of soil, wind levels and moisture content required to reproduce and spread Valley Fever spores may lead to a healthier population in the arid Southwest.

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Northrop facility names engineering scholars winners WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Northrop Grumman recently announced two winners of its sixth annual Engineering Scholars program, which will provide a total of $20,000 in college scholarships this fall to high school seniors in the greater San Fernando Valley area interested in studying engineering, computer science, physics or math.

“A strong foundation in science and math can help spark innovation, which is a core tenet of Northrop Grumman’s business,” said Gorik Hossepian, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s Navigation and Positioning Systems business unit. “We wholeheartedly congratulate these gifted students on their achievements and remain dedicated to fostering engineering interest among local students.”

Joshua Lam from Westlake High School and Averell Wallach from North Hollywood High School each received the merit-based scholarship of $10,000 — payable in $2,500 installments over four years — during a recent awards reception and dinner hosted by Northrop Grumman’s Woodland Hills facility at the Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills Hotel.

The Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars program is aimed at supporting promising high school seniors who intend to pursue a career in an engineering-related field. Candidates must plan to attend an accredited college or university school of engineering as a full-time student in an approved engineering program. The funds can be used for tuition, books, room and board, and lab fees.

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A committee of Northrop Grumman employees selected the Engineering Scholars winners. To be eligible, each scholarship applicant had to be a graduating senior this spring from a public or accredited private high school in Los Angeles or Ventura counties. Applicants also had to have a minimum composite SAT score of 1,700 or ACT score of 27 and a minimum GPA of 3.5. Recipients of any other Northrop Grumman-sponsored scholarship were not eligible. The committee also took into consideration work experience, community involvement and extracurricular activities.

Northrop Grumman is a significant financial and in-kind contributor to educational outreach programs aimed at encouraging young people to consider engineering and science-related career fields. The Electronic Systems sector supports multiple High School Involvement Partnership programs to excite student interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

Further information about the Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars program is available at: http://www.northropgrumman.com/CorporateResponsibility/Community/Pages/EngScholars.aspx.

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Joshua Lam and Averell Wallach are this year’s recipients of Northrop Grumman’s Engineering Scholars award given annually to promising high school seniors interested in studying engineering, computer science, physics or math.

The students were honored at a recent awards reception hosted by the company’s Woodland Hills facility.

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Test pilot takes ‘picture perfect’ fini flight

by Linda KC Reynolds staff writer With the sun rising in the east and a half-moon still hanging in the west, Lockheed Martin F-22 Chief Test Pilot James “JB” Brown III took his final flight in a Raptor May 30, 2013, at Edward Air Force Base, Calif.

With friends and family watching, including his wife Lisa and his six daughters - Trier, Britta, Whitney, Sierra, Callie and Lily - Brown performed an airborne pick up on wingman Steve “Hooter” Rainey, Boeing test pilot.

“Wow! Beautiful, this is like being in a movie,” said Whitney as she watched the two F-22s straddle the moon then quickly disappear into the blue in a maximum performance climb.

For one last time, Brown revisited

experienced pilots in the F-22 and has been testing it since nearly the beginning of the program.

“He has done a phenomenal job for the war fighter, and a little bit of his heart and soul is in each Raptor. It is an incredible jet because of what he has put into it and he will definitely be missed.”

April 6, 2012, Brown was the first test pilot to hit 1,000 hours in an F-22.

Raptor pilot Maj. Chris Keithley has been flying with Brown more than three years and said he would work with him any day of the week.

Flight Test engineers Mark Lewis and Bill Kuhlemeier have been working with Brown since the F-117 Nighthawk days and both consider him the one of best pilots they have ever worked with.

“JB exemplifies what a test pilot should be. When you have some tough

Lockheed Martin Photographs by Chad Bellay and Tom Reynolds

Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Chief Test Pilot James “JB” Brown III, takes his final flight in an F-22 Raptor at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as friends and family watch. Brown will be moving to a Flight Test management position with Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, the Skunk Works, at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.

many of the flight conditions he had cautiously approached in previous testing: maximum Mach, maximum altitude, maximum G and maximum angles of attack.

