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Contingent of the 41st Rescue Squadron

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is out here in Lancaster Texas um , to

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practice something we call basic

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helicopter maneuvering , which is

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essentially flying our helicopters and

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using our own tactics against an

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adversary helicopter specifically was

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sitting behind me , the 24 . It's a

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Hind helicopter that it's a threat

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replication . We can't get anywhere

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else , there's only a few that exists

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in the country and we were able to come

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out here and fight against an actual

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threat helicopter . So we get an

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accurate representation , both visually

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and aerodynamically the helicopter that

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we can't get anywhere else . So the HH-

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60 Whiskey has never been put into this

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kind of scenario before . This is the

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first time that we're testing the

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whiskey out against an adversary like

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this against the Hind . So it's really

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proving our techniques in the way that

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we're able to employ the whiskey and

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getting us one step closer to be

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comfortable and taking into combat . If

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we find ourselves in a theater that has

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a bunch of pines and Heinz are very

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prolific throughout the world . This

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will better prepare us to not have to

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replicate anything outside of training

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like we normally would at moody , we

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get to fly the real thing , let's see

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the real capabilities and real limits

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of the aircraft with all kinds of

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aircraft . The whiskeys have specific

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advantages and the hind have advantages

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as well . Behind is a lot bigger ,

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weighs a lot more and it goes a lot

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faster than the whiskeys do , but the

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whiskeys are better in other ways . So

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we're a little smaller , a little more

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nimble and we have a little bit more

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maneuverability . So we'll be putting

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that to the test and trying to use the

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advantages we have when we take a two

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ship of helicopters , we take the

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responsibilities that a flight lead has

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and our special missions aviators in

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the back and we combine all of that

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resource management to physically

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maneuver formation through the sky

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against another helicopter . So in this

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case that's behind uh but it's a very

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different feel when you're having to

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maneuver , manage the formation as a

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flight lead or director formation as a

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specialist in aviator in the back when

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there's an actual threat aircraft

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coming towards you . It's very easy

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during normal training sorties to do

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this choreographed prebrief scripted

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kind of thing in your aircraft and

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within the formation . It's much more

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difficult when you add in that third

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player in this case , behind that ,

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everyone in the formation , like if

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they can take at any point in time ,

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they can take what's called tack lead

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and make a directive call . That may be

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what saves the formation . So this

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training is an opportunity to really

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bolster people's confidence and let

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them know when they need to speak up ,

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Take that tack lead , Make a directive

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call . That could be the difference

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between formation coming back . We're

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not