B6 APG News • May 2, 2019

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THIS WEEK IN APG HISTORY

By YVONNE JOHNSON, APG News

(Right) The XM167, the towed version of the Vulcan Air Defense System, is at the Materiel Test Directorate to complete a series of accuracy, durability and reliability

tests as part of integrated engineering and initial production evaluation. The six-barreled 20mm cannon, based on the Gatling gun principle, is being evaluated

within the Army Test and Evaluation Command test program.

(Left) Maj. Alexander Babington, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, explains the mission of his organization during an Army Team Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance-sponsored Wounded Warrior program to encourage wounded Soldiers to consider working for C4ISR organizations during the last phase of their recovery.

10 Years Ago: April 30, 2009

50 Years Ago: April 30, 1969

25 Years Ago: April 27, 1994

Take a look back in time as the APG News explores what made the headlines around APG during this week 10, 25 and 50 years ago. This week’s APG News masthead is from 1978.

(Right) Directorate of Public Works employees Marty Thompson, electronic industrial controls mechanic, left, and Tom Caldwell, supervisor of refrigeration

and air conditioning, use the Metasys, a new compute energy monitoring system, to obtain up-to-

the-minute information on air supply, temperature levels, chill water systems, condensers and hot water

systems in six buildings.

(Left) Phillips Army Airfield staff members show off the organization’s ninth consecutive Army Accident Prevention Award of Excellence in Aviation Safety. Kneeling in front is Roy Hoffman, aviation safety officer. From left, first row, Tom Skhal, pilot; John Mullin, pilot; Mike Pyle, quality control inspector; Chris Demarco, maintenance mechanic; Mike Georgles, refueler; David DeHart, maintenance director; and Rob Silcox, director, Plans, Training and Mobilization. From left, second row, John Bacuda, sheet metal mechanic; John Nessler, program manager; John Roth, civilian deputy; Beth Wilson, secretary; Ralph Bechtold, acting PAAF commander; and Paul Penner, mechanic.

(Right) Brig. Gen. Jess Scarbrough, left, receives the Joint Program Executive Office for

Chemical and Biological Defense flag from Lt. Gen. N. Ross Thompson III, principal military

deputy, office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), before passing it to Lt. Col. Harry Culclasure, product manager-consequence management for Joint Project Manager Guardian during a

Change of Charter ceremony.

(Left) Capt. Ronald Jaros, chief of military justice, center, watches Capt. Bertrand Christian, legal assistance officer and defense council, right, complete a Law Day USA display as receptionist Jean Lee, left, looks on. The display is part of Law Day Observance by the Staff Judge Advocate Office.