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This is a historic night for the 20th

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fire wing . For some years , we've been

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trying to increase the amount of air

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space we have for our training

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operations . Dynamic airspace is the

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term that air combat command is using

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to solve airspace issues . So

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specifically threats have modernized

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our aircraft here at shot receiving

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upgrades and tactics have modernized as

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well . So it's time for us to modernize

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our training environment , specifically

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the airspace to account for these

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changes . Additionally , our maintainer

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teammates are able to generate a higher

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number of aircraft than they

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historically have so we can practice

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large force employment .

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It is our job as maintainers to provide

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combat ready , safe and effective

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aircraft at any time at any place ,

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submission dictates . This was an

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excellent opportunity for us to show

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that we can be flexible to push

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ourselves to be a little bit

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uncomfortable from our , this was about

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the flexibility required to bring all

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those capabilities to bear at a

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different time of the day . So I think

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that's a really awesome way to grow as

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a team . And I think that this , uh ,

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this secure initiative provided an

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excellent opportunity for us to , to

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test this in a , in a home station

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training environment