Their primary task is to detect the object, track it and identify it. And the information about him will be transmitted to a ground command post specified as the Air Operations Center. The crew of the Saab aircraft will shortly begin operating duty. It will be ready 24 hours a day to carry out alert, alert and designation tasks.
Two aircraft of early designation Saab 340 AEW went to Poland this year. First in March, second in June. With the adoption of fresh machinery for service training began aircraft crewsPilots, navigators, radar strategy operators and technicians. A full of 4 Saab 340 AEW aircraft crews were trained. This week, the machines and the crews will be on duty. “We will be ready to carry out reconnaissance activities at any time of day and night on call,” explains the pilot of the Saab aircraft.
Ewa Korsak, Paweł Sobkowicz, Aleksander Kruk, / ArmedTV
In addition to the pilot, there is besides a radar and communication strategy operator on board Saaba. – The function of the operator is mainly to monitor and analyse radar parameters. I besides communicate with ground units to convey to them the image obtained through the work of radar in the air – explains the operator. To do this, you request to have the right experience and undergo specialized training. “Before I became an operator on board Saaba, I was a SH-2G chopper navigator,” says the officer. Training she had to go through to be able to operate reconnaissance aircraft radar Early informing and alerting took place in Sweden and Poland. – First we had the theoretical part, during which we were given cognition about the aircraft and, of course, the radar itself. Then, already in Poland, but under the supervision of Swedish instructors, we met Saab in practice during flights – the operator recalls. “It was a very intense time in my life, due to the fact that there was quite a few learning and classes,” admits the officer.
The training besides had to be passed by technicians liable for the smooth operation of the aircraft. It was carried out in Sweden. Poles learned in 2 specialities: the airframe and the engine and the avionics and radar. The full course lasted about 3 months. Today, soldiers already operate on Polish aircraft themselves. – Depending on the needs, the aircraft is tested at different intervals, for example erstwhile a year or erstwhile a month. But there is besides a alleged linear operation, that is, for example, right before the flight – says 1 of the technicians. It stresses that it is impossible to choose a more crucial or little crucial component of aircraft handling. Everyone is very important. We request to check hydraulics, chassis, tires, equipment that measures speed, among others. As a result, pilots can be certain that they are flying in a 100 percent efficient aircraft – he points out the techniques. It takes a maximum of half an hr to check the device before taking off.
Early informing aircraft are fresh in the Polish army. The data that the Saabs supply has so far been obtained through the support of allies. NATO-owned Boeing E-3A Sentra aircraft, but besides American or Turkish machines, flew over Poland.
