Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Wallops Program Receives "Best" Award..






(excerpts from PRNewswire)


Wallops Aircraft Office Recognized as the Best in the Federal Government


WASHINGTONJuly 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
 -- NASA's Wallops Flight  Facility Aircraft Office in
Virginia has been recognized as the best small aviation
program in the Federal government by the General
Services Administration and  the  Interagency
Committee for Aviation Policy.

The Wallops aircraft team provides NASA and
 commercial platforms for worldwide airborne scientific 
research, technology development, cargo airlift, launch
range  surveillance and recovery, and remotely piloted 
aircraft systems and required chase operations.

The award is provided to agencies that have 
demonstrated their flight programs support for the
success of the agency's mission. An independent panel 
of aviation experts judge agencies based on aircraft
administration, operations, maintenance, training and 
safety.

In 2014, Wallops participated in 30 NASA airborne 
science missions, flying more than  2,000 flight hours
Both were records surpassing all previous marks
during the office's 45 years.

These aircraft support NASA missions across the
United States from the east to west coasts, as well as Alaska, CanadaGreenlandNorwayAfrica and
Antarctica.

In addition, Wallops recently opened and conducted 
missions from a new Global Hawk Operations Center 
(GHOC-East) control center. The GHOC allows NASA to
conduct Global Hawk operations worldwide, including
missions to study Atlantic tropical storms.


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