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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 .