HAGUE GETS ENGINEERING AWARD.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. -- Capt. Nick Hague was honored with the 2005 Air Force Materiel ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el n. The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment. Command's General James Ferguson Not to be confused with James Fergusson. James Ferguson may refer to:
The award recognizes a Materiel Command engineer who contributed significantly to solving technical engineering problems. ``I can't think of anyone more deserving of this award than Nick,'' said Lt. Col. Mike Tarlton, 416th Flight Test Squadron commander. ``He is the quintessential flight test engineer who tackles every technical challenge with tenacity, and when he finds a solution, he keeps at it until he's made the solution even better.'' Hague, 416th Flight Test Squadron Test Support Flight commander, was recognized for his contributions to the Horned Owl horned owl Any owl of the genus Bubo (family Strigidae), with hornlike tufts of feathers, especially the great horned owl. Other horned owls, all birds of prey, are found in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa (the eagle owl, or Eurasian eagle owl) and in Africa, India, program that used an experimental aircraft to look for hidden explosives in Iraq, along with other work as part of Edwards' Global Power Fighter Combined Test Force. The Horned Owl program used a twin-engine C-12 aircraft fitted with an advanced ground-penetrating radar Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. This non-destructive method uses electromagnetic radiation in the microwave band (UHF/VHF frequencies) of the radio spectrum, and detects the reflected signals from system to look for roadside bombs and weapon caches buried in the desert terrain. Hague flew on 139 combat sorties and was part of a 30-person team that detected 45 roadside bombs and weapons caches, found more than 93,000 pounds of hidden ordnance, and caught on film terrorists in the act of planting roadside bombs, leading to their capture. ``To be able to take a developing technology and exploit its capabilities to make a difference for the war fighter is a truly rewarding experience,'' Hague said. Hague was also cited for his work in planning and executing 26 high-risk engine tests that prevented the grounding of the Air Force's entire fleet of F-15 Eagles and 65 percent of its F-16 Fighting Falcons. He was also cited for work on radar decoy DECOY. A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water-fowl. 11 Mod. 74, 130; S. C. 3 Salk. 9; Holt, 14 11 East, 571. integration on the Taiwanese Air Force's F-16 fleet and for countermeasure technologies for the F-35 joint strike fighter A strike fighter is a fighter aircraft which is also capable of attacking surface targets, including ships. It differs from an attack aircraft in that the aircraft remains a capable fighter. . In Iraq under insurgents' mortar fire, Hague designed and constructed a radar test range used by explosive ordnance disposal The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance which has become hazardous by damage or deterioration. Also called EOD. troops to train to work with the Horned Owl operation. An astronautical engineering graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Hague graduated in 2003 from the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards. ``As flight test engineers, we are but one of many pieces in a puzzle that help bridge the gap between the aircraft operator and the design engineer,'' Hague said. ``A flight test engineer relies on his technical training, operational experience and understanding of the aircraft under test to ensure the full potential of the weapon system is realized.'' |
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