[Milsurplus] Active Military Service Life

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OK.  But service with the FAA doesn't count as active military service, 
whether you're talking about people or equipment.  Both are surplus after they 
leave the military.

In a message dated 11/27/2011 20:16:37 PM Central Standard Time, 
dufferjames at hotmail.com writes: 
> The FAA used both military communication (and radar) equipment.  At St. 
> Simons Island, GA when there was a Flight Service Station (FSS) at Malcolm 
> McKinnon airport we had an old TUQ still operating in the early 70s, 
> actually it was still there when I transferred to the Memphis Long Range Radar in 
> early 70.  The FAA still had military "FPS" series long range radars up in 
> the late 90s and still may have some for all I know.  They had under gone 
> lots of modifications however.
> Jim   de wd4air
> 
> >From: WA5CAB at cs.com
> >Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:52:56 -0500
> >To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Service Life
> >
> >OK. But that's a civilian application and almost certainly a commercial 
> >transmitter.
> >
> >In a message dated 11/27/2011 17:47:38 PM Central Standard Time, 
> >kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> >>How about this?
> >>LF beacon in Montana, 1938 transmitter, decommissioned ~1976, maybe 
> later,
> >>not before? Something like "TZF" ( FAA nomenclature, still have the info 
> 
> >>somewhere. )
> >>Told to me by former FAA comm tech. 
> >>-Hue
> 
> 

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