Shaw AFB Pilots xav tau txoj hauv kev zoo dua los ya ntawm thaj av-raws li thiab Offshore Training Range

"Wild Weasel" F-16 pilots ntawm 20th Fighter Wing uas tshwj xeeb hauv kev tawm tsam ntawm cov yeeb ncuab huab cua tiv thaiv lossis SEAD lub luag haujlwm, tau pib siv zog los txhim kho qhov tseeb ntawm kev cob qhia lawv ua los ntawm lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv tsev, Shaw AFB nyob ob peb mais sab hnub poob ntawm Sumter, South Carolina.

Qhov project yog paub SCEWR - South Carolina Electronic Warfare teg num. Ib lub tswv yim yug los ntawm Shaw, tam sim no yog kev sib koom tes ntawm Wild Weasel squadrons, South Carolina Air National Guard, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort hauv Beaufort, SCSC
thiab FAA's Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center hauv Jacksonville, Florida.

Raws li 20th Operations Group tus thawj coj, Col. Kevin Lord, uas saib xyuas kev ua haujlwm ntawm 20th FW's kwv yees li 79 F-16C / DMs, Wing's pilots tau siv tib lub dav hlau dav hlau txoj hauv kev los ya ntawm thaj chaw kev cob qhia tawm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Atlantic thiab hauv av. kev cob qhia nyob rau sab qab teb Georgia, sab hnub tuaj North Carolina thiab sab qab teb-central South Carolina rau kwv yees li 20 xyoo.

SCEWR yog tsom rau kev txhim kho txoj hauv kev los ntawm thaj chaw huab cua hauv zos Shaw's F-16 pilots koom nrog lawv Marine thiab Air Guard counterparts nrog rau cov pej xeem thiab kev lag luam aviation tsheb.

Nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no, Tswv thiab lwm tus nyob rau hauv 20th Operations Group "saib ib ncig thiab pom tau hais tias tsis muaj dab tsi hloov nrog lub cev txoj kev uas peb airspace tau nteg tawm." Nws hais tias lawv tau nug tias, "Peb yuav ua li cas txuas cov chaw ceeb toom dej dhau qhov uas peb ua cov xwm txheej kev cob qhia tag nrho nrog qee lub dav hlau uas muaj kev tiv thaiv kom coj peb mus rau cov [hauv av] thaj tsam?"

Hauv lwm lo lus, yuav ua li cas Shaw's Wild Weasels tsheb ciav hlau nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv - qhov twg lawv tuaj yeem ntsib cov teeb liab tiv thaiv huab cua uas ua rau cov neeg Suav los yog Russia siv, ya ntawm supersonic ceev, maneuver dynamically thiab ntsib "cov neeg phem" hauv daim ntawv cog lus tus yeeb ncuab dav hlau - ces ya ncaj qha thiab sai li sai tau mus rau sab hauv kev cob qhia ntau yam los xyaum tiv thaiv av-raws li huab cua tiv thaiv emitters nyob rau hauv ib tug dej lub hom phiaj?

Kev cob qhia tub rog

Thaum lub Kaum Hli Ntuj kawg, 20th FW pilots thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm suav nrog Shaw cov neeg ua haujlwm tswj hwm huab cua tau ntsib nrog cov tswv cuab ntawm Jacksonville Center thawj zaug uas tus neeg tham txog SCEWR. FAA cov neeg ua haujlwm ncig xyuas lub hauv paus thiab ob pab pawg tau pib sib tham txog yuav ua li cas tshiab airspace yuav tsim.

Muaj ntau lub airspace constructs feem ntau siv los ntawm tub rog aircraft los ua kev cob qhia, missions thiab ya davhlau sim nyob rau hauv America lub teb chaws airspace los yog NAS. Ntau qhov sib tshooj hauv ib txoj kev lossis lwm qhov nrog airspace siv los ntawm pej xeem dav hlau, dav hlau, pob xa khoom dav hlau, MEDEVAC aircraft thiab nce, drones.

