And I honored the pilots, and at the White House, I had them brought in along with mechanics and a lot of other people. We brought them to the White House to give a little celebration because They [the pilots] flew 37 hours flawlessly. Now, compare that to the Jimmy Carter Iran situation with the helicopters crashing and the this and the, oh, what a horror. And the hostages. And I said, we can't let that happen. (01:11–21:34)
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Asserts that pilots flew a mission lasting 37 hours without issues.
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