1947 Manpower Vouchers and the Secret OSS Transfer
Personnel files kept hidden for decades show how the Office of Strategic Services vanished into the Air Force, leaving only a paper trail of authorized ghosts.
By Harlan Pryce ·
US Air Force
Navy and Air Force wasted $733 million on a drone too small for its eye
Aircrews were to be spared the risk of penetrating hostile airspace until inter-service dysfunction left the military with a $733 million aircraft that could not fit its own sensors.
By Marcus Boone ·
Air Force Scrubbed Medical and Financial Data in 22-Year UFO Probe
Witnesses to unidentified flying objects had their medical and financial histories gathered by the Air Force during a 22-year investigation that scrubbed such private data from public files.
By June Hargrove ·
Air Force avoids taxpayer oversight to fund over 50 secret aircraft
Taxpayers were shut out of competitive bidding for decades as the Air Force used a secret shortcut to build and maintain over 50 surveillance and jamming aircraft.
By Marcus Boone ·
Air Force controlled UFO narratives for 22 years
Citizens were managed through scripted briefings and press releases as the Air Force calibrated the official narrative on unidentified flying objects from 1947 to 1969.
By June Hargrove ·
Air Force sanitized UFO sightings for 22 years
Observers gave their names and addresses for a 22-year Air Force study, yet the reasons for withdrawn photographs and sanitized case files remain unexplained.
By June Hargrove ·
US Air Force risked aircraft and crews to avoid diplomatic embarrassment
Aircraft and crews faced potential loss and diplomatic embarrassment because unreliable navigation hardware threatened flights monitoring 27 signatory nations under the 1992 Open Skies Treaty.
By Marcus Boone ·
Six Suspects Die as CIA Fires First Armed Predator Outside War Zone
Six suspected terrorists were killed in Yemen by a machine that shifted the human cost entirely to the target while the operator remained in a climate-controlled environment.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Ratto's Raiders Lost a Boeing RC-135 in Midnight Crash
Who survived the midnight descent into Shemya remains a gap in the record, which stays silent on the casualties and the violence of the impact.
By Miriam Adler ·
US military hunts mobile targets in Korea with 4 TeraOps
High-value targets escaped detection during Desert Storm, sparking a drive for automated sensors that now track 10 priority targets in Korea from a fragile, non-air-mobile trailer.
By Marcus Boone ·