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All Prices Good Only While Supplies Last - VISAIMasterCardIDiscover THURSDAY, OcrOBER 21, 1993 NAVAl AIR WEN'ONS STAllON, CHINA I.AKE Vet. 49, No. 21 Last QF-86F drone survives final test mission REMOTE WARRIOR-Harlan Reep. who hos spent 20 years dodging missiles and other airborne hozords (from the groundl. readies for his final missiorr-an encounter with AMRAM-I. Switch to new pay center should go smoothly By I'ot!2v Sho.f St:JlrV.i,iler E mployees need not worry about late pay- checks when the China Lake site of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division switch- es over to the new pay system with the pay period starting Oct. 31, said Sherri Sweany, head of the China Lake's Payroll Branch of the Comptroller Department's Customer Service Division. The Nov. 19 paychecks should arrive right on time from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Denver Center - at least for those employees who receive their checks by direct deposit. Banking institutions will still receive the electron- ic transfer of funds on Thursdays, and the money will be available to customers by Friday morning. Sweany said. For t~ employees who still receive their pay- checks by mail, however, there may be a slight delay due to the mail system. While the checks should be delivered on Friday, employees may not receive them until as late as Monday, Sweany said. "This might be the time for the 166 employees who don't have direct deposit to reconsider," said Barbe Anderson, head of the Customer Services Division. "Not only is it (direct deposit) more secure, Please see PAY. Page 20 FSATprogram comes to an end after 20 years By Dee Rorel Teclvlical lnformolion {)eporment S olemnly he donned his helmet and white silk scarf and entered the cockpit. He looked like a flying ace who . knew he wouldn't be coming home. Nevertheless, he appeared proud and determined as the engine of the QF-86 roared to life. The pilot took a deep breath and gave a thumbs- up to the crew. The fate ofthe aircraft was in his hands. Would he be shot down and destroyed? No one knew for sure. 1lte only thing for sure was that this would be his last flight. A career that spanned over 40 years would soon come to an end-for him and the QF-86. This scene did not take place before a combat mission in the Korean War, but in the Range Control Center at NAWCW- PNS China Lake on Sept. 23, when the last QF-86F Sabre W3l. flown for the Full-Scale Aerial Tatget (FSA1) drone program. This test marked the end of a successful 20-year program. Emotions were running high as the last QF-86 was shuttled to the runway at 7:30 a.m. where explosives personnel loaded each wing with charges that could be detonated from the ground in case the remote pilot lost control of the aircraft. The flight control room was alive with activity as takeoff time approached. 1lte QF-86 took off at 9:45 a.m. and flew a few times around the test perimeter. At 10:I 0 a.m., an inert AMRAAM missile was fired at the target and came within lethal radius-had the missile been fitted with a live warhead, the aircraft would have been destroyed. 1lte mission was suc- cessful. Orders were to shoot the Sabre down if the missile did not destroy it. Two F/A-18s from Point Mugu's Air Test and Eval- uation Squadron Four (VX-4), which were involved in the AMRAAM firing, each made several firing passes using 20mm guns. After the ammunition had been expended, the tar- get continued to fly with minimal damage. Everyone in the control room was ecstatic as the drone landed on the runway once again, saved from certain death: It had survived 209 total flight hours as a tatget. One person especially haPPy about tbe outcome was Harlan Reep, the pilot for this mission, who has been with the QF-86 program since its beginning in 1972. When asked days before the test whether this'would in any way be nostalgic for him, be replied, "You bet. I hope I don't cry." After almost 24 years of service as a remote and test pilot at China Lake, Reep will be retiring in January. During his career, Reep flew more than 30 Navy tactical·aircraft, including the F-9F Panther in tbe Kore- an War, the RA5C Vigilante in Vietnam, tbe F-4 Phantom 11 and the QF-86. Please see QF-86. Page 10 f__ 10 gal, ClCIIlCaIs 10 ~ a115how Io~. _',. gel I all Now. 5-7 16 , OCR Text: • TIlE ROCKETEER October 21, 1993 utumn a{{"aut... 