Matthew Hansen,Omaha World-Herald
Men and women stationed at Offutt Air Force Base fly some of the country's most vital spy missions in 60-year-weak planes that are often too busted to hold off.
When they actually get into the sky, these crews' key missions like tracking enemies in war zones, or watching Russia and sniffing out potential nuclear blasts are often aborted when the giant plane breaks down in mid-air.
These spy planes are 100 times more likely than a commercial airliner to land early because of mechanical failure. That sounds incredibly dangerous. It sounds unnecessarily risky.To Lisa Kort-Butler,it...
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