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- [Announcer] As the
world's premiere operational

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fifth generation aircraft,

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the F-35 Lightning II

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provides the perfect training opportunity

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for NATO allies.

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- [Anthony] Hi, I am Senior
Airman Anthony Rowden,

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part of the 75th Logistics
Readiness Squadron,

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Federal Air Force Base Utah.

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We're out here for the first F-35 hot pit

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with coalition forces of the UK.

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When it comes to normal refuels,

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when aircraft are parked and turned off,

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it takes a lot more time for
them to get back up in the air.

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For the hot pit they simply roll in,

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get fueled, roll back out,

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still engines running.

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No downtime, so they can get

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back in the air as fast as possible.

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With the F-35 being the fifth
generation strike fighter,

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the new one out for
NATO, it's a huge thing.

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It's amazing that we're over here now.

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The RAF guys know that
if our 35s come here,

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for whatever reason,

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we can instill that trust in them

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that they know what they're doing.

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When the F-35s came through our cursory,

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picked up my hose,

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and I was getting ready to
walk up to the aircraft.

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It set in right there,

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that I was the first one
to do this and to be that

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on the front lines for
this, this coalition force,

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working joint here with the RAF guys.

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It's something amazing, honestly.

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- [Announcer] Reporting from RAF Marham,

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I'm Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Toronto.