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All Prices Good Only While Supplies Last - VISAIMasterCardIDiscover THURSDAY, OcrOBER 21, 1993 NAVAl AIR WEN'ONS STAllON, CHINA I.AKE Vet. 49, No. 21 Last QF-86F drone survives final test mission REMOTE WARRIOR-Harlan Reep. who hos spent 20 years dodging missiles and other airborne hozords (from the groundl. readies for his final missiorr-an encounter with AMRAM-I. Switch to new pay center should go smoothly By I'ot!2v Sho.f St:JlrV.i,iler E mployees need not worry about late pay- checks when the China Lake site of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division switch- es over to the new pay system with the pay period starting Oct. 31, said Sherri Sweany, head of the China Lake's Payroll Branch of the Comptroller Department's Customer Service Division. The Nov. 19 paychecks should arrive right on time from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Denver Center - at least for those employees who receive their checks by direct deposit. Banking institutions will still receive the electron- ic transfer of funds on Thursdays, and the money will be available to customers by Friday morning. Sweany said. For t~ employees who still receive their pay- checks by mail, however, there may be a slight delay due to the mail system. While the checks should be delivered on Friday, employees may not receive them until as late as Monday, Sweany said. "This might be the time for the 166 employees who don't have direct deposit to reconsider," said Barbe Anderson, head of the Customer Services Division. "Not only is it (direct deposit) more secure, Please see PAY. Page 20 FSATprogram comes to an end after 20 years By Dee Rorel Teclvlical lnformolion {)eporment S olemnly he donned his helmet and white silk scarf and entered the cockpit. He looked like a flying ace who . knew he wouldn't be coming home. Nevertheless, he appeared proud and determined as the engine of the QF-86 roared to life. The pilot took a deep breath and gave a thumbs- up to the crew. The fate ofthe aircraft was in his hands. Would he be shot down and destroyed? No one knew for sure. 1lte only thing for sure was that this would be his last flight. A career that spanned over 40 years would soon come to an end-for him and the QF-86. This scene did not take place before a combat mission in the Korean War, but in the Range Control Center at NAWCW- PNS China Lake on Sept. 23, when the last QF-86F Sabre W3l. flown for the Full-Scale Aerial Tatget (FSA1) drone program. This test marked the end of a successful 20-year program. Emotions were running high as the last QF-86 was shuttled to the runway at 7:30 a.m. where explosives personnel loaded each wing with charges that could be detonated from the ground in case the remote pilot lost control of the aircraft. The flight control room was alive with activity as takeoff time approached. 1lte QF-86 took off at 9:45 a.m. and flew a few times around the test perimeter. At 10:I 0 a.m., an inert AMRAAM missile was fired at the target and came within lethal radius-had the missile been fitted with a live warhead, the aircraft would have been destroyed. 1lte mission was suc- cessful. Orders were to shoot the Sabre down if the missile did not destroy it. Two F/A-18s from Point Mugu's Air Test and Eval- uation Squadron Four (VX-4), which were involved in the AMRAAM firing, each made several firing passes using 20mm guns. After the ammunition had been expended, the tar- get continued to fly with minimal damage. Everyone in the control room was ecstatic as the drone landed on the runway once again, saved from certain death: It had survived 209 total flight hours as a tatget. One person especially haPPy about tbe outcome was Harlan Reep, the pilot for this mission, who has been with the QF-86 program since its beginning in 1972. When asked days before the test whether this'would in any way be nostalgic for him, be replied, "You bet. I hope I don't cry." After almost 24 years of service as a remote and test pilot at China Lake, Reep will be retiring in January. During his career, Reep flew more than 30 Navy tactical·aircraft, including the F-9F Panther in tbe Kore- an War, the RA5C Vigilante in Vietnam, tbe F-4 Phantom 11 and the QF-86. Please see QF-86. Page 10 f__ 10 gal, ClCIIlCaIs 10 ~ a115how Io~. _',. gel I all Now. 5-7 16 , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1993,Rktr10.21.1993.pdf,Rktr10.21.1993.pdf Page 1, Rktr10.21.1993.pdf Page 1