{"id":504,"date":"2011-09-28T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=504"},"modified":"2011-09-26T21:22:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T21:22:42","slug":"the-u-s-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/09\/the-u-s-air-force.html","title":{"rendered":"The U. S. Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/09\/air-force.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-642\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/09\/air-force-150x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The U. S. 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