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The purpose of hosting these aviation

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detachment rotations , now called KUSAR

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sabers , is significant to the Air

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Force's mission and primary strategy of

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the combatant command in Europe of

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deterring further aggression in the

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region . Our engagements here in Poland

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are of critical strategic significance

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both for our headquarters and military

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leaders , as well as the crews that

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take part in them due to Poland's

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proximity geographically here in

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Central Europe , particularly because

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we are on the border of the largest

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land war to occur on the European

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continent since the end of World War II .

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The airspace in Poland is permissible

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by comparison to others in congested

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European airspace . It allows us to do

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the visual low levels both during the

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day and at night on NVGs . Here , Poy

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specifically , not only do they have

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access to an unimproved landing strip

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via the GrassLZ , but they also have

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their own drop zone , so it allows for

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co-location of objective areas and the

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ability to do multiple competencies for

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tactical airlifters simultaneously

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throughout one given day . The big

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thing again is we don't get to train

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with our international partners at home

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very often . We were also able to

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employ freefall airdrops with hay bales ,

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uh , at 100 ft simulating a low cost ,

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low altitude resupply . So again , it

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was a lot of the crews that we brought .

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It's the first time ever doing that and

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not something that we often get to do

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at home . Help the , uh , Polish Air

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Force troubleshoot , talk through the

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issue they were having with a specific ,

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uh , aircraft engine , and we were able

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to go back and forth and get to a

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conclusion to help them . With solve

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the problems , being able to fly with

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them and see what aircrew does , it

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makes me do my job better because I can

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understand what they go through on a

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day to day things to help make their

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training and the mission more

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successful for them . Hussar Sabre is

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developing a relationship , creating

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new relationships with our Polish

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partners , and just working on the

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joint interoperability piece when we go

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out and employ in particular the C-130

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weapons system , but also for all the

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ground and support functions , making

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those contacts over here in Poland .