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deployed from the 99th Reconnaissance

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Squadron Beale Air Force Base

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California at the 99th expeditionary

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reconnaissance squadron . I'm the

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director of operations for the 99th E .

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R . S . Day to day operations ,

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overseeing and ensuring that we're

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executing the we're getting aircraft

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airborne and delivering high altitude

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is our to the guys on the ground in

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country entered the Youtube community

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about three years ago as a wind power

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went through about a year of training

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and then started to hit the road

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deployments to several different

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wires flying the Youtube executing

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eyeball to disarm . This is the Youtube

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has Hi 02 DSR platform carry three

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different noses that we can use . We

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had the A . SARS , the

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sires and the O . B . C . Or optical

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bar camera type nose is so able

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to provide both imagery and signals

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intelligence to the war fighter on the

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ground , the most important thing is

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ensuring that we're executing the A . T .

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O . And get an aircraft working with

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maintenance to get aircraft airborne so

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that we can support the troops on the

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ground in country and provide high

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altitude ice . Are , I would tell the

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new guys coming out here that it's very

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rewarding uh mission that you get to

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execute on a daily basis to work with .

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A lot of really sharp individuals are

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maintenance counterparts here do an

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outstanding job to help us get these

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aircraft airborne on a daily basis .

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While it's still confronting a lot of

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challenging issues with weather , uhh ,

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maintenance issues with the jets

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occasionally . But ultimately it's very

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satisfying when we all come together ,

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get that aircraft airborne and then

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they're able to support the troops on

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the ground in country . Ah In essence ,

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hopefully to save save lives , as you

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can tell you two is pretty unique

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airplane . It's got about 105 ft uh huh

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uh 105 ft wide wingspan uh which is

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pretty challenging in itself because

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the runways that we operate on for only

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about 100 50 ft wide . So on a daily

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basis to bring home the jet after

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flying At least nine or 10 hour

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missions and keeping that aircraft on

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the runway uh in sometimes

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challenging weather situations with

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cross winds and low visibility and or

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landing at night . Being able to keep

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that aircraft between the fences and

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keep it on the runway sometimes is a

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challenge . But our guys do a great job

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day in and day out of bringing the iron

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back home and giving it back to

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maintenance and flying it again the

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next day . Overall , it's really

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challenging deployment for the pilots

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and the mission planners and the

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maintenance folks coming out here

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During their deployment , working near

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24 hour ops ah repetitive

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days day in and day out , executing the

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toe a lot of challenges they face day

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to day . Just yeah , pushing to make

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sure that we got to keep the jets

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airborne and supporting the war fighter

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on the ground in country . Uh I'd say

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the biggest motivator is no one that we

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have a key piece and helping uh fine i

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E . Ds and helping to find the bad guys

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on the ground so that hopefully we can

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limit their effects and ultimately

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wins the PSD or

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physiological support Division troops

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that we have in . Our squadron also

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deployed from Beale Air Force Base .

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Some of the most outstanding

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individuals I've had a chance to work

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with on a daily basis . These folks are

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in charge of making sure that all of

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our equipment to include our high

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altitude pressure suit works . They ,

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when we get integrated into the cockpit ,

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they're doing the last final checks to

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ensure that if there were any

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complications with the aircraft , that

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pilot is going to be safe . Yeah . In

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order to get and bring the asset back

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home . Uhh so ultimately there's a

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really big trust in a bond that we

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developed with the PSD troops . And

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it's it's really important because

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essentially the pilots are entrusting

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their lives to these to the these

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airmen to make sure that all of our

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equipment is working properly and that

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in the worst case scenario we're gonna

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be taken care of personally As a as the

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ceo of the 99th uh working day in and

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day out , help facilitate the schedule

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to make sure that it gets uh executed

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on time and we're delivering these

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assets down range to the warfighter

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when they're expecting it . So trying

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to help the guys out day in and day out

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when somebody gets sick or or needs to

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go home on emergency leave . Then we

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definitely work with each other and try

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to other guys step up to the plate when

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emergency situations arise . And so

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it's really a big team effort . The

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Youtube community is pretty unique .

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You don't just sign up and show up for

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the assignment you interview , get

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accepted and then you go through

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training and so there's a there's a

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bond that ah kind of develops within

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the Youtube community . It's always

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tradition before the pilot when he

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steps out of the truck to get into the ,

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into the Youtube ah always a

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you meet and greet all the all the crew

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chiefs and the maintenance folks as

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well as the mobile pilot in the air

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boss uh supervisor flying . It's more

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of a good luck have a good flight and

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we'll see when you get back on the

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return back the mobile pilot who

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operates the chase car . He's another

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Youtube pilot . He goes through

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training as well back in bill before

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he's even allowed to drive the chase

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car . He'll follow the aircraft as it's

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a in the landing phase of flight and

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talks him down and really is his

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wingman is extra set eyeballs out there

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to make sure that he's keeping it on

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center line with no drift no crab in uh

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landing to well first which is pretty

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important in this jet because it's not

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the normal airplane as far as landing

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and without the mobile pilot out there

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and then the air boss is an extra set

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eyeballs as a supervisor Flying uh huh

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They really come together as a team and

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Help execute the on a daily basis on a

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whole of the U . two and the global

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hawk both provide high altitude is are

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to the warfighter and country . Both

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have their own unique capabilities and

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Uh strengths . And when you combine

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those together then ultimately we're

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both contributing to the fight down

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range . Back in the early 50s when the

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U two was in development phase

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wasn't expected to be to live and last

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as long as it has for it to still be

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around providing high to diss our and

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in addition to being able to be very

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flexible and it's uh uhh development .

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We're doing things now that with the

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aircraft and the sensors that on a

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daily basis is really providing a lot

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of key intelligence for our troops on

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the ground overall , especially in the

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last six months to a year , we've

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really been able to develop some unique

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capabilities that had not been taken

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advantage of previously and being able

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to work with the intelligence experts

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uh back at Bill and and other locations

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to develop these tactics techniques and

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procedures . The TPS is really

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ultimately helping the troops on the

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ground to win the fight