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Checkered flag is this huge large force 

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exercise that tests the tactics and 

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abilities of all the units together as 

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they come together over some nice , 

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beautiful air airspace . Usually at 

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Shaw , we're practicing amongst 

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ourselves , you know , F-16 versus F-16 . 

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This prepares us for a combat 

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environment , how multiple M Ds S could 

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be brought together . So what's really 

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crazy about this exercise is , it's 

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split up between our checkered flag 

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portion as well as our WES a portion . 

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Wes stands for weapons system 

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evaluation program . And what that 

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means is we fire live missiles for two 

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reasons . One to gather data on how the 

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weapon system will actually work . And 

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two to give our pilots and our loaders 

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an opportunity to work with live 

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missiles . And what we do as the FGS is 

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provide combat capable F-16s for the 

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pilots who have the opportunity to fire 

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live missiles and provide information 

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to the big air force on how our weapons 

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will actually perform and provides my 

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guys with the ability to load and 

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handle live missiles . For the first 

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time in most of their careers . 

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We've seen really good successes with 

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all the live fire missile shoots and 

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we've seen great experiences 

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integrating , not only with how we deal 

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with OP STATION , but also how we 

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integrate with other aircraft .