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Hello

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and welcome to Around the Air Force

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aerial porters load masters and pilots

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in Afghanistan are working to

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accomplish an importing mission ,

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capture the hearts and minds of the

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afghan people and keep us troops safe

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while doing it . Staff Sergeant eric

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Craft has the story Loading the back of

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AC-17 cargo is a standard operation but

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nice mission requires 40 containers ,

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holy food and water that will not only

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be loaded but also released again in

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mid air . These load Masters already

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£80,000 assessments then for the local

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Afghan people on the ground . The uh

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rain can be treacherous and the weather

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can be very treacherous is as well the

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sounds of the year . Uh if we couldn't

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airdrop supplied to our troops and it

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will definitely slow them down and

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possibly keep them from going into

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areas that you need negative

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temperatures on the snow coverage .

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Brain below and possible hostiles in

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the area and air drop like this saves

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the army from traversing the dangerous

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landscape Instead . Once the containers

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hit the ground on these soldiers

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gathered supplies and deliver them to

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the local villagers in the area , I

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think that's that's gonna be a long

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term strategy uh still win the hearts

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and minds and show them that we're not

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here to occupy the country . We're here

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to help rebuild and hopefully one day

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pass the torch and uh I think the best

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way we can do that and show uh show

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them what America is all about is to

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support them and give them supplies ,

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reporting from the skies over

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Afghanistan of Staff Sergeant

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aircraft Air Force

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released a policy allowing airmen to

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wear battle dress uniform or Btu Gortex

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jackets with the new Airman battle

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uniform . Senior Airman jane Stewart

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reports how the policy is helping

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airmen at Langley Air Force Base

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Virginia , Senior Airman Edwin Comet

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spends most of his time working outside

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this morning . The windshield has

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brought the temperature down to 25

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degrees now that the Air Force

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temporarily allows Airman to wear BTU

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cold weather gear with the new Airman

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Battle uniform . Senior Airman Comet

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has a new layer of protection from the

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freezing temperatures . It was a little

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cold wearing the cortex definitely

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definitely make the job a little easier ,

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easier and safer . Everything is a

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little better when you're warm , you

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know , when you're calling , everything

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starts slowing down your finger stop

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working if you don't move his staff .

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And now with this , I mean , it seems

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like get things done a lot after Airman

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Comet delivers munitions to the fight

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line at Langley Air Force Base . He

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spends much of his day cooking of

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trailers and telling them for the jets ,

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welcome to the flight line where the

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weather gets worse on the wind really

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gets to you , especially out here where

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it really opens not a lot of buildings

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around on the fly line . The wind is

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the biggest killer in the cortex really

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helps out while airman Connie waits for

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cold weather gear for his new uniforms .

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He appreciates being able to wear his

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Gortex . Yeah , great , really care

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about you know , careful , careful ,

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okay . Like staying warm out there .

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I'm happy . Senior airman James Stewart

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langley Air Force Base Virginia the

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urban , his family right in the center

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at spangdahlem air base Germany is

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working to help their men and their

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families get through time without each

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other during deployments . Staff

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Sergeant john Anderson has the story .

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Oh man , it's pretty exciting actually .

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It brings tears to our eyes sometimes

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the time because there's some really

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precious pictures in here and

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especially the little ones . Oh they

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are so adorable . This is the same

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sentiment Janice would hope Salmon down

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range field when they received the

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special gifts . Her and the Airmen and

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Family readiness center are working on

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these important events are so special

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for the families because what this does

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is help them do a little bit extra with

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connection with families who were down

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range and families left behind her and

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other A . M . FRC staff are printing

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pictures of loved ones and sending them

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to their deployed airman as pillowcases .

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So while deploying airmen received

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these pillowcases , they can rest their

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heads knowing their families are

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getting the support they need back home .

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Oh he'll be excited to help you like it .

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Staff Sergeant john Anderson

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spangdahlem Air base Germany for more

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