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Storming Area 51 Could Prove Fatal, Warns US Air Force

As part of the ongoing joke to “see them aliens”, meme makers and several people on the Internet are planning on storming Area 51. The area is a restricted US Airbase with a history related to alleged UFO (unidentified flying objects) sightings. The joke takes this claim as an exaggeration and is urging people to […]

The US Air Force’s Biggest Spy Planes Are Hunting ISIS Fighters

A new set of official US Air Force photographs confirm the flying branch’s biggest spy planes are helping hunt Islamic State fighters. The missions come as Iraqi and Kurdish troops work to evict the terrorists from the city of Mosul. On October 21, 2016, at least one RC-135V/W Rivet Joint took off from Al Udeid […]

US Air Force Creates an Airplane for Hacking Enemy Military Networks

At the Air Force Association Air & Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland (near Washington), Major General Burke Wilson revealed a new US Air Force project, an innovative airborne hacking platform. Military networks around the world, regardless of country, are usually air-gapped systems, meaning they don’t have an Internet connection, mainly to protect sensitive data […]