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We are here today at Ramstein to aid

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our counterparts here at Ramstein Air

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Base on hot pitt refueling for fighter

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aircraft . Ramstein isn't inherently a

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fighter base per se where Spandulum is ,

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and so this is an opportunity for us to

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kind of help increase the

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certifications and the qualifications

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for the personnel here , whether it's

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for here at home or when they deploy .

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We were notified that there were some

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F-35s that were going to divert over

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here in Ramsign and would need to be

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hot pitted , so we jumped right onto it .

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That is what we are trained to do . We

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are trained to be operational within 72

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hours , and so this was an optimal time

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for us to kind of showcase that skill .

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This is the first time . Ramstein has

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been able to hot pit F-35s here , so

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proving that concept to not only

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Ramstadt but bases like Lake and Heath

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and the rest of Ua and Africa just to

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show them that just because we're not a

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fighter base doesn't mean we can't

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support the fighters that are in our

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AOR .