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Uh , so we are here at Edwards Air

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Force Base in the 416 flight Test

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squadron . Uh , my name is Major Tony

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Pipe . I go by Hash , and I was

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fortunate enough to fly the Block 70

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F16 today on the first flight of the

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Viper Shield EW upgrade , uh , for that

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Block 70 F-16 .

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Well , the things that we're most

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excited about is the advances in the EW

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capabilities thatapperShield will bring

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to the F-16 . Uh , what this is really

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all centered around is giving that

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capability to the war fighters .

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From what I observed today , one of the

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biggest advantages is going to be the

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ability of the RWR or radar warning

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display to more accurately display in a

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more accurate way in a better human

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factors way to the pilot , the threats

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that they may face . S1 have been

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around a long time , uh , just over 50

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years now , and throughout its life has

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gotten many upgrades . It's been

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adapted to fulfill many different

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mission sets , many different roles ,

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and it was originally designed to , and

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this is just the next step in

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modernizing the software and the EW

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capabilities of the F-16 to get it

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closer to the leading edge .

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And the end goal here is just to give

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this capability to the young wingman ,

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uh , the person who's 23 , 24 years old ,

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just out of training who may be out

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there by themselves at night , uh , in

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IMC conditions , and the system may be

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the thing that allows them to either

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escape or to to save their life , uh ,

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should they end up in a combat

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environment .