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- Hi.

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My name is Major Kevin Belcher.

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I go by Igloo.

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I'm an A-10 ACF Pilot here at

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the 514th Flight Test Squadron.

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And this is Five Questions.

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(funky bass music)

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- Well, here at the depot...

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They take our aircraft, disassemble 'em,

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they inspect 'em, sometimes we get brand

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new wings put on.

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And my job is to go fly those jets

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after they put them all back together,

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and make sure that they're air-worthy.

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- Yeah.

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So, the most important
part of our job here

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is to return aircraft

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- -air-worthy aircraft--

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back to the war fighters,
so they can be used

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to execute the mission that
all of our fighter squadrons've

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been charged to do.

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- Every time I return a
jet, the units are always

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extremely thankful that they're getting

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one of their aircraft back,
and they are very excited

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to know that we've checked it thoroughly,

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and that they are getting
a quality aircraft

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returned to them.

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- The environment is great.

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The rivalries are there
between all the airframes

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and then between the fighters
and the heavy sections.

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So, the environment is really great here.

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And...we enjoy each other's
company, but we're quick

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to revive those rivalries
every day, seems like.

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- Two words.

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The gun.

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(jet engine soaring)

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(short fanfare)

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(sonic boom)