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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — Happy holidays! It is a great honor to serve as your command chief. At the end of each year, I take time to reflect on all Air Mobility Command accomplishments over the year – and this command never ceases to amaze me! This year is no different. AMC enjoyed an extremely successful year because of our Mobility Airmen. With that, I offer you and your families my sincerest thanks. Because of your unwavering commitment to the mission and the support and sacrifices your families make, we are able to generate Rapid Global Mobility for America. As this year comes to a close, I’m especially reflective because this may be my last holiday season on active duty. While I may start to tear up a bit at that thought, I can’t help but smile, not a little smile, but a big toothy one – like a kid opening up the presents they’ve asked for all year kind of grin. I smile because of our amazing Airmen. And with 33 years in the Air Force – 30 on active duty – I have met a lot of Airmen. There isn’t enough space in this article to name all of the Airmen – from new airman 1st class- *OPLM 4HZ[LY :N[ :OLSPUH -YL` (PY 4VIPSP[` *VTTHUK JVTTHUK JOPLM es to seasoned chief master sergeants – who have shaped and molded me L_WSHPUZ[VHPYJYL^TLTILYZVM[OL[OHUK[O(PYSPM[:X\HKYVUHIV\[OV^ into the Airman I am today. PTWVY[HU[[OLPYMLLKIHJRPZ[VOLSW[OL(4*TPZZPVU^OPSLHIVHYKH* As the AMC command chief, I have the distinct privilege of getting to .SVILTHZ[LY000VU[OLMSPNO[SPULH[1VPU[)HZL*OHYSLZ[VU:*5V] know our Airmen, understanding their needs and then advocating to help retirement does come, I will be there cheering from the sidelines as our Air- improve morale and quality of life. Even while facing challenges and adver- men continue to persevere in the face of adversity, deliver hope and democ- sity, our Airmen’s tenacity and innovation remain constant. I’ve been fortu- racy around the world, and develop new and innovative technologies that nate to visit with thousands of Airmen from many of our wings and bases. will carry not just our Air Force, but our nation and world into the future. I can’t fully tell you how inspired I am by our Airmen. The Airmen I meet From providing air refueling operations that enabled Air Force bombers inspire me to be a better chief and give me great confidence in our future. to fly around the world in support of Operation Inherent Resolve; to the While this could be my last holiday season on active duty, rest assured first Exercise Mobility Guardian; to airlifting humanitarian aid to Hurri- that I’m very much still going to be a part of the Air Force family. I make cane Maria survivors in Puerto Rico; to providing aeromedical evacuation this promise to you, I will not become ROAD (retired on active duty) in for wounded service members serving in Afghanistan – Mobility Airmen the days or months leading up to my retirement. I will continue to remain delivered in 2017. With our tremendous success over the past year, I look your voice, be your biggest advocate and remain by your side – pushing on forward to what you’ll bring our Air Force in 2018. I wish you and your together to make our Air Force better for the next generation. And when family a joyous holiday season.

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When it comes to maintaining the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at MacDill Air Force Base, there is one group that prides itself on being the first and final defense of each aircraft. “As a crew chief, I am the last person to touch the aircraft before it flies,” said Senior Airman Austin Holbert, a flightline crew chief assigned to the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. “I launch and recover the aircraft. I do all of the necessary servicing and maintenance of my aircraft until a problem comes up that requires a specialist.” With aircraft at MacDill flying every day, do- ing training and real-world missions, the Airmen maintaining them realize the amount of attention to detail they need when it comes to inspections is paramount. Crew chiefs perform a variety of inspections for each aircraft based on how often the aircraft is scheduled to fly. “We do pre-flight inspections every 72 hours, which tell us that the aircraft is good to fly for at least 72 hours from the time the inspection was completed,” said Holbert. “We also do through- 7OV[VI`:LUPVY(PYTHU9P[V:TP[O flight inspections, which are done every time the <:(PY-VYJL:LUPVY(PYTHU(\Z[PU/VSILY[HJYL^JOPLMHZZPNULK[V[OL[O(PYJYHM[4HPU[LUHUJL :X\HKYVUSVVRZV]LYWHWLY^VYRILMVYLPUZWLJ[PUNH2*:[YH[V[HURLYHPYJYHM[H[4HJ+PSS(PY 6HH CHIEFS, Page 15 -VYJL)HZL+LJ(ZHJYL^JOPLM/VSILY[WLYMVYTZPUZWLJ[PVUZ[VLUZ\YLHPYJYHM[HYLZHML[VMS` 4HJ+PSS(-)»Z2)TV]LZ[V(PY4VIPSP[`*VTTHUK4\ZL\T I`9PJOHYK4HSSVY`(SSU\[[ 8BSCJSEOFXTDPN

