ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS (AOC) IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEFENSE AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE (DARO) SECOND AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEILLANCE AND EW CONFERENCE POC: Association of Old Crows (AOC) Convention Department, 703-549-1600. The Association of Old Crows (AOC) will conduct their Second Airborne Reconnaissance Surveillance and EW Conference on November 20-21 at Moffett Field, California. The AOC, in cooperation with the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO), will conduct the second edition of last year's highly successful conference. Major General Kenneth R. Israel, USAF, Director, DARO, will chair the conference. Michael Munson, previous Deputy Director, DIA, and currently the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I, will give the keynote address. Other speakers will include the Honorable Arthur L. Money, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Maj Gen William Campbell, USA, Program Executive Officer, Command, Control, and Communications Systems, Maj Gen Charles W. Thomas, USA, Commander, US Army Intelligence Center, and Mr. Mike Decker, HQ USMC, Assistant Deputy CofS C4I, as well as representatives from other service acquisition offices. The format for the conference will be similar to last year's with mission operational and acquisition representatives from all branches of the military services presenting their viewpoints concerning airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and EW. Topics will include such areas as: Operational mission and state of airborne reconnaissance squadrons and units in support of joint operations, RECCE collection management, ARL, imagery support, future acquisition plans of the military services and support communications (JBS, GCCS, JTIDS), The Prowler, Senior Scout, Compass Call, BGPHES, RTIC, F-16 Targeting, CARS, SIGINT Demo system, Joint Abn SIGINT system, Acquisition reform and RECCE. Example of flight line displays will include: Rivet Joint, Guardrail, Joint STARS, U-2, EA-6B, ARL, EP3, and the Ground-Based Common Sensor. Tours and briefings will be conducted of all systems. This conference addresses intelligent support from airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms and their impact on EW. The SECRET/US-ONLY conference will prove to be one of the most important conferences of 1996 for both the DoD and the defense electronics industry. Contact the AOC Convention Department at 703-549-1600 for further information.

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