1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:06,090 --> 00:00:08,034 This week is the first silver flag 3 00:00:08,034 --> 00:00:11,069 mission qualification happening at the 4 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:13,899 first horse training squadron at the 5 00:00:13,909 --> 00:00:17,159 silver flag exercise site . The F four 6 00:00:17,190 --> 00:00:19,700 gen or Air Force Force generation model 7 00:00:19,709 --> 00:00:21,876 is a new way in which we are preparing 8 00:00:21,876 --> 00:00:23,987 our forces to deploy down range . The 9 00:00:23,987 --> 00:00:26,042 training has evolved from the legacy 10 00:00:26,042 --> 00:00:28,209 style where we were more hands on with 11 00:00:28,209 --> 00:00:30,209 training participants for the first 12 00:00:30,209 --> 00:00:32,265 week before they were to execute and 13 00:00:32,265 --> 00:00:34,153 test their expeditionary skills . 14 00:00:34,153 --> 00:00:36,153 Whereas now we're taking more of an 15 00:00:36,153 --> 00:00:38,376 empowerment approach where we allow the 16 00:00:38,376 --> 00:00:41,000 participants as they force flow in to 17 00:00:41,009 --> 00:00:42,979 sort of run and organize their own 18 00:00:42,990 --> 00:00:44,879 exercise more or less while we're 19 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:46,823 testing their abilities to execute 20 00:00:46,823 --> 00:00:49,290 their wartime task . Our near period 21 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:52,169 threat is not going to attack us when 22 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:54,291 we're ready , they're going to attack 23 00:00:54,291 --> 00:00:56,402 us when we are in our weakest state , 24 00:00:56,402 --> 00:00:58,624 when we're hungry , when we're tired in 25 00:00:58,624 --> 00:01:00,736 the middle of the night in the dark . 26 00:01:00,736 --> 00:01:02,624 This mission qualification flight 27 00:01:02,624 --> 00:01:04,680 exercise utilizes those mindsets and 28 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,063 those skill sets to test our air force . 29 00:01:07,072 --> 00:01:09,183 We're going from one old way of doing 30 00:01:09,183 --> 00:01:11,405 something to a totally new way of doing 31 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:13,628 something and there's going to be a lot 32 00:01:13,628 --> 00:01:13,583 of growing pains , working through some 33 00:01:13,593 --> 00:01:15,649 real world and exercise stuff that's 34 00:01:15,649 --> 00:01:17,871 kind of affecting our , our job . But , 35 00:01:17,871 --> 00:01:20,093 you know , at the end of the day , it's 36 00:01:20,093 --> 00:01:22,204 about figuring out how to get the job 37 00:01:22,204 --> 00:01:24,315 done . So , Challenge nine wrapped up 38 00:01:24,315 --> 00:01:26,371 at the end of April , it was a great 39 00:01:26,371 --> 00:01:28,426 success . We learned a lot and we're 40 00:01:28,426 --> 00:01:30,537 improving , not only our training but 41 00:01:30,537 --> 00:01:32,760 also how we are going to qualify them , 42 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,649 which is the purpose of this week 43 00:01:34,649 --> 00:01:36,704 mission qualification . Writing this 44 00:01:36,704 --> 00:01:38,926 challenge was successful because we use 45 00:01:38,926 --> 00:01:40,815 the multi capable airmen of using 46 00:01:40,815 --> 00:01:43,149 various curi fields to achieve one task . 47 00:01:43,149 --> 00:01:44,982 That is the same here in mission 48 00:01:44,982 --> 00:01:46,760 qualification , the silver flag 49 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,871 exercise , you cannot succeed without 50 00:01:48,871 --> 00:01:51,089 joining forces and getting valuable 51 00:01:51,099 --> 00:01:52,930 leadership and decision making 52 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:55,107 capabilities from other airmen . It is 53 00:01:55,107 --> 00:01:57,519 a team atmosphere as a team fight to go 54 00:01:57,529 --> 00:01:59,640 forward and do one mission and that's 55 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,251 the success story of mission 56 00:02:01,251 --> 00:02:01,400 qualification .