BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - The Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint (RAeS Cambrid ge)\n\nEvent Type: Technical lecture\n\nIndustry Sector: Aerospace Industr ies\n\nSpeak Details: Wg Cdr Garry Crosby MSC FRAeS (RAF Retd)\, Head of E W Strategic Campaigns\, Selex ES\n\nDescription : \nIn June 2007\, the the n CAS\, ACM Sir Glenn Torpy\, wrote to General Mike &lsquo\;Buzz&rsquo\; M oseley to thank him for attending the RUSI Air Power conference. In the fi nal paragraph of that note\, Sir Glenn raised the idea that\, as costs wer e escalating in the programme to replace the Nimrod R1 SIGINT platform\, t he RIVET JOINT option was &lsquo\;back in the frame&rsquo\;.\n\n\nSix year s and 5 months later\, in Nov 2013\, a UK RC-135W RIVET JOINT aircraft lan ded at RAF Waddington\, the first of three for the RAF. The programme to r eplace the Nimrod R1 was called Project HELIX\, which started well\, but w as swept aside when Moseley wrote back to CAS supporting the UK acquisitio n of RIVET JOINT.\n\n\nWhat followed was an extraordinary period of cooper ation\, reflecting decades of shared intelligence effort between the UK an d US. This presentation is about the human aspects as well as the programm atic\, about the cultural\, as well as the technical &ndash\; it is about how 51 Squadron apparently disappeared when the Nimrod R1 was retired in 2 011\, but actually worked as hard as it ever had to cultivate the relation ships with the USAF that would lead to unprecedented access\, training and operational synergy in the coming years. &lsquo\;Co-Manning&rsquo\; was t he name given to the period of &lsquo\;hibernation&rsquo\; that 51 Squadro n entered in 2011 and this presentation outlines the tremendous challenges that were faced and overcome\, the exceptional fortitude with which the U SAF handled the British invasion of Offutt Air Force Base and ultimately\, the extraordinary operational benefits that were accrued. It will begin\, however\, with a brief overview of the history of airborne SIGINT in the UK and US\, particular where cooperation was evident. The presentation wil l move on to the role of the Nimrod R1 since the end of the Cold War and t ake a look at how the programme to\nreplace it morphed into the acquisitio n of the RC-135 RIVET JOINT.\n\n\nWing Commander Garry Crosby was commissi oned in 1991 after a 5-year spell as Non-Commissioned Aircrew flying on th e Nimrod MR2 at RAF Kinloss. After his tour with 360 Squadron was cut shor t in 1994 when the unit was disbanded\, Wing Commander Crosby joined what was then known as Ops/EW at RAF Wyton\, providing support to 51 Squadron o perations. He moved to Waddington in 1995 and joined 51 Squadron in 1998\, first as an Electronic Intelligence Supervisor and later as a Mission Com mander. Wing Commander Crosby saw service in the Balkans\, African and Mid dle Eastern theatres during the tour\, as well as serving in the Air Opera tions Centre in Riyadh during the first 6 weeks of the Afghan conflict in late-2001. A tour in HQ 2 Group followed\, developing new mission system c apability for the Nimrod R1\, but in 2004 Wing Commander Crosby returned t o 51 Squadron on promotion as a Flight Commander\, responsible first for t raining and later for the Mission Crew. Operations over Iraq and Afghanist an were the norm during this tour. After a 4-month out-of-area deployment to Kandahar and Lashkar Gah in the winter of 2006/7\, Wing Commander Crosb y returned to RAF Wyton as the Requirements Manager on the Nimrod IPT. Thi s involved work on the Nimrod MR2 in the aftermath of the tragic crash in Afghanistan in Sep 2006\, as well as defining new capability for the Nimro d R1. Focus gradually shifted to Project HELIX as the MoD defined the repl acement for the Nimrod R1.\n\n\nWing Commander Crosby led the first delega tion to Washington in 2008 to follow up on the agreement Between CAS and t he Chief of Staff of the US Air Force regarding the acquisition of the RC- 135 RIVET JOINT. A tour at Air Command followed\, as the desk officer resp onsible for Air ISTAR platforms. During this period\, Wing Commander Crosb y established the foundations for the Co-Manning programme\, which would s ee over 100 aircrew and ground crew undergo training in the US\, before de ploying on operations around the world on USAF RIVET JOINT aircraft. The tour at High Wycombe was cut short when Wing Commander Crosby was selected to command 51 Squadron\; he underwent training on the US RIVET JOINT as a n Information Integration Officer\, before returning to the UK in the summ er of 2011 to assume command. Over the next two years\, despite not having any aircraft of their own\, Wing Commander Crosby and his team flew more than 25\,000 hours with the USAF on training and operations\, fully satisf ying the personnel and training requirements ahead of receipt of the first UK RIVET JOINT in Nov 2013. Wing Commander Crosby left the Royal Air Forc e in 2014 and now works for Selex ES as the Head of EW Strategic Campaigns at Capability Green\, Luton.\n\n\nDate: Thursday 17 December 2015\n\n\nTi me: 6pm. Mulled wine and mince pies to follow.\n\n\nVenue: Conference Room No 1\, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group\, The Airport\, Newmarket Roa d\, Cambridge\, CB5 8RX\n\n\nAdvance Notification of attendance is require d. Due to the current threat levels in the UK\, Marshall has advised the b ranch that pre-registration will be required for this lecture and all visi tors must bring their passport along to the lecture. In addition to this\, any non British visitors must also supply a copy of their passport in adv ance of the lecture. Please pre-register by emailing Aaron Burns (aaron.bu rns@marshalladg.com) including your nationality and if you are non British provide a scan of your passport.\n\n\nVisitors welcome. RAeS members\, s tudents and young people free. Visitors (including IMechE members) who are not members of the RAeS will be invited to make a £\;5 donation.\n\n \nA poster for this event can be downloaded here.\n\nThis event is organis ed by the Royal Aeronautical Society Cambridge branch.\n\nContact Details: Jin Yu\n\n Alternative Contact: IMechE Cambs Events Secretary DTEND:20151217T210000 DTSTAMP:20260808T004111Z DTSTART:20151217T180000 LOCATION:Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group\, The Airport\, Newmarket Roa d\, Cambridge\, CB5 8RX\, United Kingdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint (RAeS Cambridge) UID:e7925a59-1abb-4430-8a04-6c57fc6e47d5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR