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• Height finder — A height finder is a ground based aircraft altitude measuring device.TechnologyEarly height finder implementations were optical devices and later migrated to radar devices. Devices combining both optics and radar were deployed by the United… …   Wikipedia

• height finder — noun : a device used to determine the height of an airborne object …   Useful english dictionary

• height-finder radar — One that indicates the precise height of a target. It has a multilobe beam nodding aerial. Most modern radars are 3 D (three dimensional) and have a height finding function built into them …   Aviation dictionary

• Depression position finder — A DPF (left) and an azimuth scope (right) in use. A depression position finder (DPF) is an observation instrument that was used in the fire control system of the U.S. Coast Artillery to locate targets in range and/or azimuth as part of the… …   Wikipedia

• Range finder — Range Range, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[ e]e.] 1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains. [1913 Webster] 2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mill Valley Air Force Station — Part of Air Defense Command (ADC) Mount Tamalpais West Peak, Marin County, near …   Wikipedia

• Coincidence rangefinder — American soldiers using a coincidence rangefinder with its distinctive single eyepiece during army maneuvers in the 1940s …   Wikipedia

• Air Ministry Experimental Station — AMES or Air Ministry Experimental Station was the way of identifying RAF radar types during and after World War II*AMES Type 1, Chain Home (CH) Early Warning *AMES Type 2, Chain Home Low (CHL) Early Warning, LOW altitude *AMES Type 3, Type 1 and… …   Wikipedia

• Empire Air Force Station — is a former United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) long range radar site located about a mile south of Empire, Michigan.The radar site was operated by the 752nd Aircraft Control and Warning (AC W) squadron, starting in late 1951 …   Wikipedia

• 786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron caption= Official crest of the 786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron dates= March 1951–July 1979 country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Air Force …   Wikipedia

• Malmstrom Air Force Base — Part of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Located near: Great Falls, Montana …   Wikipedia