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I'm Joining the World's Greatest Air Force

It's Time for a Second Sky

Abdul Rahman Rahmani
Nov 21, 2024
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In November 2018, I wrote a letter to Jennie Taylor, the widow of Maj. Brent
Taylor, a U.S. National Guardsman who, was killed in Kabul. Maj. Taylor
embodied service to a cause greater than oneself—a sacrifice I deeply
understood as an Afghan Air Force pilot. That letter, published in The
Washington Post was my way of honoring his legacy while grappling …

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