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So I got the distinct privilege to

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interview Lieutenant Colonel Tim Rhino

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Bennett . And this man is a story of

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legends . He is attributed uh along

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with his um weapon system officer um

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Chuy um flying the F-15 E as the

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first air to air kill . That's what

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he's coined with to have that uh

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prestige . Um But he brings a lot of

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air power through two different wars

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from Desert Storm into um operation

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Iraqi freedom . We talk about mission

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command now and what we're trying to

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teach into today's leadership . These

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guys were doing that that at the time ,

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the tactics , the techniques , the

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procedures weren't even developed . So

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they're out there um with little

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guidance , they just knew the mission

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objective at the end and they were just

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doing whatever it took to , to make

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that happen . So for me as an F-15 E

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strike eagle pilot myself , the

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takeaways uh really is to be credible

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in what you're doing , build the trust

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with the people . He talks about that

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as a squadron community to give the

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intent uh to , to the individuals and

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really kind of stay out of their

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cockpit and let them execute the

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mission , knowing that they have your

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back and they know your intent , how

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humble he was to have us into his home

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and welcome us into uh his family .

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Um and his friends um for , for those

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couple days was incredible .