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Hello

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and thank you for joining us . Air

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superiority greatly increases our

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military's ability to wage war on the

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ground . By coordinating air support is

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a tough job . A new system installed on

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Air Force B 52 bombers will make that

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sure a lot easier . Senior and tim

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howard tells us how combat tracker two

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or C . T . Two allows last minute

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battle instructions . Giant B 52

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bombers to part with one set of targets

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and locations but often need to adapt

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their plans . New technology allows

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that connectivity . We've used C . T .

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To the combat track to system to

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uh link us via satellite to our

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battlespace managers at the commander

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operations center commanders in the U .

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S . Now watch battles and deployed

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locations . Then combine updated

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intelligence producing a new list of

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priority targets . Uh It's this

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incredible incredible capability to

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both the crew member and to the members

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of the chaos the combined air

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operations center and we can literally

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take off with one set of targets in

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flight whether it's through our voice

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satellite communications or are other

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uh beyond line of sight communication

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systems be retargeted flight . The C .

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T . Two is actually email sent through

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satellite a secure transmission

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including new orders to individual

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bombs about to be launched . The email

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packet can include target information

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like size and structure type and threat

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updates for aircrew . Just get all the

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data being right to your aircraft . You

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can review it . They can send targets

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that way . So without ever hearing

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anything you can be orbiting up above .

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Get a set of targets where the threats

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are and go do what you need to do .

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That means putting the best bomb for

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the job exactly where it needs to go .

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All with last minute flexibility for

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decision makers on the front line and

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back in the office . Senior man tim ,

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howard barksdale Air Force Base

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Louisiana . Staff Sergeant Lee Hoover

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joined members of the F 1 17 Nighthawk

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community at Holloman Air Force Base in

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New Mexico to celebrate the aircraft's

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25th anniversary is Silver self

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Anniversary . For 25 years , the F 1 17

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stealth fighter has used cutting edge

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technology and concepts never before

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used in strategic warfare operations .

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These capabilities have made the

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Nighthawk a unique weapon . What we say

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as an air force is , it doesn't matter

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what defenses you put up , it doesn't

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matter how deep you try to bury

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yourself and how much you surround

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yourself with . It doesn't matter any

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of that stuff . This airplane will come

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in here to the silver stealth

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anniversary event , celebrated the

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aircraft storied past but also

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symbolize the last time the F 1 17 john

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Holliman would be together . The Air

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Force is retiring the Nighthawk which

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first saw action in 1981 . If you look

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at the shape and the history . I mean

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from inception to development to the

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classified days of Tonopah to its

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combat record . You know , the Air

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Force is going to lose you basically a

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very unique weapon system . The F 22

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raptor will take the place of the F

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1/17 as the Air Force's agile self fire

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Staff Sergeant hoover , Air Force News

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for more on today's top stories , log

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onto Air Force Link . Getting planes

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into the air takes a dedicated ground

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crew to ensure the aircraft is like

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ready seen human brad . Cameron spent

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some time with one of those cruise

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before the C 17 takes off . Crew chiefs

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are working hard on pre flight

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checklist . They ensure that all the

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systems are working so the pilots can

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hop into the cockpit with a flight

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ready aircraft .

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The

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crew chiefs go through every checklists

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carefully , making sure nothing gets

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left behind , which had to give them as

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perfect as plain as we can before it

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leaves . So we gotta go check

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everything . Mr . All the bowels work .

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All the computers work and that's going

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to freeze up . There's no water in

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there because we've had people leave

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the windows open before you want to

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rein struggle . It's hard work from the

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crew chief that ensures the pilots can

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fly the plane and accomplish the day's

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mission safely . Senior , haven't brad

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camera , Air Force News charleston Air

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Force Base south Carolina for around

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the Air Force of South Sergeant