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annually the four 59th Air refueling

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wing host an incentive flight rewarding

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some of the wings most outstanding

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airmen with a ride on a . K . C . 1 35

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strategy tanker during refueling

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mission . You know , there's nothing

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like taking off cloudy day , you pop

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out of the clouds , you see the sun .

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You know , not a lot of people can go

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do that to be able to kind of show that

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to other people and to also realize

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that I have such a privilege is a

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pretty cool thing . An incentive flight

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is offered to airmen who show

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exceptional performance in their duties .

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These individuals are valuable to the

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Air Force and this program entices them

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to excel in their Air Force courier .

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Considering this is an annual flight ,

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not many airmen get the chance to

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witness an air refueling mission like

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this . And for senior airman , God live

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for you . Found on this was his first

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time on a military aircraft . My

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superintendent called me and she said

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you guys were selected to for an

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incentive light and I was an incentive

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light just like , well you're gonna be

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flying in the Air Force planes , one of

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the Air Force planes and um , you're

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being choosing because you do hard work

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and you volunteer for a lot of things .

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So that's how I was being chosen .

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Where senior airman value family on

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this was the beginning in a pursuit

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towards his dream . My primary goal in

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life is to one day be a fighter jet

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pilot . But the fact that , yeah , I am

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not yet a pilot . It wouldn't stop

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there . And that's why I'm really

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excited because this is like a starting

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point . Yeah . As much fun as these

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flights seem , there's a lot of moving

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parts to bring this program together

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the end of the day . That's , you know ,

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that's what we're here for . And but

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there's a whole lot of stuff that goes

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on behind the scenes to make that

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happen . So just trying to marry all

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those together because sometimes people

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don't know or to taste throughout all

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the hard work and effort , it creates a

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memorable experience . All those

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involved reporting from Joint Base

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Andrews . I'm Air Force Senior Airman

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Andrea phillips 459th Air Refueling

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Wing , Public Affairs .