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we're here to help everybody adapt this 

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article exercise . So whatever we can 

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do as as the Kentucky Air National 

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Guard to facilitate the Army and Air 

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Force elements , that's what we're here 

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for a piece of equipment that we were 

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setting up today was a T . M . Q 53 

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which is specialized to our weather fsc . 

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The TM Q 53 gives our personality on 

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the ramp , a real life look at what the 

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weather's doing at that exact moment . 

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It also gives our weather fsc an 

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opportunity to forecast um what's gonna 

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be going on , you know , that day with 

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the next couple hours or within the 

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next few days . So in terms of 

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operation market legal , we're doing 

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what the crud is supposed to be like . 

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Our job is to rapidly establish an 

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employee airfield operations including 

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on loading and offloading airplanes , 

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aircraft on the ridge . So as bodies 

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and aircraft arrived for our typical 

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training exercise proper , we're the 

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ones getting those individuals and 

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their equipment and their palates off 

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the planet in order to adapt the 

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environment . Prior to coming to the 

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article exercise , we were all issued 

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protective equipment and clothing that 

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is specific to the arctic environment , 

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which we are testing out the type of 

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equipment here to see what , what works 

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best for the individual next few days . 

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Were actually snowmobiles on some 

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guided tours to go out , start building 

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some snow caves , maybe something glues . 

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The main challenge in this environment 

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is going to be the weather and make a 

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change on a dime And so take yesterday 

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for example , it was perfectly clear 

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and then the last plane came in and the 

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next thing , you know , snowing , 

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visibility , visibility was signify so 

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you can teach the response team , You 

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have to be able to adapt to 

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contingencies . That's the whole point 

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was to rapidly adapt to what changes .