“The plane is so stable, so smooth and so comfortable at high supersonic speeds, it’s just like riding in a limo,” said Brown after his flight. “You look out and if you know where to look, you can see the shock wave coming off the airplane and there is this infinitely thin, perfectly straight line of distortion as it moves across the ground. So we push it up to Mach two and zoom up to 60 thousand feet. The sky is dark and the moon is right there, the Raptor’s after-burners are lit, two bright lights in the middle of the swirling contrails, and Hooter is going nuts, he is just loving it from his viewpoint in trail.”

The supersonic run over Edwards by two Raptors resulted in twin sonic booms. When three and a half year old Lily asked what the “boom-boom, boom-boom” was, her mother explained it was a sonic boom. “No,” said Lily, “that is my daddy’s heartbeat.”

Descending and coming off of 9-G maneuvers, Brown flowed into the advanced handling that only an F-22 can do, a cobra maneuver, J- Turns and helicopter-like peddle turns where the aircraft sustains 60 plus degree angle of attack while flying at 90 to 100 knots.

“The aircraft is perfectly controllable.”

“Everyone who has ever flown an F-22 knows JB, or has at least been touched by JB’s influence,” said CTF Director Lt. Col. Devin Traynor after the traditional hose down.

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test points to hit, JB is the one you want in the cockpit,” said Lewis.

“He will definitely be missed. He always promoted a family atmosphere and makes it a joy to come to work.”

“This didn’t come without a lot of sweat and few tears along the way,” said Brown thinking of the loss of friends Test Pilot Dave Cooley and Photographer Judson Brohmer.

Shivering, dripping wet and pulling ice cubes out of his flight suit, Brown thanked the crowd.

“You all are a class act.

You are a remarkable team and my F-22 family. I wish you the best of luck in the continued development of the most awesome air dominance fighter in the history of mankind.”

Brown will be moving to a Flight Test management position with Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, the Skunk Works at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.

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Gate Guard becomes main attraction at PCS

by Rebecca Amber staff writer On June 15, the Mojave Air and Space Port Gate Guard, a Convair CV-990, was featured at Plane Crazy Saturday.

The aircraft, which was formerly used by NASA as a medium-altitude research platform and Space Shuttle Landing Systems Research Aircraft, now sits on display at the south gate of the Mojave Airport.

During the PCS event, the sun was shining and visitors swapped stories about their associations with the airport or their military service.

A retired Air Force veteran, Kurt

Ullman, shared his story, which involved flying C-47’s with the 101st airborne division during World War II. “When I graduated from flying school I was assigned to troop carrier command and it was a new thing. We’d never heard of it before,” recalled Ullman. He continued, “It was the second day of the invasion and the sky was red with fire and we got up there and made our drop. It sounded like hail on that one engine that was throwing flame and the other was overheated and quit so I made it out to the channel and landed.”

Ullman was unaware at the time that his landing gear was down. “I just tried to make the most beautiful landing I could,” said Ullman, “It maybe

was [scary] for the others, but not for me. When you’re the pilot you’re too busy thinking about what you’re going to do.”

Another visitor, David Stoddard, recalled his work a civilian contractor at Mojave Airport. It was the early 1950s and a missile being tested in Mojave.

“We were supplying a target drone for a Sidewinder missile for China Lake and we’d launch them out of here and fly them up to China Lake. We’d make two or three passes through the canyon here and they’d try to shoot us down with the Sidewinder,” said Stoddard.

Stoddard also spent time training

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Photographs by Rebecca Amber

Top right: Kurt Ullman (left) and David Stoddard (right), shared their military and mojave airport stories with other guests at PCS. Right: The featured speaker at the event was Mission Director of the Space Technology Mission Directorate at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, John Carter.

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PCS, from 15 Navy crewmen to flight test missiles. Stoddard retired from NASA as the foreman of the fluid systems shop after having worked on the F-15, the LLRV and many other lifting bodies.

The featured speaker at the event was Mission Director of the Space Technology Mission Directorate at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, John Carter. He presented a slideshow in which he gave a detailed review of how the Convair CV-990 was used to test the Space Shuttle’s landing gear and braking systems.

