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Last Monday , we lost 8 of our 

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teammates , 8 faces , 8 friends . 

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8 dedicated professionals . On the 

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walls of the Edwards Chapel , there's a 

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plaque that reads , In memory of the 

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test pilots and aircrew members killed 

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during the performance of flight tests 

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and support missions . Before last 

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Monday , that wall held 145 names , 

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with its first entry in 1944 . Last 

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Monday , 8 more voices joined that 

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silent roll call . They are now a part 

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of our history , and we'll carry their 

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weight with us . I'll ask Chief to join 

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me as we read their names . 

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Colonel Gregory Ebel Watson . Retired 

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Lieutenant Colonel Miles Vicky 

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Middleton , Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel 

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Journey Astrella , Major Alexander Smoe 

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Davis , Mr . Jeremy Bobby Smith , 

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Major Brad Slate Hovey , Major Robert 

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Bolton D , Mr . Christopher Hustler 

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Richard . When a tragedy like this 

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occurs , we owe it to our fallen and to 

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our future . To find out exactly what 

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went wrong . Before I discuss that 

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process , I want to say something 

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directly to our maintainers , our 

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technicians , and our engineers . You 

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have the absolute trust and confidence 

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of this entire wing . Do not let the 

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burden of what ifs tear you apart . We 

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operate as one team and we'll face the 

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facts as one team . Finally , the 

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Accident Investigation Board will 

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convene . The AIB does not have access 

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to any safety privileged information . 

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They are charged with establishing a 

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formal legally binding record of the 

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crash that is fully releasable to the 

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American public , the media , and 

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Congress . The results of the AIB will 

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be available to everyone . But it will 

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likely be at least a month after the 

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SIB is complete . And it could be 

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longer . This loss has tested us , and 

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it will forever change us . But it will 

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not break us Instead , it's binding us 

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tighter together . Out of this tragedy 

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We emerge as one team . Forged in grief . 

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And united in purpose