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U.S. Air Force: Flying First
September 20, 2018
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Maryland, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news:

The young pilot struggled against dust and wind that swirled 10,000 feet above valleys sandwiched between Mexico's Sierra Madre Mountains. He had only a rudimentary pair of plain glass goggles to protect his face. Yet he was determined to find the trail of the rebel bandit Pancho Villa who had recently led a raid into New Mexico that killed eight U.S. Soldiers and 10 American civilians.

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