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From: sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov (Michael D'Alessandro)
Subject: U-2's in the Gulf?
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 90 00:33:59 GMT
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From: sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov (Michael D'Alessandro)
 
I'm interested to know if anyone is aware of how U-2R's and TR-1's are
being utilized in the Gulf.  Has anyone seen any articles on this in
Aviation Week or in any of the papers?

Specifically, I'd like to know if any ASAR-2 equipped TR-1's are in the
gulf.  My U-2 books describe this SAR sensor in detail, but never say if
it has been deployed operationally.  (My latest U-2 book is copyrighted
from 1988...)  For those who don't know, ASAR stands for Advanced Synthetic
Aperature Radar which can give ground commanders a real time picture of
enemy movement up to 50 miles behind the battle line.

Finally -- could someone tell me what JSTARS is?  I believe it is some
sensor suite deployed in KC-135 derived aircraft that is in testing
right now.  What exactly does it do, and what plans are there for 
deploying it in the Gulf?

Michael
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Michael D'Alessandro, M.D.
The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications
Educational Technology Branch
The National Library of Medicine               sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov