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(dramatic music)

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(engine noise)

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- I'm Staff Sergeant Michael Mason.

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I'm a Boom Operator for the 908th

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Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron.

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So the purpose of the
air refueling mission

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is to extend the capabilities

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of the air combat assets.

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So whether it's an F-15,
an F-16, even F-35,

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our job is to give them the gas

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to get to where they need to
go to get their mission done.

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They'll do their thing, we'll
take 'em right back home.

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Honestly, what I like most about it

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is just the satisfaction at
making the boom contacts.

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Anyways, I run the back with Meek

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and occasionally here me go whoo!

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- Contact!

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- This is a big rewarding thing for me.

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This is probably to me

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like one of the best
jobs in the Air Force.

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I'm front and center for everything

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that happens with the AOR.

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To me, I'm that important core structure

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that allows all the
other mobility fighters

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to get their mission done.

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(dramatic music)

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(heart beating)

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(machine sounds)