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- [Male Narrator] The cold mist settles in the wings

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of a C-17 in Altus Air Force Base and although the idea

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is get them off the ground, the ground

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is where the mission begins

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in the Aerospace Ground Equipment shop or AGE for short.

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^- Well, when they're are aircrafts on the ground

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^we provide different levels or layers of support

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that helps the crew chiefs get their mission done.

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Our biggest piece of equipment is our generators

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and we have air conditioners

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for the extreme heat of the summer,

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a heater for the cold weather.

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(motor starting)

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- [Male Narrator] AGE periodically inspects

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every single piece of their equipment

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to keep them ready for the flight line.

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^- Not being able to have equipment ready for the people

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^on the flight line to do their jobs

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is the most detrimental thing that could happen.

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- [Male Narrator] And as an unexpected C-130

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landed on Altus' flight line for an emergency refuel,

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AGE was ready to support their mission too.

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- C-131's considered a transit aircraft.

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We don't know when they're coming

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until they're getting close and then they'll call us

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to deliver whatever equipment they need for that aircraft.

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- [Male Narrator] With all the work they do

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on the flight line, the job doesn't end there.

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On a cold day you can find AGE delivering

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one of their heaters to our defenders.

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- It's just been great.

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^You go outside and it's cold and come back

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^in our little box and have heat.

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- [Male Narrator] So from the base perimeter

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to the aircraft launching, there's no air power

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without ground power.

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From the Mighty 97th, I'm Airman James Johnson.