WEBVTT

00:01.679 --> 00:05.289
The 326 airlift squadron . We're ac 17

00:05.300 --> 00:07.570
reserve squadron comprised of about 80

00:07.579 --> 00:09.357
citizen airmen . We're out here

00:09.357 --> 00:11.810
beautiful Hawaii trying to transform

00:11.819 --> 00:14.630
and follow the Air Force Reserve

00:14.640 --> 00:17.459
commander's intent of ready now and

00:17.469 --> 00:19.636
transforming for the future . A lot of

00:19.636 --> 00:21.802
challenges those were all overcome and

00:21.802 --> 00:23.913
just saw a really can do attitude out

00:23.913 --> 00:26.250
here . Part of an organically planned

00:26.260 --> 00:28.482
exercise inside the squadron that we're

00:28.482 --> 00:30.629
naming Aloha Bunny . Today , we took

00:30.639 --> 00:32.806
off from John Rogers Field or Kali Loa

00:33.389 --> 00:35.222
and we flew over to Wheeler Army

00:35.222 --> 00:37.222
Airfield , worked with the 25 th ID

00:37.222 --> 00:39.680
unit there and we loaded some equipment ,

00:40.069 --> 00:42.291
got some training in for those guys and

00:42.291 --> 00:44.513
also our load masters on the aircraft .

00:44.513 --> 00:46.513
And then afterwards , we took off ,

00:46.513 --> 00:48.791
flew through the Hawaiian Island chain ,

00:48.791 --> 00:50.625
did some low level flying , some

00:50.625 --> 00:52.680
simulated pop up threats with threat

00:52.680 --> 00:54.979
reactions and then simulated some

00:54.990 --> 00:57.090
additional threats later on in the

00:57.099 --> 00:59.210
flight , flew around the south end of

00:59.210 --> 01:01.514
the island and then to Kona for a

01:01.525 --> 01:03.692
couple of touch and goes and then back

01:03.692 --> 01:05.525
to Hickham Air Force Base from a

01:05.525 --> 01:07.747
planner standpoint . Certainly probably

01:07.747 --> 01:09.858
one of the biggest things is that you

01:09.858 --> 01:11.969
need to be ready for anything . And I

01:11.969 --> 01:13.914
feel like these types of exercises

01:13.914 --> 01:16.136
really bring out all of those holes and

01:16.136 --> 01:16.035
we're able to identify our weaknesses

01:16.044 --> 01:17.822
and build them into strengths .

01:20.269 --> 01:22.910
For the 326. The ace concept , the

01:22.919 --> 01:26.330
agile combat employment concept has

01:26.339 --> 01:28.419
kind of foreign us . So a lot of our

01:28.430 --> 01:30.208
local training and stuff is for

01:30.208 --> 01:33.639
proficiency . So when we go out and we

01:33.650 --> 01:35.706
operate , we don't operate under the

01:35.706 --> 01:37.817
guys of ace employment . When we were

01:37.817 --> 01:39.983
out here on Aloha bunny , we were able

01:39.983 --> 01:43.135
to actually be resilient and survivable

01:43.144 --> 01:45.735
in an austere location and be able to

01:45.745 --> 01:47.912
operate in an island chain . Given the

01:47.912 --> 01:50.023
scenarios that we put together in our

01:50.023 --> 01:53.769
planning team . A lot of the

01:53.779 --> 01:56.500
NBG training that we do back in Dover ,

01:56.830 --> 01:59.669
it's very canned , very easy . We're

01:59.680 --> 02:01.847
familiar with the field . It's easy to

02:01.847 --> 02:03.847
see as you can see out here at John

02:03.847 --> 02:06.069
Rogers , there's a lot of overgrowth so

02:06.069 --> 02:09.490
the lines can't see taxi lines , it

02:09.500 --> 02:11.835
looks like an austere airfield . So

02:11.845 --> 02:14.115
we're operating into a blacked out

02:14.125 --> 02:17.945
airfield with a specific landing zone

02:18.195 --> 02:20.473
and we don't get that kind of training .

02:20.473 --> 02:22.751
It's not as realistic training at home .

02:22.751 --> 02:24.917
So being able to come out here to John

02:24.917 --> 02:26.973
Rogers and do the training . The MVD

02:26.973 --> 02:29.195
training out here was huge for our crew

02:29.195 --> 02:31.306
and moving forward . We'll kind of go

02:31.306 --> 02:33.306
shoot for the moon to get some more

02:33.306 --> 02:35.528
training under our belt just constantly

02:35.528 --> 02:37.639
be flexible , just go with the flow .

02:37.639 --> 02:39.862
Nothing is ever going to go . Exactly .

02:39.862 --> 02:42.084
To plan . Uh , so just having that kind

02:42.084 --> 02:44.610
of mindset that it's just all of the

02:44.619 --> 02:46.860
punches between the flying and the

02:46.869 --> 02:50.490
Camay . It's just when I drove to work

02:50.500 --> 02:52.667
it's like I'm the second family . Uh ,

02:52.667 --> 02:54.889
just everyone's got your back . Uh , it

02:54.889 --> 02:57.056
is a little bit more high stakes but ,

02:57.520 --> 03:00.589
you know , it's , it's an amazing job .

03:00.600 --> 03:02.210
It can be amazing opportunities .