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The Texas Air National Guard joined

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with Airmen from across the United

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States to support the 2022 FIDAE

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International Air and Space Show held

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in Santiago Chile . Thousands of

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visitors attended the 6-day air show

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which is the largest of its kind in

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South America.

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Two C-130J Super Hercules from the

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136th Airlift Wing supported the airshow

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by providing transport to aircrew and

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equipment, including the F-22 Raptor

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Demo Team and the Falcon Telescope from

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the US Air Force Academy . Additionally ,

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one of the C-130Js was on static

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display for visitors to tour and

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interact with crew members

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during the week , exhibits from various

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aerospace , defense and technology

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companies across the globe were on

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display . The air show opened to the

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general public to visit during the

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weekend . The

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airshow, is obviously where there's

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a lot of business that we can

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with tactical airlift operations, night vision device

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training, contingency response type of things

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But there's also a lot of fun to be had

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in chile . We have two airplanes and we

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have one aircraft on static display .

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We have about four crews that are down

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here rotating in and out . So we're

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able to show off our aircraft to

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the Chilean people and also share the

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capabilities of the new C-130J with them.

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The business side of it Monday through

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Friday is great . But when we get to

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open up our airplane for the Chilean

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people for some of them ,

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this is the first time they've even met

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an American . So we're able to talk to

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them in some broken English and some

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broken Spanish and just tell our story and what we do

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with a human face on the United States, but also the

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U.S. Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard.

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The Texas Air National Guard has

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partnered with Chile since 2009 through

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the State Partnership Program. FIDAE

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was an opportunity to further the

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familiarity and understanding between

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the U.S. and Chile. Airmen were also able

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to interact with their Chilean

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counterparts , which helped both sides

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gain knowledge and experience from one another.

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We work hard and we play hard

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and it's always a pleasure to come to

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Chile and experience a new culture ,

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build memories , build relationships and take those

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and take those back home so we can foster them for

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the future.