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“Tom Barrett served as an Army helicopter pilot”

Stated by Donald TrumpTruth SocialPublished by the automated desk · review by Cory Hepler pendingNov 1, 20263 sources1 min read

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Multiple independent sources confirm Tom Barrett served as an Army helicopter pilot.

The Conservative Ledger and Just the News both corroborate that Tom Barrett spent over two decades in the Army flying helicopters, accumulating more than 1,000 flight hours, before entering Congress. The Washington Examiner also references his 22 years in the Army as central to his biography. This independently confirms Trump's claim on Truth Social that Barrett served as an Army helicopter pilot.

Sources

Tom Barrett gets combative with break from Trump on Iran — washingtonexaminer.com
Tom Barrett | Biography & Public Record — The Conservative Ledger — theconservativeledger.com
Army pilot turned congressman presses military to use anti-collision tech after deadly crash | Just The News — justthenews.com

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