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^- Hey there everyone, I'm Staff Sergeant Traci Keller,

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^here with your look "Around the Air Force".

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^The US lead coalition launched

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^one of it's largest air strikes against ISIL in Syria

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^earlier this month.

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^Dealing what US AFSANC calls a significant blow

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^to the terrorist organization's ability

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^to finance and enable it's means of war.

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^The strike packages included more than 20 aircraft

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^from various locations

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^in the Central Command area of responsibility.

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^And destroyed 168 ISIL oil tankers.

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^Coalition aircraft later destroyed 20 more tankers

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^operating within the same area.

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^Post strike assessments confirmed

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^there were no civilian casualties.

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^The coalition has conducted more than 17,000 strikes

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^in Iraq and Syria since 2014.

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^For some of us, there's nothing more aggravating

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^than slow Internet speeds, but thanks to the 45th Space Wing

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^you may soon notice a speed boost.

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^The Wing supported United Launch Alliance's

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^EchoStar 19 space craft launch

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^at Cape Canaveral Airforce Station, Florida,

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^Sunday afternoon.

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^The EchoStar 19 will be the world's highest capacity

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^broadband satellite in orbit.

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^Increasing speeds for high-speed Internet satellite services

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^to home's and businesses throughout North America.

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^The 45th Space Wing has also been busy

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^supporting Orbital ATK's successful

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^Pegasus XL Rocket launch last week.

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^That rocket, launched over the Atlantic Ocean,

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^carried NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation's Satellite System.

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^The system, Constellation,

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^uses eight micro-satellite observatories to measure

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^ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle

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^of tropical storms and hurricanes.

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^Potentially improving weather forecasts.

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