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July 06, 2017

USAF Pilot Awarded Silver Star For Actions In Iraq

Flew His A-10 Thunderbolt Through Heavy Anti-Aircraft Fire To Take Out Iraqi Position

In the early days of the Iraq war in 2003, as troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment were advancing on Baghdad, they ran into some heavy resistance from Iraqi tanks and fighting vehicles dug in on the east side of the Tigris River.

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