The rare Boeing KB-50J Superfortress currently on display within the Memorial Air Park at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, will soon be moving a thousand miles north to the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware. One of just a handful of complete B-50s in preservation, this Superfortress started life as a B-50D strategic bomber variant, rolling off Boe- ing’s famous Plant 2 production line in Seattle, Washington as U.S. Air Force serial #49-0389 during 1949. She flew with the 2nd Bombard- ment Wing (Medium) at Hunter AFB in Savan- nah, Georgia from 1950 to 1953. The Hayes Air- craft Corporation then modified the bomber into a KB-50J aerial refueling platform. She returned to service with the 4505th Aerial <:(PY-VYJLWOV[V]PHZ[(9: Refueling Wing. Her last assignment was with 2)1 PZZLLUOLYLH[)PNNZ(-)^P[OTLTILYZVM[OLZ[(9:Q\Z[WYPVY[V[OL\UP[»Z KPZIHUKTLU[;OLHPYJYHM[»ZMPUHSMSPNO[^HZ-LI [V>YPNO[7H[MVYKPZWSH`H[[OL5H[PVUHS See KB-50, Page 13 4\ZL\TVM[OL

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4 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT MACDILL THUNDERBOLT Thursday, December 21, 2017 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM 5 NEWS/FEATURES ;V[HSMVYJLTLKPJHS[LHT[YHUZWVY[Z:HPSVYOVTL I`*HUK`2UPNO[ With time of the essence, the 618th Air Operations Center rerouted a "JS.PCJMJUZ$PNNBOE1VCMJD"GGBJST C-17 Globemaster III preparing to depart from Joint Base Andrews, Mary- land. That C-17 and its crew, under the command of Maj. Andrew Vander- SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) — When a 34-year-old Sailor toorn from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Califor- suffered multiple traumatic injuries during a mission in Syria, a total force nia, were reassigned to perform the air evacuation mission. team of medical professionals and Air Mobility Command Airmen sprang “At the time, we were preparing for a contingency mission to Al Udeid into action, intent on saving the life of a fellow service member. Air Base,” Vandertoorn said. “When the crew got the call, we sprung right The Sailor suffered injuries while performing improvised explosive de- into action. We knew how serious this mission was and started making the vice clearing operations. The severity of his injuries reduced his survival right decisions to make this mission a success.” rate to 2 percent, requiring urgent transport from Syria to Texas. Vandertoorn added that though he and his crew are trained to accom- “The severity of injuries sustained by the patient were massive,” said plish the dynamic and unexpected challenges aeromedical missions pres- Maj. Joshua Hamilton, Critical Care Air Transport Team physician. “Many ent, this particular mission was different due to the severity of the patient’s of us were shocked he survived the initial injury.” injuries. The Sailor’s injuries included a torn trachea, cervical spine injury, tibia/ “We were restricted to a cabin altitude of 5,000 feet, meaning we had to fibula fracture and an open eye injury. Doctors performed an emergency maintain an altitude of 28,000 feet,” he said. “This meant we burnt more thoracotomy to manually massage the Sailor’s heart before aeromedical fuel, were subjected to different routings and encountered more adverse teams arrived. weather.” Hamilton, who is deployed from the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patter- To ensure resources and personnel were not overtasked, the 618th AOC son Air Force Base, Ohio, said Critical Care Teams are strategically located leveraged the floater crew at Ramstein AB to coordinate flights between to allow for quicker response to critically battle injured troops. Germany and Baghdad. “Our team receives specialty training to allow us to provide critical care “My responsibilities as aircraft commander were to ensure the safe delivery to patients in austere environments,” Hamilton explained. “We are transportation of the team and patient in and out of the combat zone,” able to arrive at a location and assemble ICU level support, as well as pro- Capt. Tim McCammon said. “In addition to operating the aircraft, I worked vide intensive care in the air throughout the flight, and deliver the patient with the medical crew director to ensure the crew heading back to the to other facilities for ongoing care.” See SAILOR, Page 12

