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The training we're out here doing today

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is a joint training exercise with the

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local aviation assets , and we are

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focusing on increasing the combat

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effectiveness of both units . So on our

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end we have our Avenger crews . They

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are dismounted and working on their man

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pads proficiency and working on

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tracking as well as we say engaging ,

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but it's practice engagements with the

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pilots , and they're working on how to

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identify where our crews are , but then

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also how to evade them . The first

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thing we want to do is identify what

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type of threat is targeting our

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aircraft . Uh , we have a plethora of

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tactics available to us as aviators .

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Uh , from a MANPAD threat , we

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basically want to defeat the operator

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of that threat .

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Being able to train in Romania is

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fantastic . The Romanians have been

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nothing but hospitable and welcoming

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for us . We've been able to train in

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very different environments from the

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mountains near Brashov to the plains

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over here near Constanza , so it's been

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nothing but amazing .