Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

The Lumberjack December 16, 1987, 16 December 1987, p. 4

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Page 4 MILITARY 40 AD 379 BW WURTSMITH AF BASE Most ACC students are familiar with the campus in Alper Be Soe re DO) aD Wurtsmith Air Force B On December 1, saat of the ACC Student Senate and two photographers from the Lumberjack staff were given an ‘insightful tour of the airbase. The group toured air force facilities and also the college's teaching facilities. News travels fast on the base. Upon entering, one of the photographers got so excited, he managed to get his car hung up on a curb. When we reached the ASPECTS Little, he was already laughing “experience. Not only did we OF WURTSMITH then back to the landing strip: The | > ee ride went smoothly until the plane 00k a eae into the lake. I rath idiculous_ when. 1 public affairs building and met our guide, Second Lieutenant Andy over the back. of my seat. It is amazing at how realistically the i in reconstruct an } e group wasp a, bY the base commander, to view the Weapons System Trainer designed for USAF/Boeing B-526G/H. bomber crews. This system trainer can simulate a real world mission iS for the crews to get training Not only is the flight simulator used for pilot and copilot training, but also for navigator and gunner's training. This particular price of equipment demonstrates one of the many highly technical aspects of the base facilities get to view this flight simulator, but the whole group ot a chance to ride in it. The Saco was preprogrammed to fly around the base, out over Lake Huron and

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