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here at Northern Strike the MQ nine was

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dropping Gbu twelve's and Gbu 38 £500

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bombs . The GBU 12 is a laser guided

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bomb and the Gbu 38 is a GPS guided

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also dropped four live GPU 12 on the

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range . The dangers

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of working with live munitions is that

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yes , there is a lot of explosives in a

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£500 bomb and working with £4,500

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bombs on one plane . There are some

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risks involved but we're very highly

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trained . We've been doing this for

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many years . A lot of these guys , this

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is second nature to them . The

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munitions that we've been dropping here

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at Northern Strike , the G B 12 and 30

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eight's , they're fused and they're

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wired to the proof 71 bomb racks that

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are on the plane that hang off the

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wings basically . Once the pilot

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pickles the button finds his target ,

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the bomb releases , the fuse is

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activated by the arming wire and it's

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set to explode whatever kind of

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settings that he puts in for it .

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Coming to Northern Strike , it's a

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great opportunity for us because in

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Arizona right now we don't get the

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opportunity to load a lot of lives or

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any kind of bombs for that matter . So

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coming up here is a great opportunity

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for us to get the training , we need

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and to actually do our job on a day to

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day basis . Coming to northern strike

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is always a challenge because there is

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so much going on with the MQ nine and

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with everything that has to go into

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building the plane and getting in the

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air , I got a great team . They

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sacrifice a lot with a lot of long

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hours , a lot of long days , but they

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do a great job . They all have a great

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attitude , they're very happy to be

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here and it's been a great experience

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for them . It's mainly just the

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bathroom , basically the bad ones .

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I don't really do much in the hallway .