6 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT NEWS/FEATURES 6WLYH[PVU*OYPZ[THZ+YVWSH\UJOLZ I`(PYTHUZ[*SHZZ*OYPZ[VWOLY8\HPS ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM (AFNS) — The 66th itera- tion of Operation Christmas Drop took to the sky Dec. 11, as military lead- ers ceremoniously pushed the first pallet of donated toys, food, supplies and educational materials into a C-130J Super Hercules at Andersen Air Force Base. The ceremony marked the continuation of the longest running Depart- ment of Defense humanitarian and disaster relief training mission, which delivers donated supplies to remote Pacific islands via low-cost, low-altitude airdrops from C-130 aircraft. The mission is supported by U.S. Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard, which are joined by Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force aircrews, offering teams of the participating nations a unique air- drop training opportunity. “We are truly humbled with the relationship Andersen (AFB) shares 7OV[VI`(PYTHUZ[*SHZZ*OYPZ[VWOLY8\HPS with the men and women of Yokota Air Base, our Andersen (AFB)-based air 4PSP[HY`HUKJP]PSPHUSLHKLYZW\ZOHIV_VU[VH*1:\WLY/LYJ\SLZ mobility command unit, the 734th Air Mobility Squadron and our interna- K\YPUN[OL6WLYH[PVU*OYPZ[THZ+YVW7\ZO*LYLTVU`+LJH[ tional partners,” said Col. Scott Hurrelbrink, 36th Wing vice commander. (UKLYZLU(PY-VYJL)HZL.\HT;OPZ`LHYTHYRZ`LHYZVM6WLYH[PVU “While the training missions are conducted by maintenance and opera- *OYPZ[THZ+YVW^OPJOWYV]PKLZQVPU[HPYSPM[[YHPUPUNVWWVY[\UP[PLZMVYIV[O tions, it’s important to emphasize that this is truly a joint endeavor that WLHJLHUK^HY[PTLLMMVY[Z includes raising awareness and collecting donations from the local community right here on Guam.” mas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 the islanders below, giving the operation its name. Since its beginning, Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Christmas Drop has impacted more than 20,000 islanders annually, cov- Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christ- See DROP, Page 10

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ight as the clock struck noon on Dec. 16, individuals all across America fell silent. R This moment of silence was to reflect on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this country and for those who are willing to do the same, every single day. At the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, this moment of silence took place during the 12th Annual Wreath Laying and Remem- brance Ceremony by Wreaths Across America. The day started off with two police and motorcycle escorts of semi- trucks full of wreaths donated by sponsors from around the world to be placed on gravesites of the fallen. Once the wreaths arrive, volunteers handed them out a few at a time for each participant. Once the participant has a wreath, they walk to a headstone of their choosing, lay the wreath down, and say the name of the fallen service member. This is to honor them and keep their name alive. Some believe that a person dies twice: one time when they stop breathing and the second time when their name is spoken for the last time. “The mission of Wreaths Across America is to remember our fallen veterans, to honor those who are currently serving, to honor those who have served, and to teach younger generations about their sacrifices,” said Randy Lewer, the location coordinator for the Florida National Cemetery and Imagery Analyst with U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base. See WREATHS, Page 11

