The Central Intelligence Agency has co-opted the Air Force to try to reclaim the A-12 Blackbird restored by the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum near the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The CIA now wants to display the spy plane that the Minnesota museum rescued from a scrap heap in 1990. The museum has enlisted the aid of its Congressional delegation.
The Guardians of the 11th Space Warning Squadron were honored as the top U.S. Space Force unit for 2024 for their role in thwarting Iranian missile barrages last year.