Navy P-8A Poseidon Assists DSCA Demonstration

A cross section of military specialties to include operations, intelligence and communications, came together here March 14 for an incentive flight aboard a Navy P-8A Poseidon from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. March 14. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery-feed capabilities from the P-8A Poseidon during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities event. From left: Master Sgt. Kevin Hale, intelligence; Capt. Renee Popoff, intelligence; Tech. Sgt. Tamara Murphy, communications; Maj. Jeffrey Rayhill, operations; Senior Master Sgt. Robert Gentry III, operations; Senior Airman Phillip Holzer, intelligence; and Tech. Sgt. Bridget Behrens, operations. While aboard, the Airmen, who each had a partial role in the larger demonstration effort, got to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

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Navy P-8A Poseidon assists DSCA demonstration

Senior Airman Phillip Holzer, an intelligence craftsman with the 601st Air Operations Center, climbs the stairs to board the P-8A Poseidon for an incentive flightMarch 14. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery feed from the platform during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities event. He was one of seven Air Forces Northern Airmen selected for the flight. While aboard, the Airmen, who each had a partial role in the larger demonstration effort, got to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

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Navy P-8A Poseidon Assists DSCA Demonstration

Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Beal, an acoustics operator with the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Tactical Operations Center, communicates with the P-8A Poseidon aircrew from the ground-based station as he readies for a demonstration of the aircraft’s visual imagery capabilities. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery feed from the platform during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities Event. Seven Airmen from Air Forces Northern flew aboard the aircraft during the demonstration to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

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Navy Poseidon P-8A Assists DSCA Demonstration

Chief Petty Officer Alain Carpenter, operations chief from NAS Jacksonville Tactical Operations Center, listens as Brig. Gen. David Hicks, Air Forces Northern Vice Commander, makes a point about the computer display generated from an airborne U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon during a visual-imagery capability demonstration here March 14. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery feed from the platform during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities event. Here, the P-8A Poseidon is generating real-time imagery as it flies in Northwest Florida airspace. Seven Airmen from Air Forces Northern flew aboard the aircraft during the demonstration to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

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P-8A Poseidon assists DSCA Demonstration

(Center) Brig. Gen. David Hicks, Air Forces Northern Vice Commander, discusses the radar that’s part of the ground-based equipment suite during the P-8A Poseidon imagery-generation demonstration at Tyndall Base Operations March 14. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery feed from the platform during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities event. During the demonstration, the P-8A Poseidon-generated imagery to the ground-based station as it flew in Northwest Florida airspace. Seven Airmen from Air Forces Northern flew aboard the aircraft during the demonstration to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

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Navy P-8A Poseidon Assists DSCA Demonstration

Published March 28, 2016
By Mary McHale
AFNORTH PA

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A cross section of military specialties to include operations, intelligence and communications, came together here March 14 for an incentive flight aboard a Navy P-8A Poseidon from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. March 14. The aircraft was here to present a working demonstration to Air Forces Northern leadership about the viability of using imagery-feed capabilities from the P-8A Poseidon during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities event. From left: Master Sgt. Kevin Hale, intelligence; Capt. Renee Popoff, intelligence; Tech. Sgt. Tamara Murphy, communications; Maj. Jeffrey Rayhill, operations; Senior Master Sgt. Robert Gentry III, operations; Senior Airman Phillip Holzer, intelligence; and Tech. Sgt. Bridget Behrens, operations. While aboard, the Airmen, who each had a partial role in the larger demonstration effort, got to watch onboard operations during the flight. (Air Force Photo Released/Mary McHale)

Navy P-8A Poseidon Assists DSCA Demonstration

Navy P-8A Poseidon assists DSCA demonstration

Navy P-8A Poseidon Assists DSCA Demonstration

Navy Poseidon P-8A Assists DSCA Demonstration

P-8A Poseidon assists DSCA Demonstration