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^- [Steven] Aircrews from the 103rd Airlift Wing made history

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^in November by flying the unit's first four-ship formation

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^with a C-130 Hercules aircraft.

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This was part of a local training mission

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which included air drops and proficiency work

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on landings and low-level flying.

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118th Airlift Squadron Instructor Pilot

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and Mission Commander, Major Kevin Eikleberry,

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said he is honored to be involved in this

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Connecticut Air National Guard milestone.

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- [Kevin] Being part of the first for a lot of

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the Bradley C-130 operations;

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been really cool every single time

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to see people that were flying a different airframe

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^and now they're doing all of the C-130 ops.

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^They're landing on dirt,

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^they're dropping the heavy equipment,

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they're doing all the things tactically that we do in

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the C-130 world, so it's been really a good experience.

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- [Steven] Major Eikleberry also said he is thankful for

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the critical efforts of maintainers

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and logistics-readiness airmen;

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work that is key to keeping the aircraft mission-ready.

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Reporting from the 103rd Airlift Wing,

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I'm Senior Airman, Steven Tucker.