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All Prices Good Only While Supplies Last - ......... • THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, OcTOBER 7, 1993 NAVAl AIR WE/>J'ONS STAllON, CHINA lAKE MESA-Workers begon erecting upper walls of Ihe moin high bay of Ihe Missile Engagemenl Simulation Arena last week. ToIai1laor1o-ceiling height of Ihe bay will be 90 feel. and lrusses sponning the 150100/ widlh of the bay will nol require cenler supporls. Opening in floor is far one of a pair of /racks Ihal will supparllhe sensor lransparler during simulalion exercises. : Combined Federhl Campaign kicks off today By """"" Shoaf StifV.lrilef B oy dad, that was better than Disney World, Six Flags and Christmas! Those were the words of an I I-year-old boy as he climbed out of a C-I30 Hercules. Thanks to the Air Force and Combined Federal Campaign dollars, the leukemia-stricken youth's dream became a reality-he was able to fly in his favorite airplane. The time for the annual CFC Campaign is here again and people throughout the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and Naval Air Weapons Sta- tion China Lake are gearing up. Each organizational unit from directorate to branch level has been requested to provide "key workers," on collateral duty, who will work within their groups to inform employees about the campaign and to collect pledges. Integration Department for the past few years, noted management support is very important in the success of this endeavor, as it does take time away from her regular duties. "It's a matter of contacting the people and making them aware that the campaign is going on and giving them the materials so they can make their own choices," she said, "and that can take time. If I don't hear from them after a while, then rfollow up and recontact them to see if they want to participate. If management didn't support my efforts, then it would be hard to be able to contact everybody." Lane said she didn't mind the time it takes to be a ~ key worker because she believes in CFC. "I believe in the Combined Federal Campaign and what it does," she said. "It provides a means of collecting money and get- ting it back to people who really need it." "The success of the campaign lies in the hands of those people at the lowest levels of the organization who make di rect personal contact with their peers," Nina Lane, a key worker for the Aircraft Weapons ~--~--------~ I'1ease see CFe, Page 17 China Lab kicks off 50th Anniwrsary Variety 01 floats show what Chino lake is about in recenl DEF parade OPMi...... "'les to implement FMLA Familv and ,v,ooicalleove Act allows 12 odminislralive weeks 01 unpaid leave Leave Transfer Program expands Nlaternily is now included os a condilion 10 qualify for program Voe 49, No. 20 New simulation facilities MESA,INADS projects taking shape at Lake By Barry McDonald [db I ronworkers dangling from beams is a rare occurrence in the Indian Wells Valley, but main site employees have been able to glimpse such acrobatics in the last two weeks as the Missile Engagement Simulation Arena (MESA) rises from a 20-foot deep pit behind Michelson Laboratory. Meanwhile, Sea Site 3 and the Engineering Support Facility-the Integrated Naval Air Defense Simu- lation (INADS) facilities-are taking shape at the Elec- tronic Combat (Echo) Range. Groundbreaking ceremonies for both the MESA and INADS MILCON projects were held a year ago tomorrow. MESA MESA wi!! provide a critically needed and enhanced engagement simulation capability to support the develop- ment of antiair missiles necessary to counter current and future high technology airborne threats. It -will-replace the Encounter Simulation Laboratory at Corona, which is inadequate to meet the new threat. The arena will he used as the stage for actual encounter.; between sensor and tar- get hardware models, with the target by an Overhead Tar- get Support Subsystem (OTSS) and the sensor moving on the Sensor Transporter Subsystem. Construction began with the digging of-a pit 20 feet deep and somewhat more than 405 feet long and 105 feet wide-the dimensions of the main arena floor. Forty-foot high concrete walls surround the floor. These walls are tapered from 18 inches to 10 inches thick from bottom to top on some sides, but a berm will bound the concrete por- tion of the arena on the nouh and east. These walls will taper from 3 feet to 18 inches and huge buttresses wi!! also help support the bermed sides. Starting below the surface and bemung the sides was done to minimize consttuction costs and will keep the ambient temperature in the arena fairly comfortable year round. The ironwork now going on will raise the height of the ceiling another 50 feet for a total of90 feet above the floor. The roof wi!! be anotlier 25 feet above that to allow for rig- ging space for the OTSS.· A target storage and staging area is at the north end of the arena. Control, laboratory and data processing rooms for the maintenance and operation of the facility will occupy some 15,000 square feet of space on top of the nouh berm. An elevator will run from the floor to the roof of the arena. A ramp on the east will allow full-size interstate trucks to drive into the arena to deliver targets and other materials. In all, the ·building will contain some 18,000 cubic yards of concrete and '15,000 tons of structural and rein- forcing steel. 14-15 , - . ~-----------------~ 16 .....................................-17.. Below the main flOQr are two trenches, 350 feet long and 9 feet deep, which, house the precision round tracks for the sensor tranSporter. the base ofthe "transporter is rough- ly 30 feet by 30 feet; and)t'Can be configured to place the •••......... ......._ ..... -_ .. ...preas;,seeMll:tdfili: l'Oge 12 '. , OCR Text: 21 "? TIn: ROCKETEER October 7, 1m 2.1 GIGABYTE HD SCSI-2 9-Millisecond Soecifications: 9Ms Access Time, Handy Portable Upright Enclosure , SCSI- 2 Transfer Rate, Built In Power Supply. $2499 ~,~I. C\1' S\oeI'- Centris 610 ~$2499 Includes: 4Mb Ram, 120 MB Hard Drive, 14' HiRes Color Display, Apple Keyboard II & Built-In Ethernet. !'