WEBVTT 00:00.349 --> 00:02.516 Teams of US Air Force maintainers from 00:02.516 --> 00:05.110 Kadina Air Base in Okinawa , Japan are 00:05.110 --> 00:07.054 traveling to Portland Air National 00:07.054 --> 00:09.166 Guard Base on a mission not of combat 00:09.166 --> 00:12.170 but of collaboration . At the 142 wing , 00:12.430 --> 00:14.374 Kadina Airmen are getting hands-on 00:14.374 --> 00:16.670 proficiency training with the F-15C 00:16.670 --> 00:18.670 while they await the arrival of the 00:18.670 --> 00:21.870 F-15 EX Eagle 2 shortly . The training 00:21.870 --> 00:24.092 allows them to stay up to date on their 00:24.092 --> 00:26.203 core tasks while in this transition . 00:26.203 --> 00:28.203 Kadina Air Base just got rid of all 00:28.203 --> 00:30.370 their F-15s . Uh , we're getting ready 00:30.370 --> 00:32.314 for the new EX is coming up , uh , 00:32.314 --> 00:34.648 which is still a year or two out for us , 00:34.648 --> 00:36.814 and we don't have anything to do right 00:36.814 --> 00:36.639 now . We have a lot of F-15 maintainers 00:36.639 --> 00:38.695 and we have a good relationship with 00:38.695 --> 00:40.639 the guard base here . Uh , they're 00:40.639 --> 00:42.750 letting us come here and join them uh 00:42.750 --> 00:44.972 with their day to day activities , uh , 00:44.972 --> 00:44.849 whatever maintenance tasks they have 00:44.849 --> 00:46.905 going on . Our team is joining in on 00:46.905 --> 00:48.738 those tasks , so we are here for 00:48.738 --> 00:50.905 proficiency of our maintainers to make 00:50.905 --> 00:53.127 sure they can just continue to be sharp 00:53.127 --> 00:55.238 on all . Their tasks with the arrival 00:55.238 --> 00:57.405 of the Eagle 2 at Portland last year , 00:57.405 --> 00:59.571 the 142 wing offers Cadina maintainers 00:59.571 --> 01:01.516 a unique preview of the aircraft's 01:01.516 --> 01:03.682 lineage and what's on the horizon . We 01:03.682 --> 01:05.905 originally told , like , hey , when you 01:05.905 --> 01:07.960 come here , don't expect any time on 01:07.960 --> 01:10.071 the EX jets , really you're just here 01:10.071 --> 01:09.614 for the proficiency training on the 01:09.614 --> 01:11.781 seas , but day one we've been touching 01:11.781 --> 01:13.781 the EXs every single day . Our crew 01:13.781 --> 01:15.836 chiefs have been out there launching 01:15.836 --> 01:15.785 them . Our our avionics team has been 01:15.785 --> 01:18.007 out there running up all their avionics 01:18.007 --> 01:20.229 systems and seeing what the new systems 01:20.229 --> 01:22.007 look like . Uh , and , and just 01:22.007 --> 01:24.229 everyone's been able to get time on the 01:24.229 --> 01:24.099 EX . The ongoing temporary duty 01:24.099 --> 01:26.540 assignment gives a 1 42nd guardsmen a 01:26.540 --> 01:28.762 unique opportunity to work hand in hand 01:28.762 --> 01:30.762 with their active duty counterparts 01:30.762 --> 01:32.651 while building a foundation of an 01:32.651 --> 01:34.818 important working relationship between 01:34.818 --> 01:36.980 the 2 F-15 bases . When REX's are 01:36.980 --> 01:39.091 coming out to Carina , we're gonna be 01:39.091 --> 01:41.258 coming through Portland for for that . 01:41.258 --> 01:40.980 So we're gonna have a big footprint 01:40.980 --> 01:43.610 here . And we really want to have the 01:43.610 --> 01:45.666 best possible relationship . They're 01:45.666 --> 01:47.721 going through all like the quarks of 01:47.721 --> 01:49.832 the of the new airframe , right , the 01:49.832 --> 01:52.054 new systems , and they're sort of going 01:52.054 --> 01:54.110 through the headaches for us so that 01:54.110 --> 01:54.000 way when when we get our aircraft to 01:54.000 --> 01:56.056 Gina we'll be able to hit the ground 01:56.056 --> 01:58.389 running a lot smoother and a lot faster . 01:58.389 --> 02:00.333 From the Pacific Air Forces to the 02:00.333 --> 02:02.278 Pacific Northwest , these missions 02:02.278 --> 02:04.500 sharpen skills , deepen understanding , 02:04.500 --> 02:06.778 and build bonds across the total force , 02:06.778 --> 02:08.778 preparing both wings for tomorrow's 02:08.778 --> 02:10.998 challenges . Reporting for the 142nd 02:10.998 --> 02:13.039 wing , I'm Tech Sergeant Alex Frank .