You hacked into the Army, the Navy, the Air Force,
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NASA and I think the air force previously to that. And, um, and did she say disc, she said flying
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you know, I think flying there, there are air force documents from the late forties,
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geo stationary kind of recon thing that the air force does. This was the air force at the time,
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The U.S. Air Force ran its own classified manned space effort alongside NASA's more public facing ones.
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In the 1960s, while the world watched Saturn V rockets rise under the banner of Apollo, the Air Force was developing the manned orbiting laboratory, a military space station designed for reconnaissance of America's enemies and other orbital operations.
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With visible cooperation from the U.S. Air Force, the production of the show Stargate leaned on real-world military structures and culture.
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In fact, two sitting Air Force Chiefs of Staff, Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper, appeared on the show as they were in the world.
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These guys literally ran the Air Force and were showing up for cameos on this show.
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in recognition of what the Air Force described as the program's positive portrayal of the service.
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A classified off-world program run by the Air Force from a hidden command facility.
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Of course, the military connection might have just been due to some fans among the Air Force staff.
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Office, existed for decades. The parallel classified Air Force astronaut program wasn't
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and he's an air force guy. And I think he consistently use this very low voltage and tries
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