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The hackers tracked a Russian military helicopter to a location near a local airport where they discovered a previously unknown Russian air base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

British counterterrorism police said they were releasing five men on bail who where arrested over the foiled attack on a U.K. air base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Armed officers detained the group in the early hours after a call to emergency services about three "suspicious vehicles which appeared to be travelling towards the air base", London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Residents said the air base is generally quiet apart from a major annual airshow that brings visitors from several countries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Scuttlebutt around the base was that the Third’s job would be to take Bougainville, an enemy air base in the Solomon Islands where the Japanese were dug in deep.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac


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