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I think the reason the red tails are

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successful is because we talk about

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being a family all the time . But to me ,

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what it really means is that we respect

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everybody . Right . So , um I've had

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the opportunity to be an s as a pilot .

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I've had the opportunity to be a

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project officer in a lot of different

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roles . Um I've been at the wing , I've

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been in maintenance now . Um , and one

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thing that I have found is that

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everybody in this wing wants to get it

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done , wants to do the mission , wants

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to work hard . Um And a lot of times

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when they run it into issues , it's not

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because of their desire or because of

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what they , they , they , they want to

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do . It's just because of the system

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that they operate within is so

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difficult . And , um you know , in the

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bureaucracy and the red tape and the

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rules and the , you know , and they

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have to work through that . Um And what

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I try to do is always to respect

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everybody on this base no matter what

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their role is . Right . I mean , it's

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all about pilots pushing the red button

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and dropping the bomb . But at the end

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of the day it takes a maintainer to get

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that aircraft ready to go . It takes a

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lot of maintenance , um , to lead up to

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that jet , breaking the ground and ,

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and then you break that up to the

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support group and without the support

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group , we couldn't be there and the

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guy wasn't getting paid , his family

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was not taking care of , you know , and

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everybody's in charge of the medical

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people take care of us . I mean ,

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everybody , the calm , you can't do

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anything without calm anymore . You

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know , I , I couldn't even get my hair

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cut paid for a day because the , the

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credit card thing wasn't working . You

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know what I mean ? So it takes

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everybody and I think if we can

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continue to respect everybody and let

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everybody know their roles important

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and make everybody feel valued and

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they're all part of the mission , man ,

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everybody around here , part of the

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mission . And that makes people just

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want to go to work every day . Um And

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that's what's stayed consistent here in

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the red tails I think is no matter who

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the commander is , no matter who's in

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charge , no matter who the chiefs are .

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That , that desire to get the mission

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done is what is , what has made us

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continue to be successful . And that's

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why we got picked to the , the F-35 and

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we're gonna be , I mean , one of the

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premier fighter wins in the World

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December of 23 . It's gonna be awesome .