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at the base of Utah's Wasatch Mountains .

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Ah , monumental force underpins our

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national defense . For 80 years , the

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9000 men and women of the ordinary

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logistics complex have been the

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backbone of American air power .

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Constructed in 1940 originally called

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the Ogden Air Depot , Theo A . L C .

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Maintains a legacy off sustaining

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American aircraft and intercontinental

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ballistic missiles . Headquartered on

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Hill Air Force Base , the A L C employs

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42% of the installations workforce

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across 272 of its facilities , while

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also conducting operations in 10 remote

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locations across the United States and

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Japan . The complex provides

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maintenance , overhaul , repair and

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inspection to America's premier fifth

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generation fighters , three F 22

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Raptors and the F 35 Lightning , too ,

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as well as legacy weapons systems like

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the F 16 Phalcon , a 10 Thunderbolt NT

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38 trainer . The A L C also develops

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tests and fields software modernization

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packages for space based systems like

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GPS and for air breathing fighters ,

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enabling robust and affordable

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integration between fourth generation

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fighters and their fifth generation

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counterparts . The A . L . C s

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commodities maintenance and electron

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ICS maintenance groups repair and

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overhaul exchangeable assets for nearly

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every aircraft in the Department of

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Defense and for partner nations as well .

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They repair everything from actuators ,

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heads up displays , radar systems ,

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secondary power engines , aircraft

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generators to flight control surfaces ,

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wings and canopies , and aerospace

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ground equipment . Additionally , thes

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groups are home to the Air Force's

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Onley indoor firing range for the A

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tens 30 millimeter cannon , and it's on

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Lee facility for full wheel and landing

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gear overhaul as the Air Force's Center

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of Excellence for Landing Gear Theme ,

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A L C . Produces over 500 assemblies

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for the beauty supply chain each year

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from the C 17 on humanitarian

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assignment in South America to the A 10

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providing close air support in

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Afghanistan to the T 38 providing

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training mission stateside . Theo Air

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Force flies over 1000 sorties each day

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around the globe , and almost all of

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them land on our landing gear . Key to

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America's war fighting capability is

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storage and regeneration of its massive

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fleet . Located on David's Month , an

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air force base in Arizona , Theo A . L .

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C s aerospace maintenance and

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regeneration group stores more than

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4400 military aircraft and regenerated

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121 to service in 2000 and 19 alone .

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They're reclamation operations enable

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the return of critical parts into the

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supply chain , sometimes long after

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they were discontinued by the

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manufacturer and at a great savings to

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the taxpayer . While the Air Force

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fighter aircraft display the

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capabilities in full view , sometimes

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the greatest impacts are just below the

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surface . Beneath the plains of Montana ,

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Wyoming and North Dakota lies the most

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powerful military force known to man .

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Hundreds of intercontinental ballistic

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missiles , or I . C . B . M s provide

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the United States of America the

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nuclear deterrence required to maintain

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peace around the globe . Ogden Ale Si

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sustains the missiles ground and flight

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systems , manages over 9000 and items

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and delivers roughly $30 million in

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parts to the missile fields annually ,

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directly ensuring our nuclear forces

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continue to deter global conflict .

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Thes critical mission areas on Lee

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scratch the surface of what we are

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accomplishing today , and we are not

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standing still . The complex has

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facility modernization , workforce

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development and technology insertion

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efforts underway to ensure we remain

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posture to meet the readiness

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requirements off tomorrow from

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1942 today and beyond . The production

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efforts of the men and women of Ogden A .

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L C . Will underpin the unmatched

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capabilities of our nation's nuclear

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and conventional air and space forces .