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The primary recovery ship the aircraft carrier Apollo 11 astronauts and their spacecraft fromHornet sets sail for her position in the Pacific the ocean after their fiery re-entry and returnOcean where she will wait to pluck the three from the lunar surface, (USAF)Far East Units to Back ApolloCAPE KENNEDY AFS, Fla. (Special) — Air Force Eastern Test Range personnel will join with other Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine units in support of the Apollo 11 launch and lunar landing mission.The launch of the huge Saturn V from Pad 39A of NASA’s John F, Kennedy Space Center is scheduled to boost the Apollo 11 crew on their way to the moon July 16, at 9:32 a.m. (EDT),The multi-servce force will provide 6,865 people, 54 aircraft and 9 ships during the planned eight-day mission. The Department of Defense support force is under the operational control of Maj. Gen, David M, Jones, Air Force Eastern Test Range commander and DOD Manager for Manned Space Flight Support Operations (DDMS).During the flight of America’s historic first lunar landing mission, AFETR personnel will be providing radar, telemetry, communications and other varied support along the 10,000-mile Air Force Eastern Test Range,AFETR extends from Patrick AFB and Cape Kennedy AFS on the eastern coast of Florida overthe south Atlantic to the IndianOcean.Tracking stations along the range will include Patrick AFB providing C-band radar coverage for launch and orbit; Cape Kennedy AFS providing C-band radar, range safety, otpics, meteorology, telemetry (receiving and recording), and command destruct corUrol; Merritt Island furnishing Cband radar and telemetry; Grand Bahama Island with telemetry, C-band radar, and command destruct; Grand Turk and Antigua islands with C-band radar and UHF command destruct; Ascension Island and Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, each providing C-band radar.Also, an Air Force C135 aircraft equipped with Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) will film the Apollo 11 launch from approximately 40,000 feet. ALOTS is a 70 millimeter high resolution motion picture system.The ALOTS aircraft is maintained and operated by AFETR at Patrick AFBOther EC135N aircraft, the Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA), will be deployed from Patrick, and they will be providing S-band tracking, voice relay and both Sjband and UHF telemetry.These aircraft crews will bo providing communications links in areas outside the limits covered by land stations and tracking ships.Other Air Force units supporting the Apollo 11 mission will in elude the Air Force Western Test Range at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) headquartered at Ent AFB, Colo.; and the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS), a unit of the Military Airlift Command with headquarters at Scott AFB, 111.Units working in lesser roles are from the Air Force Communications Service (AFCS); Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency (GEEIA) from the Air Force Logistics Command; the Air Weather Service; and units from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).Army units providing support for Apollo 11 are the White Sands Missile Range and Defense Communications Agency. Navy units taking part in the overall DOD effort include Navy Task Force 130, or the Pacific Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force, and Navy Task Force 140, or the Atlantic Recovery Force.The Marine’s 2nd AMTRAC Bn. will be on hand if they are needed for launch abort recovery, using their tracked landing vehicles.FEN Broadcasts on 810 KHZ. In Tokyo, 1550 KHZ in Itazuke, 1570 KHZ In Sasebonnri Phltncn. 1 tfW7 nt tu/nkiinl. AAlcnwn nnri Wnkk'nnm nnri nn «:hnrfuunWA IrnrtimnrlA?
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Thu, Jul 10, 1969
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