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Ops Brief 025: Daily Drop - 10 April 2025 (Frankenjets, Family Day Cuts & Insider Real Estate Scams)
Today’s Ones Ready Daily Drop is basically a masterclass in budget cuts, broken jets, bureaucratic gridlock, and spicy Space Force drama—with a splash of congressional nonsense and some suspicious real estate investments for good measure. Jared breaks it all down like a tactical briefing crossed with a roast.
We’ve got $15 billion drone programs under review, a B-2 flying over Iran “just to say hi,” and service members getting offered their jobs back after being kicked out over a vaccine—because yeah, that’s how leadership works now. Oh, and Space Force might finally get to move to Huntsville, so go buy some land before another general does.
From Air Force “Frankenjets” stitched together in a garage like military Frankenstein, to “mil-spec” gear that barely meets minimum standards, to ISR flights over the U.S.-Mexico border triggering cartel drone wars—this drop is full of “wait, what?” energy.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
- Programs more than 15% over budget? Welcome to the chopping block. Sentinel ICBMs and Air Force One—your days might be numbered.
- B-2s deployed to Diego Garcia. Iran? Interpret that however you want.
- Vaccine holdouts have until April 26 to rejoin the party. About 400 out of 8,000 are biting.
- Air Force & Space Force canceled family days in 2025. Sorry, your BBQ just got operationally unfeasible.
- ISR missions on the southern border heating up as cartels start using drones. Special ops guys are getting itchy trigger fingers.
- “Frankenjet” is real—F-35A rebuilt from two wrecks for $11.7M. Frankenstein would be proud.
- Mar-a-Lago has had 25 no-fly zone violations this year. Apparently, no one reads charts.
- Space Force is working with South America to jam drug lords and track satellites. Sci-fi meets Narcos.
- Huntsville insiders probably already bought the land. Hope you’re not late to the party.
- Pentagon acquisition process: still slow, still broken, still helping China catch up.
- AI for defense: test fast or get left behind—but maybe don’t bet the war on ChatGPT just yet.
- “Mil-spec” just means it meets the bare minimum. You’re not special, Todd.
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