MTRs lossis Tub Rog Txoj Kev Kawm Tub Rog yog ib qho piv txwv. Kev sib koom ua ke tsim los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv thiab FAA, MTRs yog lub dav hlau txoj hauv kev uas txhais los ntawm thaj chaw thaj chaw hauv qab 10,000 ko taw. Feem ntau 10 mais dav, lawv tso cai rau cov tub rog dav hlau ua haujlwm ntawm qhov nrawm tshaj 250 pob (287.5 mph) los ua cov haujlwm qis qis. Civilian thiab lag luam dav hlau raug txwv rau 250 knots hauv qab 10,000 ko taw hauv NAS.

Tab sis cov kws tsav dav hlau ntiag tug thiab kev lag luam tsis txwv tsis pub hla MTRs. Tub rog huab cua hauv zos rau MTRs tswj lawv, tshaj tawm cov ntawv ceeb toom qhia thaum lawv yuav siv los ntawm tub rog dav hlau. Nws yog nyob ntawm txhua tus neeg koom nrog, pej xeem, kev lag luam thiab tub rog kom tsis txhob sib nrug.

Kev muaj kev lag luam thiab pej xeem kev lag luam nce ntxiv hauv txoj hauv kev zoo li qub airspace corridors 20th FW pilots tau siv rau ob xyoo lawm thiab qhov tsis muaj kev hloov pauv hloov lossis kho cov kev taug kev no tau txwv kev txwv ntawm qhov tseeb ntawm kev cob qhia Wild Weasel aircrews tuaj yeem ua hauv lawv lub zos. cheeb tsam.

Lub hom phiaj SEAD, lub dav hlau tua hluav taws xob tiv thaiv hluav taws xob ntawm kev ua tsov rog hluav taws xob, yog qhov tseem ceeb rau Asmeskas tub rog lub peev xwm los ua haujlwm tawm tsam thiab tiv thaiv hauv thaj chaw sib tw. Yog li, lub peev xwm los ua qhov kev cob qhia tiag tiag hauv cheeb tsam hauv cheeb tsam rau Shaw's 55th, 77th thiab 79th Fighter Squadrons - ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua-npaj, xa mus ua haujlwm F-16 tis nyob rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas - yog qhov tseem ceeb.

Tus Tswv sau tseg tias lub peev xwm thiab cov tshuab nyob hauv Wing's F-16s yog qhov sib txawv niaj hnub no ntau dua li 20 xyoo dhau los. "Nrog peb GPS' thiab peb cov kev qhia tawm tswv yim peb tuaj yeem nyob hauv ib feem kaum ntawm ib mais ntawm txhua qhov ciam teb. Thiab yog tias lawv hloov tus ciam teb ntawd peb tuaj yeem hloov pauv cov kab ke hauv peb lub dav hlau kom ua raws li tus ciam teb tshiab. "

Dynamic Airspace

Col. Tswv piav qhia lub dav hlau hauv zos rau Shaw AFB yog cov neeg coob coob uas Wing cov neeg tsav dav hlau sib cav nrog thoob ntiaj teb.

"Kuv tau ya F-16 hauv airspace thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab muaj tsheb khiav hauv tsev ntau dua li lwm qhov. Thaum peb zaum nrog [Jacksonville Center] peb pib saib xyuas cov tsheb khiav thiab txheeb xyuas lub sijhawm uas feem ntau kev dav hlau dav hlau thiab kev lag luam aviation tsis ya - hmo ntuj lossis siab dua 18,000 ko taw. "

Tus Tswv hais tias kev tsheb khiav ntawm feem ntau ntawm cov dav hlau / pej xeem txoj kev poob qis heev nyob ib puag ncig 9:00 teev tsaus ntuj hauv zos. Kev nkag siab tias kev khiav hauv huab cua hauv cheeb tsam tau qhib qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm "kev cia siab ib ntus airspace qhov twg peb tuaj yeem hais los ntawm 10 teev tsaus ntuj hauv zos mus rau ib tag hmo hauv zos, ntawm cov ntsiab lus no, muaj txoj hauv kev no los ntawm 18,000 txog 24,000 ko taw uas yuav muaj kev cob qhia tub rog hauv. ”

Lub tswv yim yog ua kom "dynamic airspace" muaj nyob rau hauv kev koom tes nrog FAA los kho cov airspace corridors uas twb muaj lawm 20th FW pilots ya los ntawm los yog tsim txoj kev tshiab nrog rau ib ntus reserved airspace los txhim kho kev cob qhia.

