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My name is Tex advance . I'm the N . C .

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I . C . Of the barrier maintenance shop .

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My job is to help the aircraft stop

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when they are unable to stop on their

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own . Um My piece of

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equipment On either side of the runway

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has B- 52 breaks in it . And

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when the plane hits our cable on the

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runway it turns the camshaft

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here which applies the hydraulic

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pressure to the brakes which in turn

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stops the aircraft . I'm originally

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from Greenville Ohio Go box . It's a

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really small town . Um about 12

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13,000 people . I joined the Air Force

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because I looked up to my big brother

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and he joined the military right out of

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high school and when I graduated I

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visited him and I really really liked

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what he was doing and I wanted to be

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part of it . So I joined there

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therefore stopped me leadership before

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I joined the military didn't really

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have any ambitions . Um But now they

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this job has given me uh brighter look

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on things uh that I can do something

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without having to be told what to do .

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You know I have a a job to do and I

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know what I got to do . So I just do it .

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These systems are designed for the the

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aircraft when they engage any problems

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in the air hot breaks , their hydraulic

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system fails . This piece of machine

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will stop the aircraft when they land .

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So they don't have to use their breaks .

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It's designed to save the pilot's life .

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Um Because once they hit this point the

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runway , the end of the runway Israel

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near so .