C-52_Script_TAIP_-_updated.pdf

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TEST AREA (TA) C-52

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

4 JUNE 2014

WELCOME TO THE TA C-52 COMPLEX. THE COMPLEX

CONSISTS OF 4 ACTIVE TEST SITES: C-52A, LOCATED IN THE

SOUTHERN PORTION; C-52C, LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION;

C-52N, LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION, AND C-52E,

LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COMPLEX. THE C-52

COMPLEX IS A DIVERSIFIED TEST AREA FOR TRAINING MISSIONS,

TESTING MUNITIONS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS, LASER TESTING,

INFRARED SEEKER AND COUNTERMEASURES EFFECTIVENESS

TESTING, AND GROUND GUN SYSTEMS TESTING.

TEST AREA C-52C SERVES AS THE CENTRAL CONTROL SITE

FOR THE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE MISSIONS CONDUCTED ON

C-52. DURING A MISSION, C-52 PERSONNEL ARE RESPONSIBLE

FOR OBTAINING RANGE CLEARANCE, CLOSING RANGE GATES

AND SETTING UP ROAD BLOCKS, COORDINATING OPERATION OF

THE CINETHEODOLITES AND HIGH SPEED CAMERA STATIONS, AND

OPERATING VHF AND UHF MOBILE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ARE USED TO COMMUNICATE

WITH AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT AND INCLUDE ALL REQUIRED

FREQUENCIES NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION.

THERE IS A COVERED PAD LOCATED ON C-52C WITH

INSTALLED GUN RAILS TO MOUNT SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE

CALIBER GUN SYSTEMS FOR GUNNERY AND BALLISTICS TESTING.

THIS SITE IS USED PRIMARILY TO EVALUATE LONG RANGE GUN

SYSTEMS FIRING HEI ROUNDS INTO THE DESIGNATED DUDDED

AREA ON C-52 N, BUT ALSO CAN BE USED TO FIRE ANY GUN

SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND MALFUNCTION

INVESTIGATIONS.

THERE IS A VEHICLE TARGET COMPOUND LOCATED ON-SITE.

THE TARGETS ARE CONFIGURED AND PLACED ON VARIOUS

PARTS OF THE RANGE DEPENDING ON MISSION REQUIREMENTS.

THESE TARGETS ARE CERTIFIED FREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL

CONTAMINANTS PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT.

ALSO IN THIS AREA IS A SMALL ARMS QUALIFICATION

TRAINING RANGE USED PRIMARILY BY THE 7TH SFG (SPECIAL

FORCES GROUP). THIS RANGE IS USED TO TRAIN AND TEST

SOLDIERS ON THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO DETECT, IDENTIFY,

ENGAGE, AND DEFEAT STATIONARY AND MOVING INFANTRY

TARGETS ALONG WITH STATIONARY ARMOR TARGETS IN A

TACTICAL ARRAY USING THE M16/M4, M9 PISTOL, M249 SQUAD

AUTOMATIC WEAPON (SAW), M60 MG, M240B MG, SNIPER

WEAPONS AND THE M2 MG. ALL TARGETS ARE FULLY

AUTOMATED AND THE EVENT-SPECIFIC TARGET SCENARIO IS

COMPUTER-DRIVEN AND SCORED FROM THE TOWER. THE RANGE

OPERATING SYSTEM IS FULLY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING

IMMEDIATE PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO THE USING

PARTICIPANTS. THIS RANGE CONSISTS OF APPROX 30 FIRING

LANES WITH VARIOUS TARGET CONFIGURATIONS INCLUDING

STATIONARY, POP-UP, AND MOVING TARGETS.

THE 7TH SFG ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF OTHER SIMILAR

TRAINING RANGES ON TA B-88, WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 10

MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LOCATION. TA B-88 WILL NOT

BE INCLUDED IN TODAY’S RANGE TOUR. B-88 INCLUDES A

NUMBER OF SMALL ARMS RANGES, AN ENCLOSED SHOOT-HOUSE,

AND AN EXPLOSIVE TRAINING AREA FOR TRAINING OF

BREACHING/FORCED ENTRY TECHNIQUES.

DURING A SCHEDULED MISSION ON THE 7TH SFG TRAINING

RANGES, THE RANGE PERSONNEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

OBTAINING RANGE CLEARANCE, CLOSING RANGE GATES AND

SETTING UP ROAD BLOCKS, OPERATING THE TOWER,

COORDINATING OPERATION OF THE FACILITY WITH C-52, AND

PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF THE SAFE AND PROPER USE OF THE

FACILITY. DURING PERIODS WHEN THE FACILITY IS COLD, THE

7TH SFG RANGE CONTROL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GROUNDS

MAINTENANCE, TARGET MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY

MANAGEMENT. THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING ON TEST AREA C-

52.