1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,290 --> 00:00:07,568 I am really excited to go flying today . 3 00:00:07,568 --> 00:00:09,679 It's gonna be a gorgeous day to fly . 4 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:11,901 I'm looking forward to being out in the 5 00:00:11,901 --> 00:00:14,123 airspace . The primary purpose today is 6 00:00:14,123 --> 00:00:16,210 the sidewinder low level survey . So 7 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:18,720 with all of our brethren , all of our 8 00:00:18,730 --> 00:00:20,897 different assets that are gonna be out 9 00:00:20,897 --> 00:00:23,008 there sharing the air space today , I 10 00:00:23,008 --> 00:00:22,490 think we're gonna see some really great 11 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:24,840 stuff . Thank you very much . All right , 12 00:00:24,850 --> 00:00:26,683 we'll have a great morning . The 13 00:00:26,683 --> 00:00:28,970 amazing thing about the C 12 fleet is 14 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:31,170 at Edwards Air Force Base is a jack of 15 00:00:31,170 --> 00:00:33,170 all trades . Today is a very unique 16 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:35,170 mission . We're going to do the low 17 00:00:35,170 --> 00:00:37,170 level survey mission for the C 12 . 18 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:39,114 That's where the C 12 goes out and 19 00:00:39,114 --> 00:00:41,337 flies . The low level roots down at 200 20 00:00:41,337 --> 00:00:43,337 ft , looking for any obstacles that 21 00:00:43,337 --> 00:00:45,559 obstruct all the other aircraft that do 22 00:00:45,559 --> 00:00:47,781 that low level route every single day , 23 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:46,520 every single week , 24 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,320 the low level , first of all , on a 25 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,431 date like this is gonna be absolutely 26 00:01:03,431 --> 00:01:05,542 gorgeous . The mountains have snow on 27 00:01:05,542 --> 00:01:07,487 them . It's a , it's a clear day . 28 00:01:07,487 --> 00:01:09,598 We're gonna have unlimited visibility 29 00:01:09,598 --> 00:01:11,653 and we're gonna see some great stuff 30 00:01:11,653 --> 00:01:10,870 out there . 31 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:30,227 We're gonna experience the entirety of 32 00:01:30,227 --> 00:01:32,393 the Edwards Air Force Base , Air Space 33 00:01:32,393 --> 00:01:34,560 and all that ground space . The survey 34 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,616 mission is incredibly important when 35 00:01:36,616 --> 00:01:38,560 the fighters drop into a low level 36 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,560 route or a heavy aircraft or bomber 37 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,504 drops into train , falling radar , 38 00:01:42,504 --> 00:01:44,393 they're going incredibly fast and 39 00:01:44,393 --> 00:01:46,338 they're very focused on their , on 40 00:01:46,338 --> 00:01:46,220 their test mission . And what they 41 00:01:46,230 --> 00:01:48,452 can't be worried about is that some new 42 00:01:48,452 --> 00:01:50,674 tower is gonna popped up , some new set 43 00:01:50,674 --> 00:01:52,841 of power lines or some new transmitter 44 00:01:52,841 --> 00:01:54,897 is somewhere on that route that they 45 00:01:54,897 --> 00:01:57,063 don't know is there . So we go out and 46 00:01:57,063 --> 00:01:56,940 survey that route at least once a year 47 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:59,117 to make sure that no new things are on 48 00:01:59,117 --> 00:01:58,950 the route . 49 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,440 So the Jedi transition is kind of a 50 00:02:10,450 --> 00:02:12,800 shortcut route that we take when we're 51 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,856 doing the sidewinder . So we call it 52 00:02:14,856 --> 00:02:17,022 the Jedi transition . It's a reference 53 00:02:17,022 --> 00:02:18,967 to Star Wars and it's because this 54 00:02:18,967 --> 00:02:21,970 narrow slot that we're going through on 55 00:02:21,970 --> 00:02:24,490 the low level across , across the 56 00:02:24,490 --> 00:02:25,100 valley . 57 00:02:31,590 --> 00:02:34,090 So historically , our aircraft have had 58 00:02:34,090 --> 00:02:36,034 these capabilities for many , many 59 00:02:36,034 --> 00:02:37,701 decades . I personally have a 60 00:02:37,701 --> 00:02:39,701 connection to it because when I was 61 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:41,757 working on the F-16 automatic ground 62 00:02:41,757 --> 00:02:43,812 collision avoidance system , we used 63 00:02:43,812 --> 00:02:45,979 this low level route to make sure that 64 00:02:45,979 --> 00:02:48,146 we could do collision , avoidance with 65 00:02:48,146 --> 00:02:50,368 the terrain so that we wouldn't hit the 66 00:02:50,368 --> 00:02:52,423 mountains . But also that our pilots 67 00:02:52,423 --> 00:02:54,590 could still fly that low level route , 68 00:02:54,590 --> 00:02:56,701 doing the terrain masking without the 69 00:02:56,701 --> 00:02:58,868 system getting in the way they fly all 70 00:02:58,868 --> 00:03:00,646 the way down to 200 ft and this 71 00:03:00,646 --> 00:03:02,646 automatic system wouldn't give them 72 00:03:02,646 --> 00:03:04,812 nuisance activations . And we are very 73 00:03:04,812 --> 00:03:07,034 disciplined in how we walk through this 74 00:03:07,034 --> 00:03:09,257 route flying procedure . We really love 75 00:03:09,257 --> 00:03:09,086 our airspace partners . In fact , in 76 00:03:09,086 --> 00:03:11,142 this airspace , we have not only the 77 00:03:11,142 --> 00:03:13,308 United States Air Force at Edwards Air 78 00:03:13,308 --> 00:03:15,419 Force Base , States Navy out of China 79 00:03:15,419 --> 00:03:17,586 Lake and the United States Army out of 80 00:03:17,586 --> 00:03:19,864 Fort Irwin all using the same airspace . 81 00:03:19,864 --> 00:03:22,030 We also have a lot of partners both in 82 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:24,253 the local community who live underneath 83 00:03:24,253 --> 00:03:26,308 our airspace as well as our National 84 00:03:26,308 --> 00:03:28,530 Park , National Forest partners . So we 85 00:03:28,530 --> 00:03:30,697 keep our low level environment are low 86 00:03:30,697 --> 00:03:32,642 level mission research into a very 87 00:03:32,642 --> 00:03:34,864 small portion of our overall airspace . 88 00:03:36,670 --> 00:03:38,892 And , and we can give these airplanes , 89 00:03:38,892 --> 00:03:41,059 we can run these airplanes through all 90 00:03:41,059 --> 00:03:43,170 the steps they need to run through so 91 00:03:43,170 --> 00:03:45,337 they can be amazing operational assets 92 00:03:45,337 --> 00:03:44,910 out in the world wherever they might go .