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- Hi, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Yosef Morris

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I'm an F-35 pilot at Hill Air Force Base

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The mission of the 388th
and 419th Fighter Wings

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is to rapidly deploy our
F-35s anywhere in the world

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and then quickly be able
to employ those aircraft

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across the full spectrum of missions

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that it's capable of.

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The primary fighter that
flies at Hill Air Force Base

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is the F-35A.

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The Depot, which does
high-level maintenance

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for a variety of different aircraft flies.

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C-130s, F-16s, A-10s, F-35s and F-22s

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so we occasionally have those
aircraft flying as well.

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We generally fly between
40 and 60 flights per day.

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If all of the squadrons are here,

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and we are in an advanced
stage of training,

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we may fly up to 70 or 80
or even 100 flights per day.

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And if we have one or
more squadrons off station

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then we may fly as little
as 20 flights per day.

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So all fighter aircraft are loud.

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The F-35 is comparable to
the other fighter aircraft

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that we fly, specifically F-15, F-18, F-16

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that operate with multiple
engines and or afterburners.

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As we are entering or exiting
from an airfield or a base,

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those patterns are determined

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by where the rest of
the airspace structure

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for civilian aviation and everything else

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that's flying overlays.

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So if we're near a large international

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or metropolitan airport,
we have to coordinate

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through that airspace to
not interrupt the airlines

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or the civilian aviation
that's flying around there.

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And then generally,
where we do our training

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is over large unpopulated areas.

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For example, the majority
of our arrange where we fly

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is over the salt flats near
the border of Nevada and Utah.

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We train every day to
deploy the F-35 to combat,

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and we appreciate all the
support from the local community.

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We try to do that training

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with minimal impact to
the surrounding areas

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since we all live in the surrounding area

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with our families as well.

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We very much appreciate all the support

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and love living here, and we
appreciate your understanding