I-HAWK

“I had a major equipment flakeout,” he told the ground controller at the I-HAWK station.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

Cyclops had handled simultaneous firings from two I-HAWK batteries handily in clear-sky trials three weeks before; it had nailed SAMs, cruise missiles, tanks, and a bunker during its extensive trials.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

Cyclops had handled simultaneous firings from two I-HAWK batteries handily in clear-sky trials three weeks before; it had nailed SAMs, cruise missiles, tanks, and a bunker during its extensive trials.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

Far below in the rugged Montana hills, the Army I-HAWK battery prepared to fire.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

The large screen showed not just the target—an I-HAWK MIM-23 antiaircraft missile site—but the scope of its radar, a yellowish balloon projecting from the mountain plain.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

“I had a major equipment flakeout,” he told the ground controller at the I-HAWK station.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

An indicator on the RWR panel noted that the I-HAWK radar had locked on the stealthy chase planes as well as Cyclops.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

The large screen showed not just the target—an I-HAWK MIM-23 antiaircraft missile site—but the scope of its radar, a yellowish balloon projecting from the mountain plain.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

Far below in the rugged Montana hills, the Army I-HAWK battery prepared to fire.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

An indicator on the RWR panel noted that the I-HAWK radar had locked on the stealthy chase planes as well as Cyclops.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003