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- [Narrator] It's something you definitely don't see

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every day: a completely empty flight line.

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(whirring)

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Members from the 43rd air maintenance unit

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shuts down the last plane.

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- Alright, coming down.

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- [Narrator] Pulls the chocks,

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and takes the last of the F-22 Raptors

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to a hangar to ensure safety from the storm.

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- The decision was made to transfer all of the jets

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from the flight line to the hangar

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due to the path of tropical storm Hermine,

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so we've transferred all of the jets

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in order to protect the fleet.

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- [Narrator] With the process completed,

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our assets to include the most powerful air combat

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weapon in the world, is safe from the potential damaging

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elements of tropical storm Hermine.

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Reporting from Tyndall Air Force Base Florida,

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I'm Airman First Class, Roswell Sartwell.