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"Finally, in Oct. 14, 1947, we succeeded, and that opened up the doors of space to us."'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-connectingvets-29582-7@published'}, {'data': {'alt': 'F-35A Lightning', 'url': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/4177399-24bbd634-fb4c-40b9-9a6b-db876a2ef070.jpg', 'credit': '', 'caption': '', 'rendition': '', 'sizeInBytes': '64052', 'width': 775, 'height': 458, '_version': 1}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/image/instances/migrate-connectingvets-29582-8@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Happy birthday, Air Force. 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