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- [Narrator] More than 400 people attended

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Tyndall Industry Day, January 31st

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at Florida State University, Panama City.

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It's the first in a series of meetings

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that will bring the
Air Force and community

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and industry partners together

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to determine the best
way to rebuild the base

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following the mass devastation caused by

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hurricane Michael last October.

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The day began with a presentation

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about the current state of the base.

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- I will tell each and every one of you,

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as much as we've tried to show you

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what the base is like
today with that video,

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you cannot understand what it's like

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until you walk the ground.

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So as we get on the ground
and work those assessments,

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we're finding that what we thought

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was a condition of a building is not

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and that's why this master planning

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and bringing you all together to help us

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snug through this problem
is gonna be critical.

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- [Narrator] Topics also included plans,

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timelines, and the unique opportunity

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to build the base of the future.

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- We know that the airplanes
that are gonna come next

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aren't the last one's that
are gonna come to Tyndall.

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So how do we bake into our designs

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flexibility, growth potential,
adaptability, resiliency

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to make sure that not
only the next mission

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is able to be conducted at Tyndall,

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but how do we build a
base that's gonna be here

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for the next mission and
the mission after that?

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- [Narrator] According to John Henderson,

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Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

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for installations,
environment, and energy,

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the only way forward is through

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communication and partnership.

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- And this is also an
extremely important opportunity

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for us to listen to each other,

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learn about each other's ideas,

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innovations, concerns, and so on.

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And so, we're looking forward
to a healthy dialogue today,

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for the betterment of
the entire community,

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not just Tyndall Air Force Base.

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This has to be a joint
endeavor going forward.

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- And I think we have a
nexus of opportunity here

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for the planners on the base,

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the planners in the local community,

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to use our state, our federal resources,

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and all the great ideas that are out there

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to make sure that we are good
stewards of tax payer money

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and build a solution
for this whole community

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that includes the base,

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so that we can look back
on this years from now

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and go, you know what,
we all did it right.

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- [Narrator] The Air Force plans to meet

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with industry and community
leaders again in May

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to discuss proposals and best practices

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as the service embarks
on a massive five year

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and more than $3,000,000,000
construction project

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to rebuild Tyndall.

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For the Air Force Installation
and Mission Support Center,

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I'm James Truitt.