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Congratulations to the 162nd 

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maintenance group for winning the 2022 

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Air National Guard maintenance 

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effectiveness award . The maintenance 

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group successfully executed our wings 

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flying hour program while faced with 

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significant full time personnel 

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vacancies and 35 aircraft in some kind 

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of depot level maintenance throughout 

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the year . I'd like to highlight that 

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we transferred 81 aircraft in and out 

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of our wing , 10 aircraft were equipped 

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with a sophisticated new radar package 

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and five were sent off to Amar for a 

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three month heavy maintenance upgrade 

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for essential mission systems . During 

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this last year , the maintenance group 

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worked together to facilitate depo 

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level maintenance of the canopy . So 

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linger on for our fleet of F-16s here 

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locally with a field team from Hill Air 

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Force Base . The combined efforts of 

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our airmen led to the generation of 

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over 10,000 sorties and almost 12,000 

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flying hours and the on time graduation 

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of 60 B course students . Again . 

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Congratulations to the maintenance 

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group on their success . I couldn't be 

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prouder to lead such a talented group 

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of airmen .