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Recently , with over 80 hours of flight

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time , the 1 18 operations group played

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a crucial and unique role in a massive

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US and Filipino exercise which

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showcased the satellite launch and

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recovery capabilities or S L R of the M

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nine Reaper displaying the S L R

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abilities at Balaton also strengthened

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the growing relationship with the

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Philippines . There's three real

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advantages of being there first

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normalizing M K nine operations with

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our treaty partners in the Philippines

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and introducing the nine into in

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working with the Civil Aviation

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Authority of the Philippines was

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outstanding , seamless to working with

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any other customer . We've had very

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proud to have been part of it . They

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were very common and working with an

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air for the first time exercise . Bali

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also helped foster a new chapter of

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cooperation between the 118 and the 163

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because of the way the exercise has

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gone down , this has been flown

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entirely to a guard cooperation . So

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the interoperability between the guard

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units , any guard unit is a big

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paramount , especially in this day and

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age . Being able to have one unit work

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with the iron and the other the mission

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set and then us come together and make

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the mission to happen has been just

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awesome . But because we are able to

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exceed expectations with S R and show

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joint forces how capable our airframe

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actually can be with the progress made

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in SLR at Bali , the Reaper is one step

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closer to fulfilling the agile combat

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employment concept or ace pioneered by

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the Department of Defense . And this is

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the first time that we've conducted an

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entirely fly exercise exclusively

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through satellite launch for us . It is

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being able to get an aircraft into the

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fight without having to bring the

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logistical footprint that we would

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normally bring for such an operation

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and also the ability to hop to multiple

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locations with also a minimal footprint

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to be able to rearm refuel and get back

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into the fight . The Reaper can't reach

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the ace concept without L R . And the

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118 fully demonstrated the SLR proof of

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concept to the dod reporting on

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exercise Bali 2023 from the 1/18 wing

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in Nashville , Tennessee , I'm US Air

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National Guard senior airman Jane

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Martin .