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two at 15 E . Strike Eagle crews from

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the four 94th expeditionary fighter

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squadron tested their speed and

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capabilities in an exercise responding

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to a simulated US for unmanned aircraft

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system threats . The purpose of this

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exercise today was to validate our

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techniques , tactics and procedures for

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counter US threats . It's demonstrating

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to the adversaries in the region that

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we're capable of getting short notice

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notifications of a threat . And within

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minutes we're gonna be airborne

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shooting that threat down out of this

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guy . We got up in the air insanely

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fast than I ever thought was possible ,

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found our target and shot down . And I

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think today being the first time

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practicing it that it's only gonna get

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better . The exercise demonstrated yet

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another option for defense against US

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threats . The rise of attempted US

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attacks against US forces and interests

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in the Middle East makes defense

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against these platforms . A top

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priority within the U . S . Central

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Command theater of operations for the

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three 32nd Air expeditionary Wing Air

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Force Master Sergeant Traci Keller .