1 00:00:00,717 --> 00:00:02,737 - [Narrator] The 39th Operations Support Squadron 2 00:00:02,737 --> 00:00:04,753 Leads airfield and support operations 3 00:00:04,753 --> 00:00:07,563 to orchestrate and control US, Turkish, 4 00:00:07,563 --> 00:00:10,975 and coalition forces operating at Incirlik Air base. 5 00:00:10,975 --> 00:00:13,563 - We make sure all the flights coming in or going out 6 00:00:13,563 --> 00:00:18,054 are properly manifested, have the proper flight plans. 7 00:00:18,054 --> 00:00:21,383 I'll see something different that maybe another coworker 8 00:00:21,383 --> 00:00:23,748 didn't see, just brings up an overall different view 9 00:00:23,748 --> 00:00:25,556 of how air field management runs. 10 00:00:25,556 --> 00:00:27,581 - [Narrator] Radar Approach Control, or RAPCON, 11 00:00:27,581 --> 00:00:30,200 is responsible for any aircraft in their air space, 12 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,682 which also includes non-military flights 13 00:00:32,682 --> 00:00:35,354 coming from nearby air traffic facilities. 14 00:00:35,354 --> 00:00:39,928 - We get the aircraft from really high up in the air space 15 00:00:39,928 --> 00:00:43,428 up to 28,000 feet and we descend them down 16 00:00:43,792 --> 00:00:46,609 to safe altitude above any obstacles 17 00:00:46,609 --> 00:00:50,056 and ensure that they land safely with tower. 18 00:00:50,056 --> 00:00:52,123 - [Narrator] Air traffic control has responsibility 19 00:00:52,123 --> 00:00:54,018 to assist in directing the aircraft from their 20 00:00:54,018 --> 00:00:56,880 parking spots, taxiing them out to the runway, 21 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,995 and ensuring they arrive and depart safely. 22 00:00:59,995 --> 00:01:01,226 - We have a set job, right? 23 00:01:01,226 --> 00:01:02,915 We're just supposed to talk to aircraft, 24 00:01:02,915 --> 00:01:04,965 clear 'em for take off, clear 'em to land, taxi, and park. 25 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:06,806 That's pretty much it, but there's so much more 26 00:01:06,806 --> 00:01:09,585 that involves, and what makes air traffic flow easier, 27 00:01:09,585 --> 00:01:11,118 is the more that you learn about what 28 00:01:11,118 --> 00:01:13,275 the different agencies bring to the field. 29 00:01:13,275 --> 00:01:15,646 - [Narrator] Each section of the 39th OSS relies on the 30 00:01:15,646 --> 00:01:18,791 others to ensure that the mission is completed. 31 00:01:18,791 --> 00:01:23,240 Senior Airman Tommy Wilburn, Incirlik airbase, Turkey.