"Peb lub zeem muag thawj zaug nrog FAA tau txwv qhov ntawd mus rau hmo ntuj [kev ua haujlwm]. Peb mus ntaus rog hmo ntuj, ”Tus Tswv piav qhia. “Peb qhov kev cob qhia high-end yog hmo ntuj. Peb yuav tsis tawm tsam kom nthuav nws mus rau nruab hnub tab sis tam sim no peb tsom mus rau hmo ntuj. "

Kev qhib txoj hauv kev tshiab airspace kuj tseem tuaj yeem txhim kho kev cob qhia los ntawm kev tso cai rau cov neeg tawm tsam hauv av uas Wild Weasel pilots cob qhia nrog kom txav mus rau thaj chaw lossis sib xyaw.

"Peb muaj cov kev cob qhia emitters txaus txaus rau F-16 thiab kev cob qhia peb tab tom ua tshwj tsis yog tias lawv nyob hauv cov kev qis qis uas tau nyob ntawd rau ob lossis peb xyoos lawm. Rau cov xwm txheej kev cob qhia peb yuav tsum ua haujlwm niaj hnub no, lawv tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntxiv lawm. Peb xav tau lawv ntau ntxiv raws ntug dej hiav txwv thiab qhov ntawd yog ib feem ntawm lub tswv yim ntawm kev sib txuas ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv rau peb thaj av. "

Cov emitters uas tuaj yeem "txhawb" lub tshuab hluav taws xob ua tsov rog nyob rau hauv Wing's F-16s txawm tias 30 xyoo cov txheej txheem qub txeeg qub teg los yog niaj hnub emitters uas ua raws li "tus lej thib ob" cov foob pob hluav taws saum npoo av muab cov kev sib tw sib txawv rau Wild Weasel pilots kom hnov ​​​​qab. rau.

Kev sib txuas cov kev cob qhia hauv dej thiab dej hauv av kuj tseem yuav ua rau nws yooj yim dua rau Shaw cov neeg tsav dav hlau kom tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev cob qhia tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab dav hlau, txhim kho kev cob qhia rau cov neeg tsav dav hlau tshiab thiab txuag kev hnav thiab tsim kua muag ntawm Wing's fighters.

"Lub tswv yim yog yog tias peb tuaj yeem tsim lub dav hlau txuas nrog no thiab cov xwm txheej zoo li no, uas yuav raug kho kom zoo dua los ntawm kev muaj cov kws tshaj lij Red Air los muab peb cov neeg sawv cev ntawm qhov kev hem thawj tiag tiag," Tus Tswv hais. "Nws tseem yuav khaws cov kev sib tw rau kuv tus tub hluas Blue Force wingman qhov twg nws tuaj yeem ua Blue tactics es tsis txhob sim ua piv txwv tias nws yog tus yeeb ncuab."

Tus Tswv cia siab tias nyob rau 12 lub hlis tom ntej nws cov neeg tsav dav hlau thiab cov tswj hwm nrog rau FAA cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Jacksonville Center tuaj yeem ua kom pom lub peev xwm los kho lossis tsim lub dav hlau ib ntus.

Nws nkag siab tias nws yuav ua "cov kauj ruam nce ntxiv" tab sis sau tseg tias Wing twb tau sau cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev koom tes nrog FAA.

Shaw AFB tus kheej thiab cov neeg sawv cev ntawm Jacksonville Center yuav ntsib dua nyob rau ob peb lub lis piam tom ntej. Yog tias SCEWR txoj kev pib ua tiav, Tswv xav tias nws tuaj yeem rov ua dua nyob rau lwm thaj chaw raws ntug dej hiav txwv sab hnub tuaj txhawm rau txhim kho Air Force, Navy thiab Marine Corps aviation kev cob qhia thiab kev khiav ntawm FAA tswj.

"Yog tias peb pib ya hauv cov huab cua no thaum hmo ntuj, qhov ntawd qhib lawv thaum nruab hnub. Nws yog hom kev yeej-yeej rau txhua tus. "