Pope increases flight line security
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POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (USTCNS) --- Nine cameras were recently installed at various locations near the flight line to increase base security and provide visibility for command post personnel.
The closed circuit flight line video system costs more than $300,000 and was funded by Air Mobility Command. It replaced an older video system that deteriorated beyond use several years ago.
The current needs of the base were incompatible with the former system, negating the option of repairing and updating it.
Additionally, the older cameras were mounted too low, effectively concealing a large part of the flight line from those responsible for tracking and guiding aircraft in the air and on the ground.
"With the cameras from the old system, you could see the tail of one C-130, but that was it. You couldn't see over the tail," Staff Sgt. Todd Amos, 43rd Communications Squadron project manager said. "[The new system] gives the command post a chance to visually check flight line operations."
Command post personnel say the visual capabilities have increased their efficiency.
"[The new cameras] allow us to be a lot more proactive," Ray Russ, command post operations manager, said. "We are able to see the status of aircraft - if they are uploading or offloading on time - instead of waiting for radio communication."
Additional monitoring stations were part of the new CCFV. With the former system, monitors were set up in the command post and at the security forces control center. Now four monitoring stations are operational - the command post, the SFCC, the alternate command post and the crisis action
team staging room.
The CCFV has very powerful pan, tilt and zoom capabilities. For example, the CCFV has the ability to capture the identity of paratroopers boarding an aircraft, pan and tilt to follow the in-flight aircraft, and photograph the jumpers exiting the aircraft over Sicily drop zone.
These functions increase overall base and flight line security.
"The cameras enable us to see all the activity on the flight line. We're not going to miss anything,"
43rd Security Forces desk sergeant Senior Airman Marcus Curry said.
Plus, the new system allows the on-duty desk sergeant to monitor an event and relay information directly to the security forces patrols, Curry said.
Installation was completed and all nine cameras were on line by Nov. 16.
(FROM AIR MOBILITY COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
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