OMEGA VLF NAV SYSTEM IS HISTORY

The U.S. Coast Guard's Omega VLF long-range navigation system passed into history on September 30, the victim of more modern and precise navigation techniques. Omega, one of the first reliable global navigation networks for international aircraft flights, had been managed by the United States and...

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