“This is quite a historic airplane you have here at your south gate,” said Carter. He went on to tell the history of the aircraft which was built in 1961 in Fort Worth, Texas. He described it as a “stretched version of the the Convair 880” that had a “Mach .91 cruise speed.”

Since the 990 was built in the “slide rule” era, it was designed with a large margin for modifications. It was also considered the most advanced aircraft of its time and gained a significant

amount of international interest.

The Airport’s 990 originally flew with American Airlines, and then was purchased by Modern Air Transport in 1968 and later acquired by a program at NASA Ames in 1975 and registered with new tail numbers and used for research until 1983. It spent some time in the boneyard and in 1989 NASA got the aircraft again.

In 1985, during Discovery’s landing at the conclusion of Flight STS-23/51D, the inside tire on the right main landing gear failed.

The analysis showed that if one tire blew so would the other and the vehicle would be lost, but fortunately, it was not. “They were very lucky,” said Carter, “it really scared them.” As a result, the shuttle’s crosswind limits were reduced, complicating subsequent missions.

The NASA team built a large, very heavy test box between the 990’s main landing gears, in which a shuttle wheel and brake assembly could be mounted, so that various loads and cross-wind tire

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Though the testing was very expensive, Carter noted that it was still cheaper than having Goodrich design a new tire, and NASA ended up with more accurate shuttle tire force modules for the lakebed and Runway 22 at Edwards, and the KSC runway. The results of the testing allowed NASA to raise the shuttle’s crosswind limits, and the cost savings of this move paid for the CV-990 program many times over.

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Tehachapi hosts intermediate space challenge

by Linda KC Reynolds staff writer High winds and cool temperatures didn’t keep rockets on their launch pads, Lori Marvin from performing the National Anthem, guest speaker, Virgin Galactic Pilot David MacKay and more than 500 students and guests from participating in the 2013 Tehachapi Intermediate Space Challenge at the Tehachapi Municipal Airport May 22.

Mackay encouraged students not to give up when facing challenges.

“You may have had problems and setbacks while building your rockets. That certainly happened to us at Scaled Composites when we were building our space ship, but it is often an opportunity to learn even more about what you are trying to do,” said Mackay. “So take a big breath and talk to people that may be able to help you. Don’t give up straight away.”

The chief pilot said it takes more than engineers and pilots to build a space company. “People spend a lot of money to fly into space, so they may want to save their ticket,” said Mackay. “You need to design a special ticket people will want to keep so you also need artists and all kinds of people.”

Students are judged on rocket performance, spirit banner and each must write an essay about their experience.

They also design posters that teach them about marketing.

Fifth grade students from Janice Tietz class of Tompkins Elementary school took home the Traveling Trophy for highest overall score.

Ezekiel Chacon doesn’t want to be an astronaut, he prefers to design and build. “My favorite thing is building.

I really think someday I would like to build a hovering car,” said the 5th grader. “It won’t matter if it is over land, water or mountains, you just hover.”

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Students from Janice Tietz class took the overall top score at the Tehachapi Space Challenge and will proudly display the Traveling Trophy for one year at Tompkins Elementary School. More than 500 students, guests and volunteers participated in the event.

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Space Challenge events are designed to engage and encourage students in science, technology, engineering and math skills often referred to as STEM. “It is so awesome to see a renewed interest in science and engineering in these young students,” said Joel Beckmann, whom along with Marie Walker, hosted the event. “The Intermediate Space Challenge is but a seed that we plant in their minds that may lead to a fulfilling vocation for them in their adult years. The people of Tehachapi are great! Thanks to the help of our volunteers and sponsors, we were able to pull off a complex event smoothly and safely.”

“For every engineer you need four technicians,” said volunteer Randall Scott who is very active in

educational outreach. “Probably 90 percent of good jobs require more than a high school education. We try to encourage students to do well in high school so they can go to college or receive special training in a particular field.”

Elementary students may have a chance to fly an experiment in space.

“In the future space travel will be easier and cheaper. We are going to offer the opportunity to fly into space and to do experiments in space,” said Mackay. “Perhaps a few elementary classes will get together and come up with an experiment we can perform on Virgin Galactic.”

