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SB: SSgt Edward Wambolt
“SO THE TRAINING THAT WE ARE DOING OUT HERE TODAY IS NOT REALLY TRAINING WITHIN ITSELF. IT’S ACTUALLY AN OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE HANDHELD LINK 16 RADIO THAT VIASAT HAS PRODUCED. DISMOUNTED JTACS AND GROUND TROOPS NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT TRUE DA CAS AND ACT AS A GATEWAY FOR ALL LINK PLAYERS.”
“BEING ABLE TO PUT THIS RADIO ON AN OPERATOR DOWN RANGE IS GOING TO ALLOW THAT OPERATOR, CONNECTED TO THE LINK, TO REACH BACK AND BUILD SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO HIS PILOT WHILE HE IS ON THE AIR BASE AND IS GETTING READY TO TAKE-OFF TO SUPPORT THAT JTAC IN HIS AREA OF OPERATION.”
“THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A TACTICAL DATA LINK IS THAT IT ENABLES DIGITALLY AIDED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT INTEGRATION, FACILITATING TIMELY SUCCESSFUL AIR POWER IN SUPPORT OF THE GROUND FORCE COMMANDER…AND WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE FULL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD WHICH INCREASES THE JTACS CAPABILITIES FOR MORE AIR ASSETS.”
“THERE WILL BE SOME DATA COLLECTED OUT HERE TODAY. THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS AND WORK ON SOME SHORTFALLS THAT WE FOUND WITHIN THE RADIO ITSELF. WE WILL DO A COUPLE MORE OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS AND IT CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE PUT OUT TO THE OPERATING COMMUNITY AROUND MARCH OF 2017.”
| Date Taken: | 04.06.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2016 15:39 |
| Story ID: | 195245 |
| Location: | NELLIS AFB, NV, US |
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