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I am tech sergeant Samantha valentine

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and I am a crew chief here at the one

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28th air refueling wing .

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So the reason why I joined the 128

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there were feeling wing was I wanted to

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be a part of something that was bigger

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than me and I honestly didn't know what

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I wanted to do after high school both

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of my parents worked out here and so I

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thought following in their footsteps

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would be fun and exciting and looking

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back , I would never expect to be where

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I am today . 10 years ago when I

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became a full time crew chief here on

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flight line , I was assigned to

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aircraft triple 09 which is the

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airplane I am now a lead of .

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However , the ironic part is that

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my dad was also an assistant crew chief

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on the same exact airplane about 30

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years before I was with aircraft triple

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09 now retiring to the boneyard in a

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few short days it has not only left its

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mark on my family but it's left

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its mark on so many families who have

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all worked on it out here . Aircrew

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members , maintenance members , people

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who have flown on it as passengers .

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This airplane means so much to not

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just me , but it means so much to us .

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As the 1 28 55 cross runway 2

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to 5 left turn left mike , hold short

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100 left and

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55 cross to five left left on mike and

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hold short left . You guys ready to go

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ready to go number 55 heavy leaving

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2000 turn , right , heading 130

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runway seven , right cleared for

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takeoff , Whatever take off seven ,

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right , passing 2000 right turn to a

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130 balls

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nine . Final takeoff time is 909 local

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or 15 09 zulu The most

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rewarding thing about working on

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aircraft . Triple 09 is watching it

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take off in performance mission because

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as a maintainer that means we've done

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our job and to see our work up in the

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air . If you don't smile when you see

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your airplane take off , you might be

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having a bad day , Our airplane is

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retiring and I'm very blessed and

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thankful to be able to take one last

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flight down to the bone yard and retire .

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Triple 09 for good from the Air

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National Guard aircraft . Triple 09

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is a time capsule of memories , good

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and bad for every member of the one

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28th who has been around it , flown on ,

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it worked on it . Um if it could talk

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right now we would be here for months ,

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as sad as this whole experience

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is of losing triple 09 to the boneyard

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to retirement . It's also a

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time for us to celebrate the countless

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hours that it has flown . The countless

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hours that people have worked on it and

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have maintained it . And so it's time

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to celebrate all of the successful

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missions that triple 09 has flown and

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has completed over her time here at the

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