8 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT MACDILL THUNDERBOLT Thursday, December 21, 2017 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM 9 +967 -YVT7HNL ering 1.8 million square nautical miles and more than 50 Micronesian islands. “The role of military forces during any humanitarian assistance event is to rapidly respond with support to help mitigate human suffering and pre- vent further loss of life and property damage,” Master Sgt. Sean Gray, 36th Contingency Response Group first sergeant and project manager for the Operation Christmas Drop push ceremony. “This is what Operation Christ- mas Drop push ceremony prepares us for.” For the first time, aviators assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing will fly the C-130J-model during Operation Christmas Drop. Utilizing new technol- ogy, the redesigned airframe eliminates the positions of navigator and the flight engineer, resulting in a smaller aircrew able to accomplish the same mission. This allows for lower operation and support costs over the earlier C-130 models. Demonstrating and executing low-cost, low-altitude drops alongside re- gional allies is just one example of the Air Force actively pursuing and participating in interoperability partner training to increase operational capabilities while ensuring stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. “The 374th Airlift Wing, and more specifically, the 36th Airlift Squadron, 7OV[VI`;LJO:N[9PJOHYK7,ILUZILYNLY has transitioned to the newer C-130J Super Hercules over the last year, ;LJO :N[ .HY` 7H[[LYZVU HUK :[HMM :N[ 1HZVU (UKLYZVU [O (PYSPM[ and we are proud to bring this aircraft and its improved capabilities to :X\HKYVUSVHKTHZ[LYZZJHUMVYHKYVWaVULMYVTH*1:\WLY/LYJ\SLZ Operation Christmas Drop,” said Col. Sergio Vega Jr., 374th AW vice com- HPYJYHM[K\YPUN6WLYH[PVU*OYPZ[THZ+YVW+LJ V]LY.\HT mander. “This year we will be able to fly farther, faster and with more cargo allowing us increased flexibility as we complete our mission and training supplies for this year’s efforts to date. objectives.” “A lot of people come together to support such an amazing venture with Between sorties, more than 65,000 pounds of food, supplies, educational either their donations or their personal time to ensure that this event is materials and toys will be dropped during the operation. The OCD commit- successful,” Gray said. “This is truly an amazing event that showcases the tee raised more than $53,000 and received more than $20,000 in donated meaning of the holiday season.”

10 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT >9,(;/: -YVT7HNL Lewer has been coordinating these ceremonies since 2006, when he along with several other veterans and volunteers laid seven wreaths. The following year, the Wreaths Across America Wreath Laying and Remembrance ceremony was opened up to individual ceremonies across the nation. “In 2007, there were 88 wreaths to lay,” Lewer said. “I’m very proud to say this year, our donations have increased and we placed over 27,000 wreaths on veterans’ graves.” While this may be considered a large number of wreaths, it represents only a fraction of graves to cover, as there are over 120,000 gravesites at Florida National. Some of these graves house family members and friends of MacDill Air Force Base personnel. “My father, Louis Reyna, served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was laid to rest at Florida Na- tional last December,” said Louis Reyna, associate director of Saint Leo University, MacDill. “Shortly after his passing, I read the article in the Thunderbolt about the wreath laying ceremony in which I saw some familiar faces of MacDill participating. “I was personally touched that members of our community were honoring my father and other veterans during the holiday season.” The wreath laying ceremony is a free event and was open for anyone to participate. There were 17 service members who volunteered, representing Team MacDill. “I retired from the military after 23 years and I can’t think of a better way to remember all of our fallen veterans during the holiday season than Wreaths Across America,” said Lewer.

MACDILL THUNDERBOLT Thursday, December 21, 2017 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM 11 :(0369 -YVT7HNL States had what they needed to be able to accomplish their mission.” McCammon, who was deployed to Ramstein AB from the 62nd Airlift Wing, JB Lewis-McChord, Washington, said altitude and adverse weather were not the only challenges the team faced during the transport. “The biggest hurdle was getting through Turkish airspace,” he said. “There was some discrepancy between our actual diplomatic clearance number for overfly and the one given to the Turkish authorities.” The crew was instructed to circle around the Black Sea to avoid entering Turkish airspace, while 618th AOC flight managers coordinated with Turkish authorities. “This was a frustrating ordeal because we knew this mission was extremely time-sensitive and could literally mean the difference between life and death of a service member.” While the aircrew was handling the diplomatic obsta- cles, the medical crews were designing a configuration for the C-17 that would accommodate the additional personnel and equipment needed to get the patient back to Texas. Given the patient’s injuries, a highly specialized 10-member Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation team from the San Antonio Military Medical Center joined the AE and CCATT teams. The ECMO is a pump designed to circulate blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream. “ECMO provides support to the body and compensates for lungs that are not adequate to bring oxygen into the body or take away the carbon dioxide the body produces,” Hamilton explained. “Even with the restricted cabin altitude of 5,000 feet, without ECMO, the patient would not have survived the trip.” Although this mission was not their first aeromedical evacuation mission, every member involved stated this tops their lists in terms of magnitude. “This was not the first urgent or critical patient in my ca- reer but it was the first with the ECMO mode of interven- tion, and unusually high number of caregivers,” said Capt. John. Soule, 145th AW, North Carolina Air National Guard. “I believe my experience as a civilian paramedic and later as a nurse in a neuro/trauma intensive care unit prepared me for almost any mission from a technical aspect. I knew the assembled team was highly credentialed and skilled enough to give this Sailor the best possible chance at survival, which is as comforting as anything else could be to my mind.” Hamilton added accomplishing missions such as these is one of the reason why he joined the Air Force. “To bring the skills of a critical care team to the bedside of an injured soldier at a time of need, and transport that patient to a higher level facility safely and quickly is some- thing that can happen in no other military force on the plan- et,” he said. “This mission embodies the hopes we all have as we chose military medicine over civilian practice. To serve those injured protecting our country is the highest calling.” McCammon echoed Hamilton’s sentiment, adding there are times when a mission re-cages an Airman’s view of their occupation. McCammon said “it is easy to get discouraged with long days and tough conditions, but it’s a mission like this that reminds you why you do what you do.”

