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The sound of thunder saturated the sky's over Volk field, but it came from aircraft from all over the country paying a visit to Patriot 15'

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The 172nd Airlift Control Flight or ELSIF runs the flight line during the exercise

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they make sure those planes get where they're going without interruption

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Having to unload aircraft such as this C17 and get them back into the air in a timely and efficient manner presents a unique challenge to these ground crews

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but it's overcoming that challenge that presents the biggest payoff to the Air National Guard

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Lt. Col. Joe Lee Sessions tells us why working at the ramp isn't your typical 9-5 day

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This whole team gets to broaden they're horizons and do things that they would not get to do just working in they're normal AFSC and they're back shops

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Everybody that leaves this exercise is on the top of they're game for responding to a major natural disaster

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Reporting from Volk field, Wisconsin, I'm Airmen 1st Class Steven Tucker