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^- Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing have officially

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^begun work inside the base's new fuel cell and corrosion

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control facility. The state-of-the-art facility allows

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airmen to accomplish several aircraft maintenance tasks

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in a controlled environment. The corrosion control features

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of the hangar are a timely benefit for the 103rd,

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which recently had C-130s return from deployment

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to southwest Asia. Airmen are able to wash sand

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and other contaminants from the aircraft and check for

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structural damage, as well as paint the aircraft.

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Staff Sargent Christopher Zwick of the 103rd Maintenance

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group, says this facility helps the flying Yankees get the

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most out of their C-130s.

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- We don't have to worry about weather. We don't have to

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^worry about humidity, which is a huge factor when it comes

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^to painting, and especially corrosion. The drier

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the environment it makes the paint stick better

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which means longer life of the aircraft.

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- The facility also benefits fuel systems airmen, like

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Technical Sargent Lucas McEntire and Master Sargent

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Jonathon Shepard, whose work happens in confined spaces

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of the C-130 aircraft.

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^- We won't be able to do it in a regular hangar because

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^all the electronics and equipment in here have to be

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^explosion proof and specially rated to be in a fuels area.

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We also have purge systems, that allow us to flow a lot of

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clean air into the tanks to remove all of the fumes after

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we drain out the tanks.

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- Having this facility at Bradley increases efficiency and

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some flying Yankees can now accomplish this work at

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home station, instead of traveling to another base.

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- (Sargent McEntire) Finally seeing a plane in here

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is pretty cool. A lot of other units, they're trying to

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get their aircraft up here, so we can help them out and

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let them use our facilities. We're here to fix planes

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and be the best at it.

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- Reporting for the 103rd Airlift Wing, I'm Senior Airman

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Stephen Tucker.