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The 11th Air Task Force made history as

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the first air task force to deploy to

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Saipan during Exercise Resolute Force

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Pacific . Around 350 airmen from

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Arizona , Nevada , and New Mexico spent

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months training together before

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deploying as a single unit . The task

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force managed base operations ,

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security , logistics , and emergency .

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Scenarios during the deployment proving

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the model could handle real world

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challenges . ATFs replaced the

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expeditionary airbase model and are the

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next evolution of the Air Force's

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progress toward the deployable combat

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wing . They are significant in the Air

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Force's journey toward modernization

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and readiness to maintain a competitive

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advantage over the pacing challenge .

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Explosive ordnance disposal robots are

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set to receive upgraded depth

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perception capabilities by way of the

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innovation accelerator program . A

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former EOD senior NCO developed the EOD

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depth perception system which creates a

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fixed reference in the camera view ,

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allowing operators to better . Judge

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distance . What started as an idea for

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a school project turned into an Air

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Force life cycle management pattern and

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through the innovation accelerator

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program , the system gained research ,

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development , and financial resources ,

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ultimately securing a manufacturing

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partner to develop and scale the system

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force wide . The first ever class of

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guardians graduated from the officer

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training course at Peterson Space Force

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Base , Colorado , marking a historic

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milestone for the Space Force . The

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yearlong program was completed by more

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than 80 officers and is part of a new

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effort to redesign how the space force

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trains and develops personnel . The

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course combines training and satellite

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intelligence and cyber operations and

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is designed to produce a disciplined

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officer corps that understands the

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mission and has the skill set to

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perform space operations . That's your

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look around the Air Force . I'm Airman

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First Class Phil Edwards .