12 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT 2) -YVT7HNL the 431st Air Refueling Squadron at Biggs AFB in El Pa- so, Texas. This unit was the final squadron to operate KB- 50s, and 49-0389 was the last of their aircraft to retire, and therefore the last operational KB-50 in the U.S. Air Force when she made her final flight into Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to become part of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on February 15th, 1965. Just one other complete KB-50 exists in preservation, this being 49-0372 at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona, while a pair of WB-50Ds survive (49-0310 at the NMUSAF in Dayton, OH and 49-0351 at Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA). In a recent press release from MacDill AFB, Steve Ove, 6th Air Mobility Wing base historian described how the Me- morial Air Park arose in the 1990s, stating, “The base commander of MacDill at the time, Col. Charles T. Ohlinger III, and the airpark committee had a vision to expand the park with aircraft to represent each era of the base’s history. Once the landscaping of the park was finished, the KB-50J found its way to MacDill in late 1995.” Following 9/11, however, the base priorities had to change, and maintenance personnel who once looked after the aircraft on display were no longer available. Their work was contracted out to civilians, which became expensive, especially due to the corrosive effects of Tampa’s hot, hu- mid and salt-laden coastal air. The difficult environmental conditions already claimed one of the three aircraft in the Memorial Air Park last September when the base scrapped its F-4E Phantom II 66-0302, a former MacDill resident and six year veteran of the USAF Thunderbirds. “The F-4 display was too deteriorated to be moved,” Ove said. “And it was too cost-prohibitive to be repaired.” “Maintaining the historic static display aircraft in our highly corrosive environment is destructive to these irre- placeable artifacts,” stated Ove. “Additionally, the aircraft needs to be restored every so often and it isn’t very cost- effective for the base.” Considering how vulnerable the KB-50 is at MacDill, and not discounting the near-miss from Hurricane Irma this year, the venerable tanker should find a safer home at Do- ver Air Force Base. It is a good fit too, because the Air Mo- bility Command Museum is the only such facility dedicated to preserving America’s airlift and air-refueling heritage. “The AMCM is unquestionably the single most appro- priate location for this historic aircraft,” said John Taylor, the director of the AMCM. “We already have identified a preliminary display position, placing this historic aircraft in line with the two other AMCM tankers, a KC-97 Strato- freighter and a KC-135 Stratotanker. “This will provide an arrangement of substantial impact, depicting an air refueling lineage of 60 years’ worth of strategic and tactical air refueling history.” The Air Mobility Command Museum also has a dedicated band of volunteers and technical support to maintain their exhibits, so the Superfortress will be well maintained. Moreover, the public has better access to their aircraft displays, so the KB-50, and its place in history, will receive See KB-50, Page 15

