MONTHLY AWARD WINNERS.

This article presents information on monthly award winners of air crew safety. On the afternoon of June 9, the crew of Sentry 05 plus one observer had an uneventful takeoff from Cold Lake Canadian Forces Base (CFB). Sentry 05 was cleared to the tactical frequency by a student engineer and directed to the orbit. The mission crew began to power up aircraft mission systems, but were unable to because of a computer malfunction. Sentry 05 continued to a maintenance orbit to attempt troubleshooting and burn down fuel for an eventual return to base. Approximately 45 minutes into the flight, while established in the orbit at 240 knots indicated air speed, the flight crew heard a loud pop in the pilot's overhead panel and noticed severe electrical arcing, smoke, flames and burning debris falling from the panel.