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This is an Air Force report the polish

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Air Force received its first F 16 in

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the fall of 2006 and today there are

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just under 50 of the fighting falcons

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and its inventory . Those F sixteen's

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have now been joined by another

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american built aircraft and Air Force

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Sergeant Lee Bellinger was there when

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it arrived alone . C 1 30 in the gray

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polish sky , the first ever american

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built Hercules to join the polish Air

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Force inventory . It's a great day for

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them to celebrate the arrival of the

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Hercules . It's the first of five C one

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thirties that Poland will receive ,

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making it the biggest transport in the

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polish Air Force inventory . It's vital

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to them being able to on their own

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organically pick up and go and they are

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one of our allies that's very willing

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to go whether it's Afghanistan or Iraq .

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They have been alongside the americans

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in every fight . Tech Sergeant Lee

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Bellenger , Poets , Airbase Poland