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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T21:59:54.000Z",
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    "Defense",
    "APS-154",
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    "Another WWII outpost reemerges in the Pacific to support classified U.S. missions",
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  "textContent": "The U.S. Navy will resume operations on Wake Island — a largely dormant contingency airfield — after over 70 years of reduced staffing, as the service works to re-establish a competitive presence in the Pacific while a growing Chinese military deploys its Navy farther from home. The resumption is part of a broader effort in the Pentagon to rehabilitate World War II-era airfields like those in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. […]\n\nThe post Another WWII outpost reemerges in the Pacific to support classified U.S. missions appeared first on The Air Current.",
  "title": "Another WWII outpost reemerges in the Pacific to support classified U.S. missions"
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