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- We're Intermediate Flightline Maintenance.

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^We're pretty much just fixing jets

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^and trying to get them in the air as quickly as possible.

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^- We launch, recover, and inspect and repair

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any transient aircraft that come through.

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- If there's supplies coming here,

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it's us catching, fueling, fixing the aircraft

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that delivers those things.

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- We got notified that it's a certain amount of time out

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and then once it lands, we go out, debrief the crew,

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and do any inspections that are required,

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and then when they need to go back up,

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we go out, prep the aircraft and launch them out.

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- My favorite part, I'd probably say the comaderie

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between us guys.

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We work 12 hour shifts, 5:30 to 5:30.

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- Normally there's one or two people each AFAC on a team.

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So that way if there's any problems

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you get each specialty around to fix it.

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^Teamwork is the very number one thing we have to have

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because see if we don't have teamwork, we're going

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to be stepping on each other's toes.

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You gotta know where you need to put your people,

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what they need to do and at what time.

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- You take pride in your work knowing that you fix

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something that was broke that could have caused a delay

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in the mission, that could have caused a jet to stay

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on the ground for another 12 to 24 hours,

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which could impact Germany,

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or it could impact the states,

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or it could impact down range.

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To actually work on the aircraft, see it land,

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and then in a couple hours later, see it go back up,

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you know, is pretty cool.

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We're a part of what makes that jet fly.