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- Welcome another edition of Schaef talks.

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I'm coming at you in a different location obviously.

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I'm here at the Air Force Flight Test Museum.

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And this is really about celebrating our heritage

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and our future.

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You'll often hear me say that

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Edwards is the birthplace of modern aviation,

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and the future of air power.

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And it is awesome.

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And here at the Flight Test Museum,

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what you see behind us is our history.

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The Bell X1 flown by Captain Chuck Jager at the time

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and the YB 49 Flying Wing flown by

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Captain Glen Edwards at the time.

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Now I'm here also to highlight our upcoming

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Air Force birthday on September 18th.

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Our service will be 69 years old.

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We have an upcoming ball on September 10th,

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for the Air Force Ball

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and then we have an Air Force birthday bash right here

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on Friday, September 16th.

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And we'd love to have you all come out

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here at the museum.

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In this beautiful museum, you can see behind me

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the past,

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the present

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and the future of air power for America.

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Right behind me is the YF 22,

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this was Lockey's prototype of the F22

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which first flew in 1990.

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It became initial operational capable in 2005.

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Based on the work that was done

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here at Edward's Air Force Base.

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We've hit recently two more milestones for combat capability

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for our Air Force and our allies.

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In 2015, we went initial operational capable

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for the marine corp on the F 35.

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And just less then a month ago,

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we went initial operational capable

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on the F 35 for the Air Force.

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This will ensure air dominance for decades to come

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for our country.

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Behind me is an amazing piece of

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Edwards Air Force Base heritage.

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The X 15 program.

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This program pushed our knowledge of hypersonics

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to ensure capabilities like the SR 71,

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and the space shuttle program.

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Amazing.

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Some folks would call this the golden era of flight test

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and I agree.

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But I will tell you that I think today

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is the golden era of flight test

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for Edwards Air Force Base.

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With F 35,

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and KC 46

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which just made a huge milestone decision

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to go into low-rate initial production,

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that was all

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enabled by the men and women of Edwards Air Force Base.

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And as we look to the future,

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hypersonics is coming down the pike.

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More cyber capabilities are on our roadmap.

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Autonomy is what we need to make sure that

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we stay one step ahead of the enemy.

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And I will tell you that the nation is counting

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on Edwards Air Force Base to deliver

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these war winning capabilities.

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Thank you for joining me on this quick tour

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of the Air Force Flight Test Museum.

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As a reminder, I encourage everybody to join

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us here on September 16th

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for the Air Force birthday bash.

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I also want to let you know that we have plans

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to move the museum outside of the gate.

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This will increase the access of our

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heritage to the public

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and also increase our stem education

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outreach to the community.

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Again, to the men and women of the

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Edwards Air Force Base and the 412 Test Wing,

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thank you for all that you do for our nation.

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You are awesome.

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You're the world leader in

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developmental tests and evaluation.

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And you are making history every day.

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I am so proud of you.

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Happy 69th birthday to the air force.

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Thank you.

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