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well , first off , the ace concept is a

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really important concept for us across

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you safe , EF Africa and really for our

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Air Force . And what I saw over the

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course of the last day and a half is

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really the innovative thinking that's

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been ongoing here at Aviano , helping

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us think through the problems . So of

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agile combat employment , applying the

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concept , then to the wing here and

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then down into the squadrons where we

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really needed the feedback . And so the

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updates that I have and it had an

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airman that I've talked to really gave

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me great insight into how they're

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taking on this problem set coming up

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with solutions that will help us get

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smarter about how we do it and then

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ultimately help us feed into the bigger

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Air Force . How we want to organize

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training equipped to execute this

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really important concept as we move

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forward and competition and then , if

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required into crisis . What I saw today

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was an ability of the team to come

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together , really is airman that

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understand the mission and then deliver

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it in a fashion that demonstrates

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nothing but excellence . And so I had

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an opportunity to both fly with the

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helicopter team , but also to interface

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with some of the maintainers on the S

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16 side of the house . And I was really

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impressed , not only with the airmen ,

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but their understanding of the mission .

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First , I wanna tell everybody Thanks .

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It's been a rough year and a couple of

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months since Covid started , and the

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team here is demonstrated resiliency to

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a level that I think not many fully

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understand . And when I say that it's

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not just to the airmen , but also to

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the families that are here with them ,

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fully recognize the challenges that you

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all have been under doing . And I have

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found just walking and talking with

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people that the ability to take care of

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each other talk to each other and still

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find ways to connect is really the

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essence of what's going on here at

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Aviano . And while that has happened ,

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I have been impressed by their ability

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to still deliver the mission . In fact ,

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in some cases delivering 110 120% of

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the mission while while just powering

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through this difficult time