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U.S. F-16 Pilot Who Led SEAD Mission Under Heavy Fire in Yemen Awarded With Silver Star
Lt. Col. William "Skate" Parks earned the nation's third-highest combat decoration for guiding his F-16 flight through a deadly barrage of surface-to-air missiles during a SEAD mission in Yemen. Lt.
Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks, an Air Force F-16 commander who deliberately flew into one of the most heavily defended air-defense zones in the Middle East and dodged enemy missiles for 15 minutes ...
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SEAD and CSAR Specialist Units Head to SOUTHCOM as Military Buildup Continues
U.S. based F-35A Lightning IIs and EA-18G Growlers are the latest combat jets to head to U.S. Southern Command, while HH-60W ...
A US F-16 pilot outflew a 15-minute barrage of enemy missiles during a Middle East mission in March. He made extreme turns to avoid explosions just feet away, according to an Air Force award citation.
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