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Pilot Shot Down in 2006 Buried at Arlington—3 Times

Air Force Major Troy Gilbert was killed in Iraq

(Newser) - A decade after his plane was shot down over Iraq, Air Force Major Troy Gilbert has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery—for the third time. Time reports pieces of Gilbert's body had been previously buried there in 2006 and 2012. Monday's interment was no less...

Iraqi al-Qaeda Flaunts US Pilot's ID

Group says it will post video about ‘missing’ airman declared dead

(Newser) - An Iraqi group linked to al-Qaeda says it will release video about an Air Force pilot the US declared dead last year, Reuters reports. The group's statement termed the airman “missing,” and was accompanied by an image of Troy Gilbert’s military ID. The pilot was declared dead...

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