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- [Narrator] The 332nd expeditionary maintenance

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squadron and the

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^492nd expeditionary fighter squadron hit an

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^incredible milestone in the ongoing fight against

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ISIS in Iraq and Syria,

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dropping more than 1000 munitions in the

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month of August alone

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the high tempo had airmen going nonstop.

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- Folks are working hard,

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particular guys that are building bombs up

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^out in the bomb dump,

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^the guys that are loading weapons up out on the line,

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^it's hot,

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they work 24/7,

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a lot of them don't get a day off.

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- [Narrator] But the work that they've accomplished has

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given them plenty to be proud of.

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- But they do have that high morale because they're

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seeing the effects of what they do.

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- [Narrator] For the 332nd expeditionary operations group,

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the number of bombs isn't what's important.

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- We don't really worry about setting records and

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the number of bombs we drop,

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we're worried about getting the required effects,

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meeting the ground force commanders intent with

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those weapons.

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- [Narrator] And while a 1000 drops in a month may

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sound like a lot,

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these teams may even outdo that.

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- I think were gonna see a really kinetic fight,

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at least for the next few months,

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as we continue to regain the ground that ISIS has taken.

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- [Narrator] Keeping that fight going has been a

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full team effort.

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- So we get a lot of talk about what we the

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aircrews have done, or the jets have done,

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or the number of munitions dropped,

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none of that is possible without the entire base's support,

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all the support agencies,

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all that team has to come together in order to

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get the mission accomplished.

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- [Narrator] And as the 492nd soon rotates out,

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and a new fighter group comes in,

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more territory will be taken back from ISIS and

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more munitions will be dropped,

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no matter who's flying the mission.

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Staff Sergeant Samuel O'Brien,

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South West Asia