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DRAMA IN THE SKIES: What is with recent curious military missions?

Just hours ago, Joseph Trevithick reported this on THE DRIVE: CURIOUS MISSION FLOWN OVER THE BALTIC SEA BY US AIR FORCE NUKE SNIFFING PLANE... The headline should raise as many eyebrows as a Cold War numbers station! What was the mission for?  This was the report: The U.S. Air Force's lone WC-135W Constant Phoenix "nuke sniffer" aircraft flew an unusual mission over the Baltic Sea today. This plane is typically used to collect air samples to monitor for spikes in radiation levels in the atmosphere, but can also be employed after nuclear weapon tests and atomic accidents to help glean more information about those events and track the potential spread of dangerous radioactive material. The WC-135W, which has the serial number 61-2667, carried out the flight, using the callsign Jake 21, from RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, according to flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange . Constant Phoenix aircraft have regularly used Mildenhall, which also routinely supports...