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- [Narrator] The Connecticut Air National Guard's

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first group of personnel in this year's

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unit deployment, departed Bradley Air National Guard

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Base in late February.

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Connecticut's deployers are supporting ongoing

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expeditionary combat support operations

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in the Middle East.

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103rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

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Production Superintendent, Master Sergeant

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Jonas Concepcion, said maintainers diligently worked

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to take care of Bradley's deploying aircraft

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and their personal readiness requirements.

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- Every maintainer in this maintenance group

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has poured their heart and soul into gettin'

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these airplanes ready, and it's kind

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of been a monumental task in getting these airplanes ready.

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So not only have we had to get personnel ready,

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but we've had to get the iron ready.

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These several months, they've poured

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in a lot of hours, a lot of weekends.

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It's just been an extraordinary effort

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on behalf of the Wing and on behalf

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of our maintainers that are near

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and dear to my heart.

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- [Narrator] Reporting from the 103rd Airlift Wing,

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I'm Senior Airman Steven Tucker.