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Three C-130 units conducted an operational utility evaluation of the Situational Awareness Data Link, or SADL, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, in mid-April. Similar to the Link-16 format used by other Air Force platforms, such as the A-10 and some F-16Cs, SADL is a military communications system that supports the exchange of tactical information between air and land assets in near real time. Operators can digitally access this information from command and control systems instead of receiving verbal reports and then annotating the information on paper. An MC-130P Combat Shadow rescue tanker and two C-130Hs were used in the evaluation. SADL is expected to significantly increase capability for rescue forces.
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