NATO radar aircraft scan the skies - aboard a 'flying radar tower' - video Dailymotion

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NATO radar aircraft scan the skies - aboard a 'flying radar tower'  With more than 90 aircraft taking part in the NATO exercise 'Ramstein Flag 25' (RAFL25), control and communication between the participants is crucial. The AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) works as 'flying sensor,' providing participants in the exercise with the data needed for their missions. Among the 90 plus aircraft participating in the exercise are fighter jets, support aircraft and other assets, which operate from twelve NATO air bases. Europeans have been anxiously seeking details on the timeframe and extent to which the US aims to reduce its engagement in NATO for weeks, in order to coordinate the process of a European defense ramp-up to avoid security gaps in Europe.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #NATO #RAFL25

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00:00You want me to take it off?

00:30It's empty now, but this one's still on.

00:32It's actually still on.

00:36It's on the left.

00:38It's like you're at the counter edge, right?

00:40Yeah.

01:01During counter A2AD missions, we are going through an air campaign

01:06where we are able to neutralize enemy defensive infrastructure,

01:13which gains us air superiority and gains us freedom of movement for our own troops.

01:20And having air superiority and freedom of movement will have a huge benefit on the battlefield.

01:30Airbus A330-200F-QNH on runway 06L

01:35Thank you so much. You can perform a 180 and a back takeoff.

01:40Flight instruments, navigation aid, and altitude alerters.

01:43There you go. One zero.

01:45We're still on the green. I just heard our receiver take off.

01:50Have a good flight. Until later. Bye-bye.

01:55QNH.

02:01One zero.

02:03Are we still on the camera hull?

02:11Walk-around inspection is complete. I got two lights on the forward load.

02:24Five zero seconds.

02:26Zero. Goodbye.

02:56One zero.

03:00One zero.

03:07Hey, welcome on board of the NATO AWACS.

03:10It's flying on a platform Boeing 707.

03:14A unique platform in NATO because we are able to deliver effects mainly related to command and control.

03:22We are an enabler.

03:24We are a flying sensor which is able to give all the players for exercise or air operation

03:33all the data they need in real time to accomplish their mission.

03:38Thanks to our sensors, we are able to sweep the airspace around

03:43and able to detect and track flying objects

03:48and transmit them real time to higher echelon or to the fighters in the airspace.

03:55We can see farther than them. We can see earlier than them.

04:00Therefore, we are an enabler for the air campaign.

04:08If you see on camera people are eating, tell me.

04:19I really like to see all the volumes of the wings.

04:22I mean, no, you can just have a picture.

04:25Yeah, when you draw the...

04:27No, no, no.

04:28Oh, at the moment?

04:29Yeah, no.

04:30Today we are flying in support of Ramstein Flak 25

04:34which is one of the biggest live exercise

04:38where more than 90 aircraft are simulating with real flights

04:45and Article 5 operations.

04:48What we do is command and control.

04:50Mainly we control them, we manage them

04:55and we provide them all the information that they need

04:58to accomplish the task that the air comp is assigned.

05:15...

05:28No worries.

05:30Did he hit?

05:32Did he?

05:34He didn't move. Sensors, configure rate. Radius, configure rate.

05:37We are ready for air to air refuelling.

05:45...

NATO radar aircraft scan the skies - aboard a 'flying radar tower'

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