1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,130 --> 00:00:06,309 I'm Colonel Pat mcclintock , the 62nd 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,264 operations group commander here at 4 00:00:08,264 --> 00:00:10,264 mccord . I had the unique and great 5 00:00:10,264 --> 00:00:11,987 opportunity to be the 62nd air 6 00:00:11,987 --> 00:00:14,153 expeditionary wing commander . As part 7 00:00:14,153 --> 00:00:16,098 of a recent exercise we did called 8 00:00:16,098 --> 00:00:18,264 operation Kenny's return . What or was 9 00:00:18,264 --> 00:00:20,579 really about was about validating that 10 00:00:20,590 --> 00:00:22,610 we can move very quickly into the 11 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:24,287 Pacific with a group of cross 12 00:00:24,287 --> 00:00:26,009 functional experts can operate 13 00:00:26,009 --> 00:00:28,176 immediately upon arrival . We did that 14 00:00:28,176 --> 00:00:30,009 over the course of a 40 hour max 15 00:00:30,009 --> 00:00:31,787 endurance sort where we flew to 16 00:00:31,787 --> 00:00:34,009 Townsville , Australia worked alongside 17 00:00:34,009 --> 00:00:36,250 our Australian partners to execute and 18 00:00:36,259 --> 00:00:38,549 test tactical objectives in that region 19 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,709 of the world , all of the sorties and 20 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,664 everything about this exercise was 21 00:00:42,664 --> 00:00:44,720 planned to test our ability to 22 00:00:44,729 --> 00:00:47,430 dynamically plan as the situation 23 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:49,495 changes , as well as maneuver at the 24 00:00:49,495 --> 00:00:51,729 speed of relevance . So our efforts 25 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:53,629 with planning because this was an 26 00:00:53,629 --> 00:00:55,740 organic exercise out of our wing , it 27 00:00:55,740 --> 00:00:57,851 was all hands on deck with the entire 28 00:00:57,851 --> 00:00:59,851 airlift wing to include the Airbase 29 00:00:59,851 --> 00:01:01,962 Group maintenance and operations . We 30 00:01:01,962 --> 00:01:04,073 had every military branch participate 31 00:01:04,073 --> 00:01:06,529 with us during OKR and then also had 32 00:01:06,540 --> 00:01:08,540 our partnerships with our coalition 33 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:11,510 elements of both the Australians and 34 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,110 then a few new Zealand members , one of 35 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,120 our priorities was enhancing the MGFE 36 00:01:18,129 --> 00:01:20,185 and our mission ready airmen . So we 37 00:01:20,185 --> 00:01:22,351 asked people to not only explore their 38 00:01:22,351 --> 00:01:24,462 own expertise in their career field , 39 00:01:24,462 --> 00:01:26,518 but also explore the space of others 40 00:01:26,518 --> 00:01:29,760 and focus on being able to project that 41 00:01:29,769 --> 00:01:33,739 Mr Power with a smaller footprint of 42 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:35,861 personnel but also equipment . One of 43 00:01:35,861 --> 00:01:38,083 the priorities of the 62nd airlift wing 44 00:01:38,083 --> 00:01:39,830 is to advance our war fighting 45 00:01:39,839 --> 00:01:41,959 capabilities . So somewhere greater 46 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:44,569 than seven firsts were accomplished in 47 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:47,389 Kenny's return . So things like 48 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,889 exploding into theater with a reduced 49 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:51,769 deployment footprint immediately 50 00:01:51,779 --> 00:01:54,057 generating combat sorties upon arrival , 51 00:01:54,057 --> 00:01:56,223 we got to work with the Australians to 52 00:01:56,223 --> 00:01:58,057 do the first specialized fueling 53 00:01:58,057 --> 00:02:00,001 operation using some of their fuel 54 00:02:00,001 --> 00:02:02,168 trucks ever doing a bunch of excellent 55 00:02:02,168 --> 00:02:04,390 data link things incorporating the J CS 56 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:07,889 E and A star shield node by bringing 57 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,067 mission support teams out with us that 58 00:02:10,067 --> 00:02:12,470 included security forces that included 59 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:14,701 com that included civil engineering and 60 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:16,868 poor support squad members . There are 61 00:02:16,868 --> 00:02:19,090 a lot of other fantastic things that we 62 00:02:19,090 --> 00:02:21,369 got to do . We were able to mission 63 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:23,436 plan entire tactical authority on an 64 00:02:23,436 --> 00:02:25,658 airplane between two crews that were on 65 00:02:25,658 --> 00:02:27,824 separate aircraft at the time and they 66 00:02:27,824 --> 00:02:30,047 were able to communicate back and forth 67 00:02:30,047 --> 00:02:32,269 to come up with a solid safe executable 68 00:02:32,269 --> 00:02:34,491 plan and be able to execute that within 69 00:02:34,491 --> 00:02:36,602 three hours of landing in Australia , 70 00:02:36,602 --> 00:02:38,547 something that had never been done 71 00:02:38,547 --> 00:02:40,779 before . I do want to say a big thank 72 00:02:40,789 --> 00:02:43,339 you to our leadership here at the 62nd 73 00:02:43,350 --> 00:02:45,800 airlift wing , we had their uh full 74 00:02:45,809 --> 00:02:49,240 involvement , investment and uh ability 75 00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:51,361 to go forward and push our people and 76 00:02:51,361 --> 00:02:55,279 the mission to success . I think the 77 00:02:55,289 --> 00:02:57,178 seventh earliest squadron and the 78 00:02:57,178 --> 00:02:59,233 seventh expedition Eli squadron here 79 00:02:59,233 --> 00:03:01,456 proved that we can move at the speed of 80 00:03:01,456 --> 00:03:03,456 relevant maneuver that we can fight 81 00:03:03,456 --> 00:03:05,678 leaner , lighter and faster than anyone 82 00:03:05,678 --> 00:03:07,622 has ever been able to fight in the 83 00:03:07,622 --> 00:03:09,678 world before . And that whatever the 84 00:03:09,678 --> 00:03:11,845 timeline is that is required for us to 85 00:03:11,845 --> 00:03:13,733 respond to a crisis , the seventh 86 00:03:13,733 --> 00:03:15,789 expeditionary squadron will be there 87 00:03:15,789 --> 00:03:18,011 and we will be ready . It's pretty neat 88 00:03:18,011 --> 00:03:20,067 to watch that growth and development 89 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:19,809 happen . It gives me a lot of hope for 90 00:03:19,820 --> 00:03:22,050 what we're doing in A MC and it gives 91 00:03:22,059 --> 00:03:24,170 me a lot of hope for what we're doing 92 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:26,059 in our military as we prepare our 93 00:03:26,059 --> 00:03:27,948 forces for the next generation of 94 00:03:27,948 --> 00:03:31,429 conflict . I think it's no secret that 95 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,662 as we look at conflict in the Pacific , 96 00:03:33,662 --> 00:03:35,718 it's going to require us to train in 97 00:03:35,718 --> 00:03:37,773 new ways and we were able to do that 98 00:03:37,773 --> 00:03:39,410 through . Ok . No .