WEBVTT 00:03.543 --> 00:05.627 - [Presenter] On 21 October 2016, 00:05.627 --> 00:07.964 the 386 Air Expeditionary Wing, 00:07.964 --> 00:11.293 loaded two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with 00:11.293 --> 00:13.763 equipment, ammunition and firefighters 00:13.763 --> 00:17.256 and flew them into Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq. 00:17.256 --> 00:20.713 ^- It's taken several months to plan this mission. 00:20.713 --> 00:22.723 ^A big part of it was, since before the airfield was 00:22.723 --> 00:25.137 ^taken we knew that it had been damaged significantly 00:25.137 --> 00:27.239 by ISOF as they were either holding the field 00:27.239 --> 00:29.558 or then evacuating the area as 00:29.558 --> 00:31.732 Iraqi security forces liberated the field. 00:31.732 --> 00:35.551 It's taken several months to repair that damage. 00:35.551 --> 00:38.142 - [Presenter] The aircraft was piloted by Major Jeff Nobel 00:38.142 --> 00:39.875 and was the first coalition aircraft 00:39.875 --> 00:42.174 to land on the newly renovated airfield 00:42.174 --> 00:44.882 since the start of Operation Inherent Resolve 00:44.882 --> 00:47.459 and it was done under the cover of darkness. 00:47.459 --> 00:50.701 ^- You have to trust in your planning in order to 00:50.701 --> 00:52.963 ^make sure that the mission's successful, 00:52.963 --> 00:55.880 ^So sometimes it can be just landing 00:55.934 --> 00:58.834 in a black hole with four little lights, 00:58.834 --> 01:01.544 which is what we had the other night. 01:01.544 --> 01:02.851 - [Radio Operator] That's affirmative, (drown out by engine) 01:02.851 --> 01:04.740 180 until you're in the box. 01:04.740 --> 01:06.872 - [Presenter] Moving forward, Q-West will continue 01:06.872 --> 01:09.243 to play a significant role in supplying 01:09.243 --> 01:11.824 the fight against Mosul and beyond. 01:11.824 --> 01:13.435 - This brings us one step closer to 01:13.435 --> 01:16.228 wiping Da'esh off the face of the map. 01:16.228 --> 01:19.051 This will help us support our Iraqi security forces 01:19.051 --> 01:21.881 and our partners in the coalition into 01:21.881 --> 01:24.297 liberating the city of Mosul and handing over 01:24.297 --> 01:27.547 a free city back to the people of Iraq. 01:27.944 --> 01:29.459 This really has been a team effort, I mean 01:29.459 --> 01:32.844 all the way from the top, down to the 386 AW, 01:32.844 --> 01:35.139 all the way down to the hands of that individual 01:35.139 --> 01:37.026 pilot who pulled off a pretty amazing 01:37.026 --> 01:39.526 landing in adverse conditions. 01:39.937 --> 01:42.395 A big win across the board for everyone involved 01:42.395 --> 01:43.750 and wouldn't have been possible 01:43.750 --> 01:46.057 without everybody playing their part on this team. 01:46.057 --> 01:47.749 - [Presenter] Technical Sergeant Lance Deagle, 01:47.749 --> 01:51.332 386 Air Expeditionary Wing, southwest Asia.