TOP SECTION
- LOCATOR BEACON EJECTION SYSTEM - In emergency crash situation pod fires out top of ship with location data to help searchers locate wreckage of Airwolf.
- TWO ROWS OF BUTTONS - to left are not assigned
MIDDLE SECTION
DEFENSE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT GAUGES
- ATMOSPHERE MONITOR - (breathable air inside ship)
- LASER GENERATOR - (power to shop's laser instrument: Gyroscopes, etc., forward laser scanner acts as additional radar. In future could power laser weapons)
- DOPPLER ALERT - (signals incoming missiles or threats)
- RADIATION - (measures radiation levels inside & outside ship)
- WARNING LIGHTS - (below gauges)
- VIDEO MONITOR - (displays when Airwolf is being scanned by outside sources - also indicates when Airwolf is masking detection)
BOTTOM SECTION
RADAR JAMMING
- ADVANCED SELF-PROTECTION JAMMER - (programmable button can display changing words & functions - sends out jamming signal to foil enemy radar)
- SMALL RED LIGHTS - (flash as the instrument scans different frequencies)
INFRARED JAMMING
- SUNBURST/CHAFF BUTTON
SUNBURSTS are hot flares ejected as decoys for heat seeking enemy missiles
CHAFF ejects an exploding canister which showers down a curtain of aluminum particles to confuse radar
- INFRARED SUPRESS - (supresses heat given off from exhaust also called "venetian blinding")
- INFRARED JAMMER - (radiates extra signal around ship to confuse enemy scanning)
- OSCILLISCOPE UNIT - (displays radio energy)
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