WEBVTT 00:17.000 --> 00:20.150 Well welcome to around here for some tech sargent nicolas kurtz 00:20.430 --> 00:23.760 to add sixteen fighter squadrons under the three eighty eighth 00:23.760 --> 00:26.900 fighter wing at hill air force base took a hard hit during the 00:26.900 --> 00:30.670 stand down cars macey quest ration senior airman Renee carberry 00:30.670 --> 00:33.710 takes us to you top to shows how the fighting from agency and 00:33.710 --> 00:37.220 the black widows worked together to remain as combat ready as possible. 00:39.000 --> 00:42.110 See pushed ration has taken a heavy toll on not air force base 00:42.110 --> 00:45.500 this year especially on the pilots of the board fighter squadron 00:45.890 --> 00:49.940 just ask captain dared kirkwood iran here has them also there 00:49.940 --> 00:52.620 at all why skinner this point and this is what we want to do 00:52.620 --> 00:55.460 and we believe very strongly in our mission were committed to it. 00:55.770 --> 00:59.430 So have not taken away from you having the ability to mission 00:59.430 --> 01:00.270 take away from you. 01:00.840 --> 01:02.440 There's no way to feel good about that. 01:03.150 --> 01:06.410 The sequester completely stood down the for for most of the summer. 01:06.720 --> 01:10.480 So what did pilot steel. If they can fly our mission is to fly 01:10.690 --> 01:13.520 then that's of social comper over mission. So we're not doing 01:13.520 --> 01:17.000 that that it's print of the there are some mission. So how we 01:17.000 --> 01:20.260 do we could missing a waiters and and and academic training and 01:20.260 --> 01:23.460 studying but also is no replacement for actually find a. 01:24.000 --> 01:26.840 And while the force was granted their sister squadron them for 01:26.840 --> 01:30.080 twenty first saw their flying hours basically cut unhappy. 01:30.080 --> 01:33.780 Oh still in order to remain mission ready to squadrons puts together 01:33.990 --> 01:37.140 using alternative ways to maintain their skills to understand 01:37.140 --> 01:43.080 it to be going from an absolute no-fly steps to combat ready 01:43.080 --> 01:46.310 as much more difficult and some minimum amount of wine the skills 01:46.310 --> 01:50.440 for we expect of of our Palestinian point era very perishable. 01:50.440 --> 01:55.450 So he time where you cut that off completely the readiness decreases 01:55.450 --> 01:58.230 and an exponential rate and that is challenging to get back up 01:58.230 --> 01:59.500 to some former this. 02:00.600 --> 02:04.080 It's it's as much one or two there are rumors about the of those 02:04.080 --> 02:07.150 judges maintain and the pilot to maintain your spend their days 02:07.150 --> 02:10.480 training for combat scenarios practicing maneuvers and maintaining 02:10.480 --> 02:14.010 the jets awaiting a call to war but although they managed to 02:14.010 --> 02:16.560 strengthen their mental capabilities during the stand down. 02:16.820 --> 02:19.780 The fact remains that the lost time in the air resulted in a 02:19.780 --> 02:22.990 severe blow to the wings overall more fighting capability. 02:23.230 --> 02:26.220 It's taken months for season powers to get back to full strength 02:26.640 --> 02:29.970 over captain kirk when the Stan down has been tougher to recover 02:29.970 --> 02:33.880 from from the it's a really critical thigh had just finished 02:33.880 --> 02:36.270 my mission costs commission train one super attrition happened. 02:36.270 --> 02:41.820 So. We're just spent months working to get to a bit lost you 02:41.820 --> 02:45.880 lose our very rapidly when euro low hours ago weighted which 02:45.880 --> 02:49.580 time the skills will eventually the church but there's no guarantee 02:49.610 --> 02:53.170 a young pilots Morales will do the same with our high waqar for 02:53.170 --> 02:57.140 those first I'm going to have an so when nor in do now this could 02:57.140 --> 03:00.490 happen and we did have or for world turn upside down again and 03:00.490 --> 03:04.810 and the Have that same ceiling is not be able to provide their 03:04.810 --> 03:07.720 power the were tested provide that's a bad feeling. 03:09.130 --> 03:11.100 The paddington hill air force base you time. 03:11.780 --> 03:13.380 And senior airmen are very. 03:15.690 --> 03:18.530 Preventive maintenance helps the air force get the most out of 03:18.530 --> 03:22.100 its aircraft would is even more critical in today's budget constrained 03:22.100 --> 03:25.390 environment seen your hermann roman webber shows us. How airmen 03:25.390 --> 03:29.640 at aviano air base in italy take care of their at sixteen fighting falcons. 03:30.340 --> 03:33.410 Before they paid the need to force repair the metal on the jet. 03:34.670 --> 03:37.950 By sending down the worn out parts of the pay in their first 03:37.950 --> 03:39.540 steps to prevent who rose your. 03:41.390 --> 03:44.520 Call rogen is than metals tenancy to go back to its original 03:44.520 --> 03:46.220 form which is power. 03:46.810 --> 03:52.210 So as a peruse you get a week of the ocean now recommends that 03:52.210 --> 03:56.060 you just to bare metal with per made a primer and then over because 03:56.060 --> 03:59.170 everything with a non from either Tyco for infusion. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.550 This is a success is surgeons hargreaves crew the next group 04:03.550 --> 04:07.320 of their main task would panini jet. He knew super-car balance 04:07.320 --> 04:11.930 to keep these jets painted in corrosion free senior emit a roman 04:11.930 --> 04:14.390 webber aviano air base italy. 04:15.880 --> 04:19.490 To see more air force broadcasting service products you can follow 04:19.490 --> 04:23.260 us on twitter at your forced TV to find additional information 04:23.260 --> 04:26.380 on these and other stories affecting airmen and their families 04:26.690 --> 04:30.120 you can visit the air Force's official website flick from the 04:30.120 --> 04:32.910 air force broadcasting service at Fort meade Maryland. Hi tech 04:32.910 --> 04:33.860 sargent little skirt..