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Lieutenant General steve Basham . I'm

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the deputy commander at the United

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States Air forces , europe . Well ,

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first of all it is my first time being

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here but it's not the U . S . First

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time in participating in any oS there

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is no better opportunity to come

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together as many nations and we

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appreciate the Hellenic air force and

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grease allowing us to come here and

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participate . What we actually do here

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is not only do we learn from you , but

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we also promote unity across NATO by

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having so many , so many countries come

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together . Oh the cooperation is

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excellent . I had the opportunity to

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talk with our pilots earlier and I must

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say that we continue to learn not only

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from the greek pilots but from the

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other countries that are participating

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here and that should come as no

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surprise , but in the end what we have

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learned is you live here every single

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day , we need to learn how to operate

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in new environments by allowing us to

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come here and train with you . We learn

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so much . Thank you . Oh there is no

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doubt about it . It's the relationships

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that you build by being able to come

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here and operate with other pilots .

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Not only do you build your readiness ,

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but you also build those strong

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relationships so that when we come back

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in a time of crisis , but potentially

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we're more than ready to actually join

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up with them and pick up right where we

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left off . So I would have to say

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readiness is the most important