Advanced Cruise Missile Mission Control Aircraft Console
ARIA Aircraft 60-0374
CMMCA Console - 2001
Source: Randy Losey
The CMMCA console consisted of three positions that were usually manned by United States Air Force or Navy personnel. The operators monitored the Cruise Missile's health and if necessary could take over control of the missile with the ability to terminate the test.
The Cruise Missile flight testing program was also supported by 61-0326, 61-0329, and 60-0374 with CMMCA Phase 0 modifications. The equipment was eventually removed from 61-0326 and 61-0329 and reinstalled in 81-0891 and 81-0894. The equipment still remains in aircraft 60-0374 which was retired to the National Museum of the Air Force Dayton, Ohio, in 2000.
In the late 1990's, after the CMMCA aircraft was transferred to Joint STARS, the Phase 0 CMMCA configuration was used extensively in support of the Cruise Missile program. The standard ARIA telemetry equipment performed it's receive, record, and retransmit mission while the DSC, Data Separation Console, separated the mission data where it was displayed at the CMMCA console. The aircraft also provided UHF voice relay between Mission Control and the fighter aircrafts performing safety chase.
Written By Randy Losey
Source: Chris Miller
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