00:04My name is Lieutenant Ciboti, call sign JWoww. I'm an E18G Growler pilot, VAQ 140,
00:10stationed at Whitby Island, Washington. To identify an E18G Growler, it shares a
00:16airframe with the FAA-18 Foxtrot Super Hornet. To distinguish between the two,
00:21you'll look at the wingtips and you'll see a larger diameter pod on the end of
00:26the wingtips. It's an ALQ-218 receiver pod. Our job is to deny the enemy the use of
00:33the electromagnetic spectrum. That boils down to is pretty much taking away the
00:37enemy's ability to target friendly forces. We do that kinetically with
00:41anti-radiation missiles to destroy enemy radar systems and non-kinetically with
00:45ALQ-99 jamming pods, basically rendering the enemy's radars useless. So here at
00:51Tyndall, during checkered flag, we're able to participate with fifth-gen aircraft
00:55F-35 and the F-22 Raptor. Being able to do this allows us to prepare for what we
01:00call the high-end threat and simulate an advanced adversary and practice our
01:05tactics against them.
