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Article: AN/MSN-7 MOBILE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER KEEPS SKIES SAFER IN THEATER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
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Robins Air Force Base issued the following news release:
Ensuring a safe flying environment can be challenging for air traffic controllers, especially at a Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources Base.
The Air Force is coupling some of its state-of-the-art technology with the expertise of its combat communications professionals to meet this challenge.
Most fixed air traffic control towers stand stories tall, but with the advancement of modern technology, Airmen can deliver the same capability from the back of a Humvee.
Master Sgt. Christopher Blackburn, an Air Traffic Control functional manager in the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron, said the mobile tower can go anywhere, any time to ...