Ground-based weapons system test completed with USAF
NewsJanuary 07, 2020
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. The Air Force the 752nd Operations Support Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma performed and completed its first live mission leveraging the AN/TYQ-23A information system.
The ground-based weapons system enables airmento provide command and control to both live and simulated aircraft from around the country.
“The fact that we are now able to run missions shows how we, the Control and Reporting Center community, continue to adapt and overcome to achieve mission success,” says Brian Zbydniewski, 752nd OSS, CRC systems integration technical advisor. “We took an old and outdated building and turned it into a state-of-the-art control facility where we can control missions using radios, radars and data links from all over the United States.”
The first live mission happened Dec. 4th in coordination with the 77th Fighter Squadron out of Shaw AFB. The mission began with connectivity and correlation checks to ensure the weapon system from Tinker AFB could connect to the needed databases, according to an Air Force release. Once connected, the 752nd OSS was able to monitor an aerial refueling of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 77th FS.
