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<v ->I am Master Corporal Ian
Boughton from London, Ontario,</v>

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and I'm an Airborne
Electronic Sensor Operator.

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<v ->Airborne Electronic
Sensor Operator, or an AESOP,</v>

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We fly on the Aurora and Cyclone aircraft

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and operate whole hosts of
different mission systems

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and sensors ranging from
radar, sonar, sonobouys,

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electro optic cameras,

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<v ->AESOP's, collect and relay
critical surveillance</v>

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and reconnaissance information
from their aircraft

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to navy ships at sea and
to troops on the ground.

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This could be in a naval
task force conducting

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anti-submarine warfare,
anti-surface warfare,

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counter-drug operations, and fishery

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and sovereignty patrols,

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or in a collaboration with the Army,

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gathering information on
targets and enemy forces.

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<v ->Here in Shearwater, I fly on the CH 148</v>

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Cyclone helicopter.

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It's a multi-mission helicopter.

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Its primary job is
anti-submarine warfare, ASW,

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but it's also capable of a whole host

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of other jobs ranging from search

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and rescue utility missions,
anything that we get tasked

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with by the Navy or the Air Force.

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There's also the Aurora in Greenwood

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and Comox, the long range patrol aircraft.

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They do sort of similar work
to what we do on the Cyclone,

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just there's a lot more of the AESOP's

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on the Auroras.

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<v ->The Aurora flies with a crew of 12 five</v>

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of whom are AESOP's while on the
Cyclone there's one AESOP on a

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crew of four.  Airborne Electronic Sensor.

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Operators need to extract the
right information at the right

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time from their sensors and
deliver to the right people

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clearly and concisely.

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<v ->The critical intelligence
they provide can save lives,</v>

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keep troops safe, and
reduce collateral damage.

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Other roles in this job include serving

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as the door gunner on helicopters

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and operating the aircraft's hoist.

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As they perfect their skills.

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AESOP's could be assigned

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to work on missions in Northern Canada

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and overseas operations
with other nations,

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or as part of the air detachment
on maritime operations.

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There are also AESOP's working
on the sensors on Canada's new

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Kingfisher search and rescue
aircraft and on drones.

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<v ->The coolest thing about being
AESOP on the maritime helicopter</v>

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on the Cyclone is just the
variety of the different missions

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and tasks we get to do.
While we're at sea deployed.

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We're doing a lot of recognized
maritime picture. Flying out,

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seeing what's out there on the water.

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But then we're also doing a lot

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of our activities like hoisting,

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the slinging, taking imagery,

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so it really keeps things
varied and interesting,

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and just getting to travel too,

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like getting to see the world.

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That's definitely the most
exciting part of this job for me.

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Some of the highlights of my career

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so far have definitely been the chance

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to deploy last year in the Mediterranean.

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Seeing some of the most
impressive sites in the world,

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like the Acropolis in Athens in Greece.

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Going to some of the great
cities in the world like

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Barcelona, Sicily, just seeing great sites

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and going out with my friends on the dets

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and making some great memories.

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That's definitely a
highlight for me of this job.