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Things

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get better with age . As is the case

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with this 8-10 aircraft currently

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deployed to Afghanistan in support of

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operation enduring Freedom . My name is

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Senior Amber and Ryan diversity . This

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is aircraft 800281 . This is the oldest

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8 10 assigned to Spangdahlem Air Base .

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It's a 1980 model . All the rest are

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81 82

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1975 . The

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18 was planned to last until 2000 and

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five after several revisions . That has

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now been extended until 2000 and 28 .

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Tripling the original flight Our

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estimates . This means 18 maintainers

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must work hard to ensure continued to

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combat readiness for this aging

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aircraft .

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Yeah .