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  "textContent": "About 15 seconds separated F-16 “Wild Weasel” pilots Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks and Maj. Michael “Danger” Blea from life or death in the night skies over Yemen.\n\nThe post Life or Death Over Yemen: How 2 F-16 Pilots Survived a Houthi SAMbush appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.",
  "title": "Life or Death Over Yemen: How 2 F-16 Pilots Survived a Houthi SAMbush"
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