The Reeves AN/TSQ-96 Bomb Directing Central was an automatic tracking radar/computer/communications system ("Q" system). The United States Air Force used it from the 1960s, including during the Vietnam War.
| AN/TSQ-96 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | military control system |
| Location | Bergstrom Air Force Base |
| Country | United States |
Description
editThe AN/TSQ-96 operated in India Band[verification needed] monopulse variant of the conical scan Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central and had a solid state Univac 1219B computer with punch tape reader[1] (Mark 152 fire control computer),[2] for ballistic calculation. As with the MSQ-77, an analog vacuum tube computer converted radar range, azimuth, and elevation to cartesian coordinates, but the TSQ-96 used a digital radiometer for analog-to-digital conversion. The TSQ-96 systems manufactured by Reeves Instrument Corporation were replaced c. 1990 by the US Dynamics AN/TPQ-43 Radar Bomb Scoring Set ("Seek Score").[3]
Sites
editAn AN/TSQ-96 was used for Vietnam War ground-directed bombing training at Bergstrom AFB in Austin TX and tracked flights at the Matagorda Island General Bombing and Gunnery Range.[4] Deployment of the central began at operating location 23 (OL-23) on Nakhon Phanom (NKP) RTAFB during the Vietnam War[5] and in 1983, Radar Bomb Scoring Division Detachment 24 operated a TSQ-96 for Radar Bomb Scoring in Guam.[6] Detachment 1, 1 CEVG La Junta, CO also used a TSQ-96. This radar was the one at Keesler AFB and previously Bergstrom AFB. The set was packed up at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS by personnel from Detachment 8, 1 CEVG Richmond, KY and shipped to Detachment 1. Detachment 12, 1CEVG Hawthorne, NV had a TSQ-96 that had been transferred from Detachment 6, 1 CEVG Bayshore, MI. [citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Leyva, Ken. "TSQ-96 J-band Mono Pulse" (anecdote webpage). TestVector.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-gurney/29/877/9b0 [self-published source]
- ^ Jost, Alan C. (2007). ConOps:The Cryptex to Operational System Mission Success (PDF) (Report). Raytheon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ "Various".
- ^ "NKP had both an AN/MSQ-81 and an AN/TSQ-96." "OL-23 was the TSQ-96 system while OL-27 was the TSQ-81"
- ^ "Charliesmilitarymemories".