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Mhm

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Hot pit refueling is a technique used

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to eliminate downtime and increase

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reliability . After an aircraft lands

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and parks instead of powering down the

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engines , the air crew keeps an engine

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running while the aircraft is being

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refueled . This increases our ability

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to generate sorties and minimize the

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ground time required to get aircraft

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airborne again . The time that a hot

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pit will save us with units in place

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can be extremely beneficial . The Air

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Force understands that it cannot

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generate air combat power as it has in

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the past . Therefore , hot pitting

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provides us and allied forces the

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flexibility and maneuverability of air

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power to sustain the fight to counter

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these threats without returning for

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fuel .