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Valerie Insinna
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Air Force and Pentagon news for . St. Louis native. Mother of . #1 Fan of the giant stuffed bear in the Pentagon florist. She/her.
Arlington, Va. breakingdefense.comJoined June 2010

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The Air Force decided New Year's Eve would be a good time to drop solicitations outlining requirements it wants for next-generation airlift, tanker and mobility mission generation. The quick-turn RFIs show autonomy, data sharing and survivability is key:
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A programming note: I’m on vacation in Austria for the next two weeks and will be pretty much unplugging. The next time you see me tweeting I’ll have some personal news ™️ to share…
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Zelensky, tonight: "I assure you Ukrainian soldiers can perfectly operate American planes and tanks themselves." Ukraine's requests from the Biden administration for U.S.-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles and F-16s have gone unheard so far.
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Also, on a much less serious note, that C-40 crew probably has a fantastic story to tell during this holiday season. The Air Force crews on those executive airlift planes are always amazing and I can only imagine how stoked they were to do this mission.
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This is why the OSINT/spotter community matters and why I'd argue that greater transparency oftentimes enhances security and not degrades it. Transporting Zelensky in a US military plane broadcasting its flight information removes ambiguity about the purpose of the flight.
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US Air Force C-40B SAM910 likely carrying Ukrainian President Zelensky to Washington DC has now departed Rzeszow, Poland.
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Me: Can you tell me in as much detail as possible about the test you just completed? DoD public affairs: We worked together with our industry partners toward shared objectives, successfully executing a preplanned test plan. Let me know if you have any further questions 😌
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NEW FROM ME: I investigated the origins of 15 video stills taken from inside homes by robot vacuums and shared to social media—some featuring humans in VERY candid positions, faces clearly visible—and wrote abt the supply chain of data used to train AI.
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