Washington Post
• Tara Copp
Washington Post reports: Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, who patrolled D.C.’s skies during 9/11, will again fly the Air Force’s F-16, and Pete Hegseth will be a passenger in a Navy F/A-18.
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