Suspended Apache pilots reinstated
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — U.S. military officials on Friday lifted the suspensions of eight Apache helicopter pilots who took part in the July 4 Salute From the Shore flyover along the South Carolina coast,
The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.
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Iranian state media, relying on foreign reporting, acknowledged the US Apache helicopter's crash without elaborating.
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The two helicopter pilots were uninjured. After the retaliatory strikes were announced, President Trump said, "I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful."
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