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(warm music)

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- Once you strap into that jet,

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all those worries seem to go away.

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(upbeat music)

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Skirting 50 feet above
clouds at 500 knots.

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That is an experience that you
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till you were sitting
on the tip of a pencil

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with no other parent airplane around you.

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So, the 18th Aggressor Squadron is here

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to provide professional adversary training

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for the drone participants
here at Cope North.

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18th Aggressor Squadron is one

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of two adversary air squadrons

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of the United States Air Force.

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We pride ourselves in
learning and studying

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and spending all of our time
in what threat countries may do

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so that we can realistically replicate

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what they might see in combat.

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The unique advantage we have,

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supporting something like Cope North is

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that we get to interact
with joint partners

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that we would not normally do so,

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specifically The Japanese Kōkū Jieitai,

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and The Royal Australian Air Force.

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- We cannot do the such as
large force embroilment in Japan

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so it's very good chance to try myself,

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it's first time for me.

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I'm be praised to be here,
i'm be honored to be here

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to be part of the three
countries alliance.

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(jet engine roars)

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- Just the ability to operate tactically,

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in a really busy airspace is
probably the biggest lesson,

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it's really good to
fight a dedicated force

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through their whole purpose
is to present a picture

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that's representative of
a enemy fighting force,

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that's their whole job,

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to actually fight a dedicated

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aggressor units really in training.

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- [Travis] Ultimately the
design being that at the end

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of this exercise we're
always stronger for it.