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aircrew life support personnel are the

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folks who care for and store everything

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from flight helmets to night vision

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goggles . At Camp Taji , the old Iraqi

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air crew life support office was not

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the best place to work on and store

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electronic gear . It was improperly

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insulated for this environment . In

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Iraq with the high temperatures , it

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had quite a few intermittent

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electricity issues as well as extremely .

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The building is slowly falling around

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itself . We also needed more space

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because they're supposed to increase

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the aircrew maybe by threefold .

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So this uh old facility didn't really

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support that with an additional $2

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million worth of new gear on the way

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item , Air advisors worked with the

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Iraqi Command and move the equipment

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for over 100 pilots and crew into this

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new facility . Now they have more space ,

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a clean climate controlled storage area

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and better security . It's also the

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same building . The pilots are briefed

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in saving time as well because prior

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they would all have to load up in a van ,

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drive over to another facility , exit

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van pick up gear really . So now they

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all go from mission planning to this

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shop here , grab their equipment and

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then step to the aircraft there for

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reducing step time . Camp Taji advise

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and train mission is scheduled to close

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by the end of the year . One of the

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advisers legacies would be this new

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facility , making it easier for Iraqi

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technicians to maintain their equipment

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and support their growing air power Air

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Force Master sergeant , Gene Taylor

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Camp Taji Iraq . Yeah