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- When we do a large
formation like the one

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that we'll execute as
part of the Samurai Surge,

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it allows us to test
those maximum equipment

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or personnel either delivered
via an airland method

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or an airdrop method.

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And to do it in the shortest
possible amount of time.

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It's a really critical task
for not just the air crew side,

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but for the maintenance
side at the house as well.

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So what it does is allows us to showcase

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our ability to launch multiple aircraft

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into a large formation

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and execute an airland or an
airdrop mission off of that.

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Yeah, so COVID-19 has both

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had a significant impact
on our mission planning

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and also has allowed us
to exercise some things

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that we're capable of but
don't get the opportunity

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to plan to or exercise very often.

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So with the restrictions with COVID-19,

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we obviously are not gathering

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a nine ship worth of air crew into a room,

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putting our heads
together and planning it.

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We're having to do it via
distance in small groups.

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This actually isn't
unrealistic to a mission

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that we might fly in the real world.

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So COVID-19 has put a number
of restrictions on our ability

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to mission plan the way
that we normally do,

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but there are restrictions

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that we're able to meet and overcome,

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do some of the capabilities
that we have via technology.

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What we're doing with COVID-19

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is maintaining those restrictions,

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maintaining the safety for the aircrew,

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while also exercising this
really critical capability

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that we have so that if we are called upon

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to execute in that kind
of austere environment

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without the normal comforts
of mission planning

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altogether in a big
group, we're ready for it.

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We're capable because
we've done it before.

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