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I see initial operational capability is

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the first milestone uh that a squadron

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achieves once once it stands up . So uh

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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 months , we

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are ready to go out and conduct our

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wartime mission . Yeah ,

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our next goal is to become fully

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operational capable . How that will

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ultimately end up is to fully

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operational capable squadrons aboard

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this air station that are capable of

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conducting distributed operations

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throughout the entire area of

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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 . Mhm .