1 00:00:03,543 --> 00:00:05,627 - [Presenter] On 21 October 2016, 2 00:00:05,627 --> 00:00:07,964 the 386 Air Expeditionary Wing, 3 00:00:07,964 --> 00:00:11,293 loaded two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with 4 00:00:11,293 --> 00:00:13,763 equipment, ammunition and firefighters 5 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:17,256 and flew them into Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq. 6 00:00:17,256 --> 00:00:20,713 ^- It's taken several months to plan this mission. 7 00:00:20,713 --> 00:00:22,723 ^A big part of it was, since before the airfield was 8 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,137 ^taken we knew that it had been damaged significantly 9 00:00:25,137 --> 00:00:27,239 by ISOF as they were either holding the field 10 00:00:27,239 --> 00:00:29,558 or then evacuating the area as 11 00:00:29,558 --> 00:00:31,732 Iraqi security forces liberated the field. 12 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:35,551 It's taken several months to repair that damage. 13 00:00:35,551 --> 00:00:38,142 - [Presenter] The aircraft was piloted by Major Jeff Nobel 14 00:00:38,142 --> 00:00:39,875 and was the first coalition aircraft 15 00:00:39,875 --> 00:00:42,174 to land on the newly renovated airfield 16 00:00:42,174 --> 00:00:44,882 since the start of Operation Inherent Resolve 17 00:00:44,882 --> 00:00:47,459 and it was done under the cover of darkness. 18 00:00:47,459 --> 00:00:50,701 ^- You have to trust in your planning in order to 19 00:00:50,701 --> 00:00:52,963 ^make sure that the mission's successful, 20 00:00:52,963 --> 00:00:55,880 ^So sometimes it can be just landing 21 00:00:55,934 --> 00:00:58,834 in a black hole with four little lights, 22 00:00:58,834 --> 00:01:01,544 which is what we had the other night. 23 00:01:01,544 --> 00:01:02,851 - [Radio Operator] That's affirmative, (drown out by engine) 24 00:01:02,851 --> 00:01:04,740 180 until you're in the box. 25 00:01:04,740 --> 00:01:06,872 - [Presenter] Moving forward, Q-West will continue 26 00:01:06,872 --> 00:01:09,243 to play a significant role in supplying 27 00:01:09,243 --> 00:01:11,824 the fight against Mosul and beyond. 28 00:01:11,824 --> 00:01:13,435 - This brings us one step closer to 29 00:01:13,435 --> 00:01:16,228 wiping Da'esh off the face of the map. 30 00:01:16,228 --> 00:01:19,051 This will help us support our Iraqi security forces 31 00:01:19,051 --> 00:01:21,881 and our partners in the coalition into 32 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:24,297 liberating the city of Mosul and handing over 33 00:01:24,297 --> 00:01:27,547 a free city back to the people of Iraq. 34 00:01:27,944 --> 00:01:29,459 This really has been a team effort, I mean 35 00:01:29,459 --> 00:01:32,844 all the way from the top, down to the 386 AW, 36 00:01:32,844 --> 00:01:35,139 all the way down to the hands of that individual 37 00:01:35,139 --> 00:01:37,026 pilot who pulled off a pretty amazing 38 00:01:37,026 --> 00:01:39,526 landing in adverse conditions. 39 00:01:39,937 --> 00:01:42,395 A big win across the board for everyone involved 40 00:01:42,395 --> 00:01:43,750 and wouldn't have been possible 41 00:01:43,750 --> 00:01:46,057 without everybody playing their part on this team. 42 00:01:46,057 --> 00:01:47,749 - [Presenter] Technical Sergeant Lance Deagle, 43 00:01:47,749 --> 00:01:51,332 386 Air Expeditionary Wing, southwest Asia.