1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,302 This week in particular . The airmen in 2 00:00:03,302 --> 00:00:05,247 the 20th attack squadron are going 3 00:00:05,247 --> 00:00:07,469 through a process called verification . 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,400 It is the ultimate culmination of the 5 00:00:15,410 --> 00:00:18,130 mission planning . The general thinking 6 00:00:18,130 --> 00:00:20,074 of what we're going to do with our 7 00:00:20,074 --> 00:00:21,963 aircraft , what the intent of our 8 00:00:21,963 --> 00:00:24,980 mission is from the commander and how 9 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:27,212 we are going to go out and execute that 10 00:00:27,212 --> 00:00:29,770 mission . Taking into consideration 11 00:00:29,770 --> 00:00:31,550 things like weather and other 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,671 contingencies that could happen along 13 00:00:33,671 --> 00:00:37,080 the way the plan going out the door is 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,247 that our area of operation is gonna be 15 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:42,800 extremely dynamic , super fast pace and 16 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:46,330 extremely challenging and focused on 17 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:49,300 mission sets that we don't conduct day 18 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:53,290 to day . So I think the purpose of 19 00:00:53,290 --> 00:00:55,530 Rx is definitely to get out of that 24 20 00:00:55,530 --> 00:00:58,720 7 obs and kind of take a step back , 21 00:00:58,730 --> 00:01:01,700 take a breath and then go and dive into 22 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:03,877 a new mission set and that can be with 23 00:01:03,877 --> 00:01:05,932 aircrew as pilots and sensors and we 24 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:08,240 get to integrate as a whole with intel . 25 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:10,790 So intel gets to learn a new mission 26 00:01:10,790 --> 00:01:13,012 set as well and it's a learning process 27 00:01:13,012 --> 00:01:15,500 with the pilots and sensors . Um to use 28 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:17,980 that information and take it into the 29 00:01:17,990 --> 00:01:21,690 fight with the drawdown in Afghanistan . 30 00:01:21,690 --> 00:01:24,510 That has definitely changed the dynamic 31 00:01:24,510 --> 00:01:26,566 that the military is going in And it 32 00:01:26,566 --> 00:01:28,732 has definitely changed our mission set 33 00:01:28,732 --> 00:01:31,320 here at the 20th and what the hell 34 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:33,650 hounds are doing in a way that has set 35 00:01:33,650 --> 00:01:36,990 us up to move forward and be the first 36 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,100 MQ nine squadron to have a consistent 37 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,180 presence in the window , pay calm 38 00:01:42,180 --> 00:01:45,390 region , What a fighter aircraft or 39 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,990 bomber aircraft can't do . We are being 40 00:01:47,990 --> 00:01:50,157 able to fill that gap . The MQ nine is 41 00:01:50,157 --> 00:01:52,260 used to protect people as well . So 42 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:54,437 it's just a more holistic approach . I 43 00:01:54,437 --> 00:01:57,760 guess . It's not like video games . So 44 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,871 everyone says it's like video games . 45 00:01:59,871 --> 00:02:03,770 We can have effects on real people and 46 00:02:03,770 --> 00:02:06,940 we can help real people and it's very 47 00:02:06,940 --> 00:02:10,100 much not fake in any way . Our airmen 48 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:12,600 are professional aviators and intel um 49 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,050 analysts who dedicate their lives day 50 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:17,161 in and day out to the defense of this 51 00:02:17,161 --> 00:02:18,960 nation and they are continually 52 00:02:18,970 --> 00:02:21,330 sharpening their craft , employing this 53 00:02:21,330 --> 00:02:23,430 weapon system as their task to do by 54 00:02:23,430 --> 00:02:24,760 the National Command Authority .