European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april a driven theater7 hones shooting skills by Chris Estes staff writer Germany when soldiers Here go to the they sometimes take their tanks with or their Bradley fighting Lehi or their m16 but these Tough customers Arent going to see cops and robbers and eat Popcorn there trying to polish shoot ing the driven is the combat training an indoor Range designed to test a soldiers shooting ability on anything from the pistol to the my Abrams and every Soldier from an Abrams gunner to the company clerk gets an Opportunity to fire in every new arrival has to come out Here within 48 hours and said Ernst who operates the the Bradley and Abrams tanks fire either an infrared Light or rounds from an adapted m16 attached to the the theater is a Large Concrete build ing with a hangar Type on one end for armoured vehicles to drive once the Bradley or the individual Soldier faces a platform with four per manent Foxholes for Rifle beyond that is an expanse of about 10 then four More permanent Fox holes for pistol fifteen Yards far ther along Are paper targets for pistol and Rifle soldiers who use the theater Are pleased with we had a min tank and it really didst said Randy an my gunner with co 369th the equipment was old and the batteries for the Popup targets were i Iview it fc7 4 Steven White gets reinforcement training on usually worn Craven described engaging a target on the new Range looking through the sight you see the Light on the target and hear the and that about when everything working its a lot of he besides zeroing soldiers practice and the German army and police also use the Range for firing pistols and for the a screen is set up and the tanks shoot at the screen with the infrared Light fitted onto the the Light Dot pinpoints the if its a Eich expands the giving the impression of the target blowing there is also a tape of an explosion to give a greater impression of a film also helps Sharpen the Rifle and pistol skills of wherever the Bullet hits the it makes a Hole through which Light flashes to show a hit or a second just behind the shifts after a few seconds to close the another training Aid in the theater is the at first it looks More like a Home version of a carnival shooting Arcade an m16 at one end and a simulation of Hills and Trees at the targets pop up from behind the and the operator fires at the m16 is a mechanical facsimile that duplicates the recoil of the real and earphones can be added to provide firing noise for the one of Only three in Vii not Only indicates whether the target was it can repeat on a screen the pattern of shooting in order of the shots fired after the series is or fisc the er2 Maneu vers on the Raf Mildenhall runway before taking off on a Hig Altitude Survey Mission with a Nasa team photos by Dave Diehl smile youre on Nasa camera v by Dave Jehl Bureau Raf England a Nasa re search team is using some of the most sophisticated photographic equipment available aboard a version of the air forces tr1 aircraft to conduct detailed geological studies in three the 10man including two will be at Mildenhall until april flying the Lockheed er2 at altitudes of up to feet to collect information that will help scientists and agriculture according to John the teams he said the califor Nia based National aeronautics and space administration team plans to Fly at least six missions of six hours Over Spain and Portugal before the similar to the air forces u2 and tr1 reconnaissance does most of its flying in the strato above 90 percent of the earths arve sen said the plane is capable of doing about 45 but the team does Only about nine on each Arvesen said that pictures taken by the High Resolution and infrared cameras will help scientists study the conditions of agricultural lands and surface the pictures will help them identify drought and stress in they will also show the amount and variety of he this is the teams first visit to Europe it is the result of a request by scientist from America and the three Arvesen Laid the project is funded by the er2 will be using mostly Blacka Edwhite and color infrared photography in its Arvesen said the er2 is a stepping Stone to satellite and space shuttle he said some equip ment destined for space is refined on the plane because its an inexpensive and reliable Way to test and modify the equipment Short of launching it into because the plane flies at such High Aveson it closely approximates conditions in Arvesen said the er2 is the Only aircraft that can effectively gather intergalactic dust particles from outer space that have made their Way into the earths Atmo he said that orbiting Craft such As the space shuttle cannot do the Job because the combination of speeds of the vehicles and particles themselves in space destroy the some of the most recent projects in the 13year history of the er2 include the photographic mapping of the entire state of Alaska and the study of the effect on the atmosphere of the mount Helens Volcano Arvesen said the team also did a measurement study in to determine the movement of the solar system away from the source of the big bang that scientists say May have created the lie said the aircraft has also been used to measure manmade and natural pollutants in the in addition to the Arvesen Nasa uses two of the four u2 aircraft left in the air Force inventory for similar Nasa life support specialist George Plambeck leads er2 Pilot Jerry Hoy t to the