{"id":1904049,"date":"2023-03-23T20:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-probes-security-clearance-issue-for-boeing-staff-working-on-air-force-one\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:56:43","slug":"pentagon-probes-security-clearance-issue-for-boeing-staff-working-on-air-force-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-probes-security-clearance-issue-for-boeing-staff-working-on-air-force-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon probes security clearance issue for Boeing staff working on Air Force One"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-probes-security-clearance-issue-for-boeing-staff-working-on-air-force-one%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1904049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79582971\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Arizona Supreme Court rejects majority of Kari Lake's governor race appeal\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Arizona Supreme Court declined to hear the majority of Kari Lake's appeal of the 2022 governor's race, in which she lost to now-Gov. 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According to Boeing, the oldest certification expired seven years ago. About 250 Boeing professionals are involved in the fall, according to sources with knowledge of the situation who reported it to the <i>Wall Street Journal <\/i>on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/dod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-deterrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPENDING CUTS, DID COMPTROLLER SAYS, May Impact Atomic TRIAD AND PACIFIC DETERRENCE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to an Air Force spokesperson, the military branch and Boeing are investigating why the aircraft company failed to provide the required credentials for renewal. Tighter qualifications are also needed for national security, but the affected workers had kept their underlying top-secret protection clearances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"431\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"431\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><source width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">The new delivery model for the original Air Force One, chosen by President Joe Biden, is depicted in this photographer rendering provided by the U.S. Army.<\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">Staff Sergeant AP Nicolas Erwin<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Air Force representative stated that the organization&#8221; takes the environment very seriously and believes the Boeing Company is making every exertion to easily resolve this issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On March 14, soon after it discovered the security flaw during a details survey of its employees, Boeing first informed the Pentagon of the problem. According to a Boeing spokesman, while the affected employees were partially suspended, the majority of them were still eligible for clearance as of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON Inspector BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If a current employee escorts and attests to them with the necessary documentation, staff members whose certifications are still pending may continue to work on the plane in the restricted areas, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The data issue, according to the Air Force, did not cause any delays in the operations on the upcoming air force One fleet, and the aircraft&#8217;s schedule was unaffected. By September 2027, the first of the two latest aircraft should be delivered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense has launched an investigation into why Boeing staff members were allowed to work on the current and future Air Force Ones with expired security clearances. The Boeing employees did initially have the &#8220;Yankee White&#8221; security clearances, but in some cases, the clearances had expired years ago. 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