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Mojave Air and Space Port adds funding for Events Center

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer Finances dominated the topics discussed at the June 18 Mojave Air Space Port directors meeting.

Funding was increased to rehabilitate Bldg. 137 as an events center, and the proposed 2013-2014 fiscal year budget was presented. Additionally, the Administrative Code was amended and the Northside project completion was announced.

Events Center The World War II-era Pool building [Bldg. 137] is being renovated to become an events center.

The board approved $600,000 to start at its Aug. 21, 2012 meeting; and next year’s budget proposal has an item of $485,000 to continue the work.

Staff program manager John Kelly reported that addition funds are needed to bring it to minimum operating capability by Sept. 15, 2013, and more complete capability by Feb. 1, 2014. To complete dual exterior restrooms, the bid is $364,000 greater than the $95,000 previously budgeted. Also, heaters at a cost of $50,000 have to be installed for an anticipated February 2014 event.

Approval of an additional amount of $330,000 was requested of the

board. It was approved on a 4-to-1 vote. The desenting vote was by director Dr. Allan Peterson. He was evidently uncomfortable with the piecemeal way the project funding requests have been proposed. During discussion of the item, Witt said “It will be a great asset to the airport, even if it not cheap.”

He likened it to the funding of Heritage Park, which was subsequently paid for by a donor.

Proposed budget The 2013-2014 budget proposal was presented by deputy GMO Karina Drees, and had been prepared by her and CFO Erika Westawski. Revenue is expected to reach $10 million. The breakdown is leases at 44 percent, cooperating revenue at 32 percent and fuel sales at 21 percent. An FAA AIP grant of $1.7 million is included as expected. Revenue balances expenses with the inclusion of $412,000 transferred from reserves.

Two new expense categories are a marketing expense account, funded at $101,000; and directors discretionary travel fund of $20,000. Event expense has been budgeted at $20,500, an increase from the $1,387 of last year.

Major nonrecurring expenditures include nearly $1 million in facilities improvements; primarily pump house improvements [fire suppression] and events center renovation. Capital expenditures include: $485,000 for events center improvements; $120,000 for Rincommini Blvd. water line and oleanders; $50,000 for two security department trucks; and $28,000

for a 2013 Chevy Equinox.

The directors have several comments on the budget. There will be a directors meeting in the next few days that will firm up the budget, which is scheduled to become effective on July 1.

Administrative Code Witt has been discussing bulk fuel sale with an interested party. He requested, and the board approved, a change to the Administrative Code. It states that the general manager has the authority to negotiate the price per gallon of fuel sold for purchases of 10,000 gallons or more. Witt feels this may be a convenient way to add to airport income, as there would be minimal costs to handle these large fuel transfers. Other changes to the Administrative Code have beeen proposed, and will be handled at future meetings.

Northside Project completion A major project to provide fiber cable internet connectivity, electricity and water to the north side of the airport has been completed. As of June 17, the water service was activated, the other services having been activated several weeks ago.

The project cost was about $1,184,000. This answers tenant requests for such utilities and increases the value for land leases in the future. There are several prospective new tenants for this site.

Civ Mil Support Group barbecue coming

by Raphael Jaffe staff writer Planning is complet for the Edwards CivilianMilitary Support Group annual barbecue.

This year’s food, fellowship, and fun get together will be July 18 at the Hacienda Lane Ranch.

Social hour starts at 5 p.m., and dinner is at 6 p.m.

The Air Force Test Center and 412th Test Wing command staff and personnel will attend, along with the local community.

Everyone is invited to this informal gathering. Tickets cost $25, and any profits are used to further the Civ-Mil programs which serve those who serve our nation.

For more information and reservations, contact the Civ-Mil president at danny@dannybazzell.com or call (661) 942-1153. Dress suggested is Western or casual. More than 100 people usually show up for this chance for friendly informal interaction.

