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- The SecDef Field-Level Maintenance Award

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is an award that recognizes
the best of the best

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maintenance amongst the
Department of Defense

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within three categories,
small, medium and large.

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The 48th Maintenance Group
was selected as one of two

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large category winners amongst
a competitive worldwide

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Department of Defense maintenance units,

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which does include all
branches of service.

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- The Chief of Staff says the squadron

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is the heartbeat of the
Air Force, and I would say

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that our Airmen are the pulse.

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Our Airmen are maintenance professionals,

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and they take great pride in their craft.

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Every time you see an
F-15 flying in the air,

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it's because our Airmen put it there.

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You'll be amazed at
what these Airmen can do

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with their hands, from
mission storage area

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to on the flight line.

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- There is a direct tie to the
combat mission at Lakenheath,

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which really makes people
want to go above and beyond

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to do the very best they can every day.

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Although we say all the
time that the crew chief

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launches the airplane,
it takes the entire wing

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to generate the sorties.

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This award is more then
just a Maintenance Group,

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it's about team Liberty.