DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Col. Bradley G. Butz, Vice Commander of the 480th ISR Wing, Langley AFB

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, Operation Unified Response-Haiti by on January 15, 2010 at 12:03 pm {no comments}
Col. Bradley G. Butz Vice Commander of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va. (Photo Courtesy of Airforce ISR Agency)

Col. Bradley G. Butz Vice Commander of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va. (Photo Courtesy of Airforce ISR Agency)

On Friday, Jan. 15 at 9 a.m. ET we interviewed Col. Bradley G. Butz, vice commander of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing, based at Langley Air Force Base, Va.

Col. Butz discussed global imagery and the use of the RQ-4 Global Hawk in support of the relief efforts in Haiti.

To view Col. Butz bio, click here.

To view the transcript from this interview, click here.

He will also explain how the images captured by the Global Hawk are being compared to those captured during a bar camera mission this past June. These images will aid workers on the ground so they have historical images to compare to the current ones.

To view Col. Butz’s bio, click here

To listen to this roundtable, click here

To view a transcript from this article, click here.

Bloggers Roundtable: U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Daniels, director of operations for the 720th Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, Operation Unified Response-Haiti by on January 14, 2010 at 12:59 pm {4 comments}

Lt. Col Brett J. Nelson, Commander of the 23d Special Tactics Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Photo courtesy of Hulbert Field

Maj. Jason Daniels, director of operations for the 720th Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fl. Photo courtesy of Hulbert Field

On Thursday, Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. ET we will interview U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Daniels, director of operations for the 720th Operations Support Squadron and Lt. Col. Brett J. Nelson, Commander of the 23d Special Tactics Squadron (23 STS), 720th Special Tactics Group (720 STG), Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Maj. Daniels, an Air Force combat controller, is part of the team that is opening Port au Prince airport, the only airstrip in Haiti, after its tower collapsed. Lt. Col. Nelson and Maj. Daniels will discuss special tactics to support humanitarian operations and the training that it takes to conduct such operations.

They will also explain the process for assessing conditions on airfields, the requirements for making airdrops, conducting para-rescue missions and working in concert with interagency partners.

To listen live, click here.

For the transcript, click here.

To view the story from this interview, click here.

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