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New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas McCauley, left, from the 109th Airlift Wing, presented Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson with a jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) bottle during the National Guard Bureau's first Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference in mid-April. Hudson, the Guard Bureau's senior enlisted leader, led the four-day conference for Army and Air Guard enlisted leaders in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Air Guard uses JATO bottles to give aircraft such as C-130 transports extra thrust during difficult takeoff situations.
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Saratoga Springs, NY - New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas McCauley, left, from the 109th Airlift Wing, presented Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson with a jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) bottle during the National Guard Bureau's first Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference in mid-April. Hudson, the Guard Bureau's senior enlisted leader, led the four-day conference for Army and Air Guard enlisted leaders in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Air Guard uses JATO bottles to give aircraft such as C-130 transports extra thrust during difficult takeoff situations.


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