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Not very some time past, Darwin Cole used to be an F-16 fighter pilot. He was once a family members guy. He used to be on most sensible of the realm. Now? He’s a washout inebriated with a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Air strength, dwelling on my own within the Nevada barren region and haunted through a picture beamed from one in every of his final missions as a “pilot” of a Predator drone—a harrowing shot of an Afghan baby working for her life.
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