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Pilot's Body Returns Home After Crash On Mission In Yemen

May 20 2015

Morocco

The body of a missing Moroccan pilot who had been taking part in the Saudi-led coalition activities in Yemen has been returned home, reports Agence France-Presse.

The remains of 1st Lt. Yassine Bahti were returned to Rabat, Morocco on Tuesday, reported the official Saudi Press Agency.

He was the first airman to die since the March 26 start of the coalition campaign against Houthi rebels.

His F-16 went missing earlier this month, and the wreckage was found in Saada in...

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