Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks, ADS-B May Expose F-22s To Web Based Tracking GAO...
A new report highlights the risks of ADS-B transponders. But it focuses on technology rather than operation security. We have been writing about this topic since 2011. As most of our readers already...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force Issues “Gag” Order on Public Affairs Reporting: Is Something Up?
Order for Retraining of Public Affairs Officers Signals Tighter Control on Reporting. The U.S. Air Force has issued new, more controlled directives for its interaction with media reporters. The new...
View ArticleForget any security concern and welcome Air Force One on Flightradar24!
In my article titled Would modern transponders have made the hijacked planes visible to radars on 9-11? about Mode-S and ADS-B usage I wrote: According to an esteem by Flightradar24.com, around 60% of...
View ArticleWhile its aircraft can be tracked online, the U.S. Air Force only worries...
Bad OPSEC (Operations Security) exposed by Air War on ISIS? “Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets” is the slogan (based on the U.S. Navy’s WWII slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships”) that the U.S. Air Force Central...
View ArticleNo, They Probably Weren’t Secret Navy SEALS in the President’s Christmas Video.
Mainstream Media Caught in Case of Mistaken Identity in Christmas Twitter Video. News stories around the world on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018 reported that the U.S. President “… may have revealed the...
View ArticleYes, U.S. RC-135s Have Used Bogus Hex Codes To Transmit A False Identity. But...
The U.S. Air Force intelligence aircraft have been using fake Mode-S codes, but this doesn’t give any real operational advantage. It just fuels some crazy conspiracy theory. On Sept. 7, 2020, a USAF...
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