01095606 UNCLASSIFIED 2447070 10-01-1987 2447435 09-30-1988

ARMAMENT DIVISION

HISTORY K240.01 V.1 VOL I OF XIII 42838 584 1123 43 2447945 02-22-1990 ON 30 AUG 88, BRIG GEN KENNETH E. STATEN REPLACED MAJ GEN RICHARD E. STEERE AS COMMANDER OF THE ARMAMENT DIVISION (AD). COL TIMOTHY F. O'KEEFE WAS REPLACED AS VICE COMMANDER BY BRIG GEN STEPHEN M. MCELROY WHO ASSUMED THE DUAL POSITION OF VICE COMMANDER OF THE AD AND DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION. ON 10 JUN 88, THE 3200 SUPPORT WING WAS ACTIVATED, COMBINING THE FUNCTIONS OF SUPPORTING THE BASE UNDER A SINGLE MANAGER. THE 3201 AIR BASE GROUP, AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND (AFSC) REGIONAL HOSPITAL, AND THE 3202 CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUADRON WERE REASSIGNED FROM THE AD TO THE 3200 SUPPORT WING. THE END OF THE CONSENT JUDGMENT IMPACTED CIVILIAN PERSONNEL POLICIES. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS INCLUDED PLANNING FOR NONNUCLEAR ARMAMENT, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI), INSENSITIVE HIGH EXPLOSIVE (IHE), TECHNOLOGY FOR AIR SUPERIORITY, AND ADVANCED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION (AMTI). OTHER PROJECTS WERE TECHNOLOGY FOR EXPLOITATION OF AIR SUPERIORITY, TECHNOLOGY FOR ATTACK OF FIXED SURFACE TARGETS (HAVE SLICK), AUTONOMOUS SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR GUIDANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ATTACK OF MOBILE SURFACE TARGETS (TACTICAL LASER RADAR SEEKER). DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION PROJECTS INCLUDED ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) (AIM-120A), ADVANCED SHORT RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (ASRAAM) (AIM-132A), AIM-7M, AIM-9M, AIM-9F-4, AND HIGH SPEED ANTIRADIATION MISSILE (HARM) (AGM-88). THE DIVISION ALSO WORKED ON F-16 AIRCRAFT HARM/SHRIKE INTEGRATION PROGRAM, AIR TO SURFACE MUNITIONS, AGM-130, HAVE NAP, AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE FOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, MILLIMETER WAVE GUIDED WEAPONS, HYPERVELOCITY MISSILE, CONVENTIONAL CRUISE MISSILE, MODULAR STANDOFF WEAPON, FOREIGN WEAPONS EVALUATION AND NATO COMPARATIVE TEST. AIR TO SURFACE BALLISTIC WEAPONS PROGRAMS INCLUDED DIRECT AIRFIELD ATTACK COMBINED MUNITIONS, IMPROVED TWO THOUSAND POUND BOMB (I-2K)/FMU-143 FUZE, CAST BOMB DEVELOPMENT GBU-15/BLU-109/B BOMB INTEGRATION, SENSOR FUZED WEAPON (CBU-97/B), CHICKEN LITTLE AND BIGEYE WEAPONS, RANGE SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT OF AIR BASE OPERABILITY. ARMAMENT DIVISION'S MAJOR TEST PROGRAMS WERE INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACKING SYSTEM (IRSTS), TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (TEWS), AIRCREW EYE RESPIRATION PROTECTION PROGRAM (AERP), NATO INFRARED DEPLOYMENT, AND SEEK EAGLE. ORCON/OTHER SUBJECT TO EXPORT CONTROL LAWS.