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In the meantime, another Civ-Mil project is being planned. The Higher Grounds Internet Café in Dormitory 2423 was furnished by Civ-Mil in 2007. The Dorm Dwellers Council is being asked to provide a prioritized wish list for upgrades, and the Civ-Mil board will fund several of them. It is also considering needs for the coffee bar.

There are currently 135 members of Civ-Mil. Membership is available to additional community minded persons, who wish to “serve those who serve.” For more information on membership, contact Membership Chair Art Furtado at (661) 942-1121.

Heroes Air Show 2013

Planes of Fame Air Museum is hosting its monthly Living History event 10 a.m.-noon, July 6.

Open to the public, the museum doors open at 9 a.m.

The theme for July 6 is the “Flying Tigers/AVG”, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Featured speakers will present on the topic. Following the presentation, the P-40 will perform a demonstration flight. The Member Sponsored raffle flight will be in the P-40!

Claire Lee Chennault recruited U.S. Army Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy pilots to form the American Volunteer Group, which he commanded during World War II. They became known as the Flying Tigers, famous for mission accomplishments in the early days of the Pacific war as a part of the Chinese Air Force against the Japanese.

They ran up an extremely impressive record flying their recognizable sharkfaced P-40s, which were not as maneuverable as the aircraft types flown by the enemy. Almost 300 Japanese aircraft were shot down by the Flying Tigers, while losing only 14 pilots of their own.

The P-40 is most widely known, as the mount of the Flying Tigers. The P-40 was built in a number of variants, sold to several foreign air forces, and operated under a plethora of names. Various engine and armament variations were tried, and the airframe was variously stretched and shrunken in different models. It was known as the Warhawk to the USAAF, while the Commonwealth countries called the early versions Tomahawks and the later versions Kittyhawks.

The museum’s aircraft is a Kittyhawk IV (equivalent to the P-40N in USAAF service), flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force. This was the most widely produced variant of the P-40, with the later models incorporating six O.50-caliber machine guns in the wings. It is painted in 14th Air Force markings.

This airplane is also one of our few actual combat veterans, having shot down a Japanese balloon bomb off British Columbia. Balloon bombs were launched from the home islands of Japan, and following the jet stream were to crash-land in the western U.S. and Canada, starting forest fires. The bombs had very limited success.

The Planes of Fame Air Museum, founded in 1957 by Edward Maloney, is where aviation history lives. It is the oldest independently operated aviation museum in the United States.

The museum sponsors regular events in the form of inspirational experiences, educational presentations, flight demonstrations, and air shows in fulfillment of this mission.

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Flag Park are being renovated. These brass placards are 8x24 inches, and have weathered and stained since installation in 1991. They are being powder coated with a black background and gold letters for the state and the donor.

During a recent board meeting, George Nagy showed the board the first refinished placard, and all agreed that it now looks beautiful. The work is being done at a very favorable price by Pacific Coast Powder Coating in Palmdale, Calif. Removal and re-installation are being done by military personnel, under the direction of CMSgt. Brian Randolph, 412th Test Wing command chief.

The 2013 American Heroes Air Show Lands at Hansen Dam in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley June 29.

This is the only air show devoted exclusively to helicopters lands in the San Fernando Valley.

Since 1993, this admission-free event has been educating the Southern California community as to the unique capabilities and dynamic role of helicopters in law enforcement, fire service, public safety, national defense and homeland security.

With aircraft from local, regional, state and federal/ DOD agencies, guests are treated to an up-close look at why these aircraft and their crews are on the front line of

Events

July 1-2 – Australian Astrobiology Meeting, Sydney, Australia http://aca.unsw.edu.au/aa-meeting July 1-3 – Exoplanet Characterization Observatory Open Science Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands www.echo2013.net/ July 1-4 – International Symposium on Planetary Sciences, Shanghai, China http://202.127.29.4/meetings/iaps2013/ July 1-5 – 8th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Biarritz, France www.maisondelasimulation.fr/astronum2013/ July 1-5 – Conference: Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies, Sexten, Italy www.sexten-cfa.eu/en/conferences/2013/details/34-SestoClusters2013 July 1-5 – 3rd Workshop on Flavor Symmetries and Consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology, Niigata, Japan http://muse.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp/flasy2013/ July 1-5 – 40th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Espoo, Finland http://eps2013.aalto.fi/ July 1-5 – Royal Astronomical Society National Astrono-

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public safety and community service.

