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And this is the first time to my 

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knowledge that an international guard 

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base got an uh a major weapon system 

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before the active component . So it's 

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super big deal uh that the guard is 

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getting to have this , this major 

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weapon system first and foremost , and 

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I think that we got selected because we 

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have the best airmen anywhere in the 

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world . This is incredibly exciting uh 

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waiting for so many years to get this 

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new mission , this new airplane . And 

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as we saw the airplane coming up uh 

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initially and getting ready to land , 

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there was hundreds of people out there 

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from all around the base that didn't 

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even really have anything to do with 

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the airplane necessarily day in and day 

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out . But they're very excited for the 

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jet that when they pop the canopy open , 

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the , the cheers , the clapping . It's , 

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it's incredibly exciting , super 

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humbling . Uh It's a really big day 

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here at the 1 42nd .