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Anonymous ID: a9c739 March 19, 2018, 4:14 a.m. No.720359   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0411

MAGMA13 (USAF Spec Ops) take-off from Cyprus heading east to Lebanon/Syria at this time.

 

AWAC (NATO06) out of France painting a picture, and

RC135 (EXTOL44) out of Mildenhall ID'ing the targets.

Anonymous ID: a9c739 March 19, 2018, 4:45 a.m. No.720470   🗄️.is 🔗kun

WIDGET airborne out of Tyndall AFB, FL.

 

"It is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated sea-surveillance, telemetry relay and UHF radio relay platform," said Maj. Anthony Carson, 82nd Aerial Target Squadron E-9A Widget director of operations. "It's assignment to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, and the support it provides the Weapon System Evaluation Program Combat ARCHER air-to-air mission, is essential for live-fire weapons testing in the airspace over the Gulf of Mexico. It provides a cost-effective solution to enhancing safety associated with live-fire weapons testing."

 

There are only two E-9A Widgets in the Department of Defense inventory, both stationed at Tyndall with the 82nd ATRS. There are currently only seven pilots and five radar operators assigned to the aircraft.

 

"The unique mission supports numerous DoD customers, and ultimately it supports the test and development of weapon systems we place in the hands of warfighters," Carson said. "I can't think of a better mission, except maybe employing those same weapons against our enemies."

 

www. tyndall.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/669737/e-9a-widget-one-of-a-kind/