The event also offers a unique glimpse into the design history of rotary-wing aviation with the many aircraft on static display. Explore the evolution of helicopters from the classic Bell-47 helicopter and the elegant lines and Hi-Tech muscle of the “Firehawk” helicopter from the L.A. County Fire Department.

Helicopters will be on static display for your crew to inspect plus demonstrations of airborne capabilities with hoist rescues, precision water drops and helicopter rides available for a modest fee.

The air show runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.Heroes-Airhow.com.

my Meeting, St. Andrews, United Kingdom www.ras.org.uk/component/gem/?id=217 July 1-5 – School of Gravitational Waves, Warsaw, Poland http://bcc.impan.pl/13Gravitational/ July 1-12 – School of Modern Astrophysics, Pushchino, Russia http://school.prao.ru/ July 2-9 – 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil www.cbpf.br/~icrc2013/ July 3 – Lecture: In Space EVERYONE Can Hear You Scream, London, United Kingdom www.bis-space.com/2013/05/07/10142/in-space-no-oneeveryone-can-hear-you-scream July 3-5 – 8th IAA Symposium on Realistic Advanced Scientific Space Missions: Towards The Stars, Torino, Italy http://iaaweb.org/content/view/526/697/ July 4-5 – Kerr Conference: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Kerr Metric, Potsdam, Germany http://kerr-conference.org/ July 7-12 – 19th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Cologne, Germany http://iaaweb.org/content/view/501/671/

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Highlight daily specials, happy hour & more! Want to advertise on this page? Call Adrienne Kitley 661-945-5634

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There’s even a fireplace to warm up to in the cooler months.

This month Desert Deli celebrates their 6th year anniversary on June 11th! Staci Smith, 2005 graduate of Quartz Hill High School, was completing a senior project where she developed a business plan, created a budget & menu even had her very own business cards. From this, Desert Deli was born and this young entrepreneur has been serving fresh & tasty sandwiches along with her friendly personality and her biggest fan by her side; Cindy her mom.

The entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t stop there, Staci plans on opening another location and bringing in a baker for scrumptious deserts and cupcakes. Don’t go for the usual, go for the new & delicious! Support one of our own from the Antelope Valley and congratulate her on her hard work and success.

Desert Deli is open Monday thru Friday, 7:30am – 3:00pm and located at 311 East Avenue K-8, #125 (Just off Division) in Lancaster.

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Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten Keeps Children Active and Learning This Summer!

CAMP WAYSIDE – DISCOVERING GOD’S BIG BIG WORLD Rosamond, CA – This summer parents can keep their children physically active and intellectually engaged at Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten. The fun and learning begins on Monday June 17th and runs through Friday August 30th. At Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten we offer small class sizes, a state of the art playground and qualified and caring staff in a safe environment.

Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten will be offering 11 different themed camps, each lasting one week for children ages two through six years old.

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1 - Kick Off To Summer Luau - June 17-21 2 - Wild or Tame - June 24-28 3 - God Bless America - July 1-5 4 - Farm Fun - July 8-12 5 - Soaring through the Air - July 15-19 6 - Desert Life - July 22-26 7 - Jungle Boogie - July 29-Aug 2 8 - The Big and Small Ocean - Aug 5-9 9 - Around the World Cooking - Aug 12-16 10 - Dinosaur Hunt - Aug 19-23 11 - End of the Summer Pool Party - Aug 26-30

Each week the children at camp will enjoy weekly themed entertainment through games, arts and crafts, music, mathematics, letters and outdoor play.

Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten is a licensed childcare facility, a ministry of Wayside Chapel, providing a safe, loving environment based on Christian principles where children and parents can learn and grow in their understanding and love of themselves, one another and God. Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten is located at 2584 Felsite Avenue in Rosamond.

For more information, call Christine at (661) 256-9000, visit our web site www.wayside4kids.com or our Facebook page - Wayside Chapel Preschool & Kindergarten.

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