STARFIRE’S RADAR

Lt. Craig Washburn, Radar Observer 319th FIS/Suwon AB, F-94B

The “B” model Starfire that we flew in the Korean War was a very able and reliable aircraft and with the E-1 fire control system, including the AN/APG-33 radar, it became, for its time, a formidable all weather/night interceptor! The Dash-33 radar had three modes of operation: search, hand control and lock-on. The scope had two displays; target azimuth/elevation and target range/azimuth that was activated by a console switch. An intercept was initiated in the search mode using the azimuth/elevation display. Once the target was observed in the search mode, the R/O spotlighted the target using the hand control and a cursor locked on to the target, which was then automatically tracked by the radar. At this time, the R/O was visualizing the intercept setup, locking on the bogey and…

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