1 00:00:35,470 --> 00:00:37,648 - [Voiceover] You get a lot of value out of training here 2 00:00:37,648 --> 00:00:39,996 by coming to Savannah and getting to work with other 3 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,722 units in the local area that we wouldn't 4 00:00:41,722 --> 00:00:43,972 normally get to train with. 5 00:00:46,738 --> 00:00:49,749 This is a graduation exercise for the 43rd Fighter 6 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:52,429 Squadron as well as the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron, 7 00:00:52,429 --> 00:00:56,381 and this is the end of our B-Course which is our 8 00:00:56,381 --> 00:00:58,488 new students that are gonna go out to the combat 9 00:00:58,488 --> 00:01:00,905 Air Force as new F-22 pilots. 10 00:01:01,382 --> 00:01:02,684 So this is one of the last things they do 11 00:01:02,684 --> 00:01:04,870 before they graduate our course and move on 12 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:06,953 to their follow on units. 13 00:01:20,924 --> 00:01:22,602 - For the instructors within the 43rd, 14 00:01:22,602 --> 00:01:24,778 we get awfully used to just flying around the flagpole 15 00:01:24,778 --> 00:01:26,430 as we say, going to our local air space, 16 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:28,876 fighting with the same people over and over again. 17 00:01:28,876 --> 00:01:30,558 When we come into an exercise like this 18 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:32,508 we get to do a lot of the same benefits 19 00:01:32,508 --> 00:01:33,341 that the students have. 20 00:01:33,341 --> 00:01:34,768 Meet new people, build relationships, 21 00:01:34,768 --> 00:01:37,457 practice our mission commander skills with large 22 00:01:37,457 --> 00:01:39,926 exercises, you know 20 aircraft in the same piece 23 00:01:39,926 --> 00:01:41,009 of air space. 24 00:01:41,107 --> 00:01:43,014 We just can't replicate that at home. 25 00:01:43,014 --> 00:01:45,598 Certainly not as cost effectively as we can here 26 00:01:45,598 --> 00:01:47,194 with the National Guard funding other units 27 00:01:47,194 --> 00:01:50,861 to come in and participate in this exercise. 28 00:02:01,158 --> 00:02:02,289 - [Voiceover] I hope they take that away. 29 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:03,814 The one unit, you know, I don't 30 00:02:03,814 --> 00:02:06,546 I don't think they understand how valuable that is 31 00:02:06,546 --> 00:02:10,108 as the team work that it takes to make this happen. 32 00:02:10,108 --> 00:02:12,769 If we, we can take that back to home station with us 33 00:02:12,769 --> 00:02:16,852 as long as they do that, we can make that happen. 34 00:02:16,852 --> 00:02:19,019 And to me that's valuable. 35 00:02:38,966 --> 00:02:40,966 - [Voiceover] Savannah is a great location. 36 00:02:40,966 --> 00:02:44,134 The air space for one, out over the water is easily 37 00:02:44,134 --> 00:02:46,187 accessible by those joint partners that I've 38 00:02:46,187 --> 00:02:49,955 talked about, so you know, to just have a centralized 39 00:02:49,955 --> 00:02:54,122 location to have all the dissimilar air combat training 40 00:02:54,361 --> 00:02:58,528 take place its just easy to get to for multiple MBS'. 41 00:03:03,665 --> 00:03:05,101 - [Voiceover] Its a great opportunity to come out here 42 00:03:05,101 --> 00:03:07,195 and work with not only the T38's that we 43 00:03:07,195 --> 00:03:10,310 normally get to work with as our red air (mumbles), 44 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:12,977 but we also have F-15's, F-18's, 45 00:03:13,083 --> 00:03:15,250 F-16's, we've got tankers. 46 00:03:19,822 --> 00:03:21,645 - [Voiceover] These facilities and everything that they've 47 00:03:21,645 --> 00:03:24,550 done for us, they've always supported us with everything 48 00:03:24,550 --> 00:03:25,942 that we've ever needed or wanted. 49 00:03:25,942 --> 00:03:27,698 Just like to thank those guys for having us here 50 00:03:27,698 --> 00:03:30,218 and look forward to come back and continue operations 51 00:03:30,218 --> 00:03:31,301 out of here.