WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:01.787 So we revoke field for Northern 00:01.787 --> 00:03.787 Lightning 2024 . That's where we're 00:03.787 --> 00:05.787 participating in this exercise with 00:05.787 --> 00:07.787 Fifth gen . So force integration is 00:07.787 --> 00:09.898 what we're doing here today . I think 00:09.898 --> 00:12.009 Northern Lightning really the biggest 00:12.009 --> 00:14.176 key factor is kind of the scale of the 00:14.176 --> 00:16.909 exercise and who we participate with . 00:16.920 --> 00:19.229 So it's nice on the scale to where we 00:19.239 --> 00:21.870 really just have the Viper fourth gen 00:22.200 --> 00:24.420 uh that is able to really integrate 00:24.430 --> 00:27.020 with the F-35 F gen and really get kind 00:27.030 --> 00:29.409 of those both air to air and air to 00:29.420 --> 00:32.880 ground players here with respect to now 00:32.889 --> 00:35.056 flying with the F-35 , we're trying to 00:35.056 --> 00:36.945 use our systems paired with their 00:36.945 --> 00:39.000 systems and how they complement each 00:39.000 --> 00:41.111 other and then testing our game plans 00:41.111 --> 00:43.333 to see if they work out and bring those 00:43.333 --> 00:43.060 capabilities together because it's 00:43.069 --> 00:45.291 pretty easy back home to make a mission 00:45.439 --> 00:47.599 and then to fly it uh in a familiar 00:47.610 --> 00:49.388 airspace with familiar jet with 00:49.388 --> 00:51.388 familiar pilots . And then what now 00:51.388 --> 00:53.443 that we're here flying against , you 00:53.443 --> 00:55.499 know , fifth generation aircraft and 00:55.499 --> 00:57.554 integrating that 4th and 5th gen and 00:57.554 --> 00:59.721 kind of marrying the two . But the big 00:59.721 --> 01:01.943 uh learning objective here is to um use 01:01.943 --> 01:03.999 the uh fifth gen complemented by the 01:03.999 --> 01:06.169 fourth gen when we talk about kind of 01:06.180 --> 01:09.389 the the future of warfare that we have 01:09.400 --> 01:13.360 here . Um The kind of separation of our 01:13.370 --> 01:16.449 different branches is going slowly by 01:16.459 --> 01:18.570 the wayside . I think it's for a good 01:18.570 --> 01:20.570 thing because we have obviously the 01:20.570 --> 01:23.190 assets such as the F-35 CS from the 01:23.199 --> 01:25.088 Marine Corps that bring kind of a 01:25.088 --> 01:27.088 different avenue to the fight , the 01:27.088 --> 01:29.255 more we get into the joint environment 01:29.255 --> 01:31.989 is a necessity because of the future of 01:32.000 --> 01:34.529 kind of the outlook of our adversaries 01:34.800 --> 01:37.209 and then giving these exercises , what 01:37.220 --> 01:40.180 we do here . It allows us to train in 01:40.190 --> 01:42.357 these environments with say the Marine 01:42.357 --> 01:44.468 Corps pilots that I've , you know , I 01:44.468 --> 01:46.246 have yet to fly with until this 01:46.246 --> 01:48.579 exercise . The experience is invaluable . 01:48.579 --> 01:50.801 We have always been pretty cutting edge 01:50.801 --> 01:52.912 with our tactics and replicating them 01:52.912 --> 01:52.879 and executing them because homeland 01:52.889 --> 01:55.309 defense has its own series of uh you 01:55.319 --> 01:57.541 know , threats and things that we train 01:57.541 --> 01:59.763 to , um which we are one of the best at 01:59.763 --> 02:00.440 executing them .