!!"""""!.- Cenuis 610 4/13Q1CDIEthemet '229\1 Centris 610 8123011 MbVRlCO/Ethernet 12499 Connects Directlv to Mac! 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All Prices Good Only While Supplies Last - ......... • THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, OcTOBER 7, 1993 NAVAl AIR WE/>J'ONS STAllON, CHINA lAKE MESA-Workers begon erecting upper walls of Ihe moin high bay of Ihe Missile Engagemenl Simulation Arena last week. ToIai1laor1o-ceiling height of Ihe bay will be 90 feel. and lrusses sponning the 150100/ widlh of the bay will nol require cenler supporls. Opening in floor is far one of a pair of /racks Ihal will supparllhe sensor lransparler during simulalion exercises. : Combined Federhl Campaign kicks off today By """"" Shoaf StifV.lrilef B oy dad, that was better than Disney World, Six Flags and Christmas! Those were the words of an I I-year-old boy as he climbed out of a C-I30 Hercules. Thanks to the Air Force and Combined Federal Campaign dollars, the leukemia-stricken youth's dream became a reality-he was able to fly in his favorite airplane. The time for the annual CFC Campaign is here again and people throughout the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and Naval Air Weapons Sta- tion China Lake are gearing up. Each organizational unit from directorate to branch level has been requested to provide "key workers," on collateral duty, who will work within their groups to inform employees about the campaign and to collect pledges. Integration Department for the past few years, noted management support is very important in the success of this endeavor, as it does take time away from her regular duties. "It's a matter of contacting the people and making them aware that the campaign is going on and giving them the materials so they can make their own choices," she said, "and that can take time. If I don't hear from them after a while, then rfollow up and recontact them to see if they want to participate. If management didn't support my efforts, then it would be hard to be able to contact everybody." Lane said she didn't mind the time it takes to be a ~ key worker because she believes in CFC. "I believe in the Combined Federal Campaign and what it does," she said. "It provides a means of collecting money and get- ting it back to people who really need it." "The success of the campaign lies in the hands of those people at the lowest levels of the organization who make di rect personal contact with their peers," Nina Lane, a key worker for the Aircraft Weapons ~--~--------~ I'1ease see CFe, Page 17 China Lab kicks off 50th Anniwrsary Variety 01 floats show what Chino lake is about in recenl DEF parade OPMi...... "'les to implement FMLA Familv and ,v,ooicalleove Act allows 12 odminislralive weeks 01 unpaid leave Leave Transfer Program expands Nlaternily is now included os a condilion 10 qualify for program Voe 49, No. 20 New simulation facilities MESA,INADS projects taking shape at Lake By Barry McDonald [db I ronworkers dangling from beams is a rare occurrence in the Indian Wells Valley, but main site employees have been able to glimpse such acrobatics in the last two weeks as the Missile Engagement Simulation Arena (MESA) rises from a 20-foot deep pit behind Michelson Laboratory. Meanwhile, Sea Site 3 and the Engineering Support Facility-the Integrated Naval Air Defense Simu- lation (INADS) facilities-are taking shape at the Elec- tronic Combat (Echo) Range. Groundbreaking ceremonies for both the MESA and INADS MILCON projects were held a year ago tomorrow. MESA MESA wi!! provide a critically needed and enhanced engagement simulation capability to support the develop- ment of antiair missiles necessary to counter current and future high technology airborne threats. It -will-replace the Encounter Simulation Laboratory at Corona, which is inadequate to meet the new threat. The arena will he used as the stage for actual encounter.; between sensor and tar- get hardware models, with the target by an Overhead Tar- get Support Subsystem (OTSS) and the sensor moving on the Sensor Transporter Subsystem. Construction began with the digging of-a pit 20 feet deep and somewhat more than 405 feet long and 105 feet wide-the dimensions of the main arena floor. Forty-foot high concrete walls surround the floor. These walls are tapered from 18 inches to 10 inches thick from bottom to top on some sides, but a berm will bound the concrete por- tion of the arena on the nouh and east. These walls will taper from 3 feet to 18 inches and huge buttresses wi!! also help support the bermed sides. Starting below the surface and bemung the sides was done to minimize consttuction costs and will keep the ambient temperature in the arena fairly comfortable year round. The ironwork now going on will raise the height of the ceiling another 50 feet for a total of90 feet above the floor. The roof wi!! be anotlier 25 feet above that to allow for rig- ging space for the OTSS.· A target storage and staging area is at the north end of the arena. Control, laboratory and data processing rooms for the maintenance and operation of the facility will occupy some 15,000 square feet of space on top of the nouh berm. An elevator will run from the floor to the roof of the arena. A ramp on the east will allow full-size interstate trucks to drive into the arena to deliver targets and other materials. In all, the ·building will contain some 18,000 cubic yards of concrete and '15,000 tons of structural and rein- forcing steel. 14-15 , - . ~-----------------~ 16 .....................................-17.. Below the main flOQr are two trenches, 350 feet long and 9 feet deep, which, house the precision round tracks for the sensor tranSporter. the base ofthe "transporter is rough- ly 30 feet by 30 feet; and)t'Can be configured to place the •••......... ......._ ..... -_ .. ...preas;,seeMll:tdfili: l'Oge 12 '. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1993,Rktr10.7.1993.pdf,Rktr10.7.1993.pdf Page 1, Rktr10.7.1993.pdf Page 1