2762d Logistics Squadron (Special) Detachment 2 BIG SAFARI Program Quiet Knight

What became know as Quiet Knight Phase I, which began in May 1989, was completed in March 1991 after completing 43 separate flights totaling 188 flight hours. Quiet Knight Phase I demonstrated the ability to improve sensor management so that scanning was done only when and where required to minimize RF emissions, verify potential inaccuracies in stored terrain data, detect and account for features such as towers detected by radar, perform look-into-turn sensing of the terrain, and exercise in-flight route replanning in response to simulated threats. The core avionics from the MC-130E Combat Talon had been used to determine a baseline for RF detectability. Phase I established new standards of performance for active and passive detection avoidance.