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    S: Can You describe a combat mission?

    E: I can describe a typical mission. I will take the little
    mission of the "three turn go" here. Generally speaking,
    depending upon which of the eight ships; we have an eight-
    ship staggered; one that lands here about 7:30 local. The
    second eight-ship will land about 8:30; the third eight-ship
    will probably land an hour or two later than that. We are
    staggered, and we try to work it as much like a ballet so
    that you have an eight-ship taking off and an eight-ship
    landing throughout the day, and we go from 7:30 [a.m.], and
    the last takeoff is usually about 4:00 or 5:00 in the
    afternoon.
    
    Generally speaking, we come in here--the eight-ship we fly
    is actually two four-ships. The four-ship will fly in.
    We've got 12 slots there on the Viper ramp, of which the    
    last four we use for maintenance. The first eight we use as
    an ICT [integrated combat turn]. A guy will land, a four-                1>
    ship will land, clear the runway, taxi into ICTs, if they    
    are open, one through four. They will shut down.
    
    Even before a guy is getting out of the airplane, a bomb
    crew is already uploading.
    
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     That four-ship will jump out, bombs uploading even as they
     are coming down the ladder; then we will get together and
     read for about 10 or 15 minutes for the next sortie; talk
     about lessons learned in the last sortie; talk about what
     we are going to do different, where we are going, and take
     a look at the target area and threats for the next sortie.
    
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