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Mhm mm hmm . IOC

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initial operational capability is the

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first milestone uh , that a squadron

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achieves once , once it stands up . So

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uh , this squadron was an F 18 squadron

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about 10 months ago , One day it was an

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F 18 squadron . The next day it became

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enough 35 squadron . We are now task

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able and we are now combat capable on a

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limited basis compared to what we will

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be eventually when we get to fully

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operational capable . If and when the

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call comes from a combatant commander

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or from the mall or three math , we are

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ready to go out and conduct our wartime

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mission . Okay . Our next goal is to

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become fully operational capable . And

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what that means is increasing our

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number of qualified maintainers and

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pilots uh to achieve more of our

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required mission sets that combat

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commander or higher could task us with .

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And how that will ultimately end up is

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to fully operational capable squadrons

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of all of this air station that are

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capable of conducting distributed

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operations throughout the entire area

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of responsibility . And that will also

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enable us to conduct more opportunities

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for joint training and combined

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training with our allies and partner

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nations in the region .