Tuberville blocks Red Six's posthumous promotion to Red Leader
"Are we really doing this again? He knows this is imaginary, right?"
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A controversial monument to Porkins noticeably slims down the hero.
THE CAPITOL — Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who has held up hundreds of military promotions on political grounds, is now blocking a posthumous promotion that would elevate fighter pilot Jek Tono Porkins, who died as “Red Six” during the Battle of Yavin, to the rank of “Red Leader” unl…
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