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- [Air Support] Go.

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- [Airman] I'm going all
the way back to 1968, 1969,

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people have been flying on
this exact airframe itself

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just with upgrades to it over time.

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(guns firing)

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As the new gunships come out

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having more technology is great

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because it lets us be
able to do the same amount

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of stuff with less people on board.

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- [Man] It's been constantly deployed

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to Afghanistan for almost 12 years now.

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- We have enemy QRF approaching,
three zero zero meters.

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(guns firing)

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- [Airman] Close air support's

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very difficult to do
because your biggest concern

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is anti fratricide, not hurting
the good guys on the ground.

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The reason we do that really well

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is one, we can stay overhead
for a long period of time.

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We're a left side or a
side shooting platform

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and a constant pylon turn

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so basically we could put rounds down

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on just about any part
of the area at any time

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within seconds if we're needed to.

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(guns firing)
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