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Retired drone reunites with long lost pilot

Retired drone reunites with long lost pilot

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Aug 13, 2022
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OUTSIDE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR BASE — A Conex box is being loaded onto a flatbed and Maj. Nick Lee sticks his hands inside a make-shift air hole drilled into the side and says, “easy girl, it’s going to be okay.”

Lee, 34, had given up all hope of this moment coming to fruition, so when his phone rang at 1 a.m. on a Sunday (9 a.m. Doha local time), he was t…

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