{
    "byline": "Ian Ellis-Jones\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tHead of Audience Development and Writer",
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    "excerpt": "Iran is rebuilding Eagle 44, a hardened underground airbase carved into the side of a mountain that can shelter fighter aircraft, drones, and potentially cruise and ballistic missiles, despite the remote facility absorbing at least three rounds of airstrikes this year. High-resolution satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs in late September and reviewed by TWZ shows a new section of taxiway completed, several support buildings still destroyed or damaged, wrecked equipment cleared off the pavement, and obstacles that were placed to obstruct the runway now removed. Construction is ongoing at a time when the Pentagon and Trump administration maintain there is little remaining of the Iranian air force for such a facility to protect.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 13094,
    "publishedTime": null,
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    "title": "Construction Of Iran\u2019s \u201cEagle 44\u201d Underground Airbase Hasn\u2019t Stopped Despite War"
}