WEBVTT 00:00.479 --> 00:03.062 (upbeat music) 00:13.453 --> 00:15.300 - The NATO partners have always been there 00:15.300 --> 00:18.850 to support us in what we do as well as us for them. 00:18.850 --> 00:22.460 I think our partnership is obviously one of the strongest 00:22.460 --> 00:24.940 that we have in the international community 00:24.940 --> 00:27.943 and we really want it to continue as we move forward. 00:29.050 --> 00:31.410 - NATO forces know their regions 00:31.410 --> 00:32.680 and they have training forces just like 00:32.680 --> 00:34.880 we in the United States Air Force do 00:34.880 --> 00:36.810 and we all come together to get things done. 00:36.810 --> 00:38.950 I've participated in some joint stuff with airdrop 00:38.950 --> 00:40.060 and stuff like that. 00:40.060 --> 00:44.310 It's so much fun to meet our allies and that we all work 00:44.310 --> 00:47.400 for a common cause and we all have the same common goals 00:47.400 --> 00:49.350 and when we work together and the more we train together 00:49.350 --> 00:50.710 the better we get at it. 00:50.710 --> 00:52.480 - I've been at Mildenhall for about two years. 00:52.480 --> 00:54.390 Every NATO country I've been in, 00:54.390 --> 00:56.420 everybody's been incredibly helpful, 00:56.420 --> 00:58.167 super friendly and I've really enjoyed it. 00:58.167 --> 01:01.650 - You're talking about 70 years of service, it's something 01:01.650 --> 01:03.970 new and dear to a B52 crew member because we've been around 01:03.970 --> 01:06.890 a while as well and especially being able 01:06.890 --> 01:09.520 to bring over an 8th Air Force bomber, 01:09.520 --> 01:11.350 something that during World War II 01:11.350 --> 01:14.850 (airplane soars overhead) 01:15.960 --> 01:18.030 we have that special relationship that lead 01:18.030 --> 01:21.100 to the creation of NATO so being able to be here, 01:21.100 --> 01:22.590 celebrate the 70th anniversary 01:22.590 --> 01:24.230 with all these different countries is awesome. 01:24.230 --> 01:25.750 - This is actually my first RIAT. 01:25.750 --> 01:28.950 and just to see all the different nations around here 01:28.950 --> 01:31.140 and different civilians come up and ask me questions 01:31.140 --> 01:33.670 and just enjoying the jet it gives me pride 01:33.670 --> 01:34.990 to do my work again. 01:34.990 --> 01:37.010 - Just the cohesion with other people, 01:37.010 --> 01:40.450 I've had multiple other countries, other pilots 01:40.450 --> 01:42.770 and other WSO's come up and talking to us 01:42.770 --> 01:45.540 and just sharing and talking, its been just 01:45.540 --> 01:48.050 a unique experience that I've never had before. 01:48.050 --> 01:49.810 - It's like an honor, especially being here 01:49.810 --> 01:51.810 because now we get to actually meet a lot of 01:51.810 --> 01:54.590 the personnel at other countries that are attached 01:54.590 --> 01:57.480 to NATO and in the alliance and so you get to meet 01:57.480 --> 01:59.350 them, shake their hand and talk to them. 01:59.350 --> 02:02.400 Just to see how they feel and how we feel, it's just 02:02.400 --> 02:05.903 getting the cultures together, it's really humbling. 02:19.150 --> 02:20.520 - So I've never seen an air show this big 02:20.520 --> 02:22.640 with crowds this large, thousands of people 02:22.640 --> 02:24.870 just wondering around, like a hundred airplanes 02:24.870 --> 02:26.800 on the ramp, it's really, really cool to see. 02:26.800 --> 02:28.530 - Right, the nicest airshow I've ever seen, 02:28.530 --> 02:30.160 so I couldn't actually see the airplanes 02:30.160 --> 02:31.703 and stuff, it's a great. 02:32.780 --> 02:35.630 Yeah, it's kinda got stuff going back and forth. 02:35.630 --> 02:36.930 I've got to watch the aircraft at the same time 02:36.930 --> 02:38.830 I'm not really like starstruck 02:38.830 --> 02:40.630 about the airplanes that fly around.