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- Today we brought 16 aircraft maintainers

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to Spangdahlem Air Base from RAF Lakenheath,

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so that our air crew could fly

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fighter integration combat training sorties

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with the 480th Fighter Squadron

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stationed here at Spangdahlem Air Base.

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Since we came here from RAF Lakenheath,

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and this is an F 16 base,

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we brought a lot of tools with us.

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We have a bare minimum of tools

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to be able to recover the aircraft,

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inspect them, refuel them,

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and launch them again to return home.

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It's incredibly important for our operators

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as well as the 480th operators

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to fly the combat training sorties together

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so that they can display to the combatant commanders

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their ability to be flexible, to work together,

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to fly within our theater,

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within our host US forces theater,

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and also our NATO allies bases.

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In and out, we can come and go,

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we can train together, we can play together,

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and then we can go home.