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- [Voiceover] In a display of how total force airmen

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work together, over 200 airmen from the Air Force Reserves,

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Air National Guard, and active duty are training together

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with the Estonian Air Force at Amari Air Base.

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As part of Operation Atlantic Resolve,

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airmen from Air Force reserve unit 442nd fighter wing

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at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri,

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the Iowa International Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing

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from Sioux City, Iowa, and active duty members

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from bases across the United States and Europe

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are working together during the forward training deployment.

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During the two-week exercise,

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pilots of the A-10 Thunderbolts from the 442nd

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are training with Estonian, Lithuanian,

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and Latvian joint terminal attack controllers,

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while a KC-135 from the 185th provides

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in-flight refueling support during the A-10's training.

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According to Senior Master Sergeant Craig Burton,

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the three Air Force components working together

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is unlike anything he has been a part of.

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- This is a very good example of total force integration

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and the teamwork going on here is just,

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I haven't seen anything like it before.

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- [Voiceover] First Lieutenant Ashley Patten

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shares Burton's thoughts

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on the different components coming together,

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adding that while they may have different roles,

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the end goal is always the same.

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- We all train the same way, but I know active duty,

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they can do their piece a certain way

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and guard can do their piece a certain way,

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as well as reserves, so seeing it all come together

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and seeing that we do it the same way but in our own way,

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it's pretty amazing.

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- [Voiceover] Air Force Staff Sergeant David Asgra,

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Amari Air Base Estonia.