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C130s are a familiar sight at Bagram

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airfield . The aircraft perform a

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variety of missions throughout

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Afghanistan to include assault landings ,

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passenger flights and tactical airlift .

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These planes can do a lot that you

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think that they're almost like a

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fighter in a way because the hard banks

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and maneuvers a short field landings

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and be able to do the stuff that it

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does with the loading of equipment with

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the passengers . The Arrow met . It's

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very versatile aircraft with so many

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warfighters depending on this aircraft

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maintenance . It's critical chairman of

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the Four 55th expeditionary aircraft

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maintenance squadron have been just as

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successful at fixing these aircraft as

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the pilots had been at flying them .

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The goal for most T 1 30 aircraft is a

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75% mission capable rate Here at bagram

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these few one 30s have been sustaining

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a 98% mission capable rate . One reason

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for the higher number is pressure

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troops . Thanks to what's known as the

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Rainbow Plan Air National Guardsman

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rotate in and out of Afghanistan every

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45 days to be away from home for 45

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days . There's a whole lot better than

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being away for a year . You know what

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I'm saying ? Six months . So it allows

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us the flexibility to , to plan out

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knowing when we're going to go and when

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we're gonna come back . Experience also

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plays a big role in how quickly

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maintainers can get these aircraft back

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in the air . They know how to fly these

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planes to take care of them and it's

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just like your own car . You know , you

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want to watch it clean , keep it clean

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and maintenance has done the same way .

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That's exactly how they are . They're

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perfectionists . We have great truth is ,

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I mean , everyone's pretty much

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dedicated hard workers . Um , you have

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great pride in what they do on the 1 30 .

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That dedication and pride goes a long

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way in ensuring the C one thirties will

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continue to move people and resources

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to those who need it . Most warfighters

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throughout Afghanistan , senior airman

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Isaac Watson , Barbara Airfield ,

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Afghanistan .