United States Pacific Air Forces (US PACAF) said Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing has deployed its Eagle Vision ground-based satellite imagery system with soldiers from US Army’s 5th Engineer Detachment Geospatial Planning Cell and 500th Military Intelligence Brigade for a 2-weed Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) mission in Clark Air Base in Pampanga, Philippines.
US PACAF through the 13th Expeditionary Air Squadron (EAS) has brought the Eagle Vision to Philippines on January 14. Eagle Vision is a tool the US Air Force uses to acquire unclassified, commercial satellite imagery.
Fifteen Philippine military intelligence specialists will be training with the US representatives.
“While we are here in the Philippines our concentration is on the many ways our two nations can use satellite imagery to support Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) operations,” said Technical Sergeant Geofroy Erese, Eagle Vision’s Data Integration Segment non-commissioned officer-in-charge. According to Erese, satellite imagery can make a tremendous impact on the success of HA/DR operations.
“Eagle Vision has supported several bilateral training activities over the last decade. Balikatan is the most notable bilateral training activity between the Philippine and U.S. armed forces. In years past, the Philippines’ military has used maps and products produced by Eagle Vision during the training activity,” PACAF said.
“These abilities will be very useful for us in our operations. Especially to support HA/DR. Typhoons are a major influence in our country and the Philippines Air Force is relied upon to deliver relief goods. Using this advanced intel will help us support relief and rescue operations in making decisions on where and when to deliver aid,” said 1st Lt. Giovanni Macuro, a flight chief with the Philippines Air Force’s 306th Air Reconnaissance Squadron.
http://www.update.ph/2017/01/look-ph-intel-specialists-operates-satellite-imagery-system-eagle-vision/13523
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