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14 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, December 21, 2017 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT 2) -YVT7HNL a lot more attention, and deservedly so. Contractors at MacDill AFB will as a gate guard at the Arizona Air Guard headquarters. carefully dismantle the Superfortress this month and transport her to Do- As the air park is clearing out, wing leadership is taking this opportuni- ver by road. Then the process of reassembly will begin. ty to expand on the vision of the existing Memorial Park, building it into a The remaining exhibit at the MacDill Memorial Air Park, F-16A 81- comprehensive community park that will host a broader and more histori- 0721, will also soon be leaving for pastures new. Disassembly is scheduled cally accurate heritage display while also focusing on low maintenance and to begin soon after work starts on the KB-50J. This F-16 began life with cost sustainability. the 50th TFW at Hahn AFB in what was once West Germany. In 1987 There are plans to replace the current static display aircraft with weath- she transferred to the Florida Air National Guard, flying with the 159th erproof displays of miniature models of the eight most impactful aircraft FS/125th FW, and retired from service sometime after 1993. She is cur- flown at MacDill. The park is also planned to house a covered pavilion that rently painted in 56th FW colors, representing the roughly 2,500 pilots who will be a central location for future ceremonies and base events learned to fly the F-16 at MacDill between 1987 and 1993, when the type While plans are still being refined, it is estimated that the community left the base. The Fighting Falcon will be going to Phoenix, Arizona to serve park will be completed by summer.

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ZŝĐŬĞŶďĂĐŬĞƌƐ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϭϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϭϬϬ >K^ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϱϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ;ZŚƌƐͿ ZŝĐŬĞŶďĂĐŬĞƌƐ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϰϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϰϬϬ >K^ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ;ĂĨĠͿ ,/>Z ŚŝůĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ &ĂŵŝůǇŚŝůĚ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ĂƌĞ zŽƵƚŚĞŶƚĞƌ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ WƌĞƚĞĞŶ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ dĞĞŶ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ^ĐŚŽŽůŐĞ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϰϱ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ZZd/KE 'ŽůĨŽƵƌƐĞ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϯϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϰϬϬ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϳϯϬ &ĂŝƌǁĂǇƐ'ƌŝůů ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ >K^ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϲϯϬͲϭϱϬϬ ŽǁůŝŶŐ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ĞŶƚĞƌ dĞŶWŝŶ'ƌŝůů ϭϭϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϮϮϬϬ ϭϮϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϮϬϬϬ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ͕ dŝĐŬĞƚƐΘ dƌĂǀĞů >K^ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ /EsEdKZz >K^ >ĞŝƐƵƌĞdƌĂǀĞů ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϱϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ /EsEdKZz KƵƚĚŽŽƌ ZĞĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶ DĂƌŝŶĂ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϰϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ ϬϳϬϬͲϭϳϯϬ KZ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƚŝŽŶ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϰϬϬ >K^ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϭϬϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ;tĞƚ^ůŝƉͿ ^ŬĞĞƚZĂŶŐĞ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ DĂŝŶWŽŽů >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ;ZĞĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶĂůͿ

ϭϬϬϬͲϭϰϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ;ĚƵůƚ>ĂƉͿ ƌƚƐΘƌĂĨƚƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ &ƌĂŵŝŶŐΘ ŶŐƌĂǀŝŶŐ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ^ŚŽƉƐ >K^ >K^ >K^ ƵƚŽ^ŚŽƉ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϭϭϬϬͲϭϵϬϬ ;EKZDͿ ;EKZDͿ ;EKZDͿ >K^ >K^ >K^ tŽŽĚ^ŚŽƉ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ;EKZDͿ ;EKZDͿ ;EKZDͿ >ŝďƌĂƌǇ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϴϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϵϯϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϵϯϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϳϬϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ >K^ >K^ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϵϯϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϵϯϬ ϬϵϬϬͲϭϵϯϬ h^dKDZ ^hWWKZd ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ DŝůŝƚĂƌǇ WĞƌƐŽŶŶĞůͬ/ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ĂƌĚ^ĞĐƚŝŽŶ ŝǀŝůŝĂŶ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ WĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ,ƵŵĂŶ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĂƐĞ ĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ ϬϴϯϬͲϭϱϯϬ KĨĨŝĐĞ DŝůŝƚĂƌǇΘ &ĂŵŝůǇ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϭϭϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϴϬϬͲϭϲϬϬ ZĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϮϯϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ >K^ >K^ >K^ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ ϬϳϯϬͲϭϲϬϬ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ

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