{"id":1985844,"date":"2023-07-29T14:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-engineer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-equipment-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T18:28:20","slug":"air-force-engineer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-equipment-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-engineer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-equipment-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force engineer probed for allegedly removing equipment off-site."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fair-force-engineer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-equipment-home%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=1985844&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--><h2>Government \u2063Engineer Allegedly Caught \u200cwith Critical Compromise of Defense Department Facilities<\/h2>\n<p>One Air\u2063 Force engineer was allegedly caught with \u2062government radio equipment in his home, spurring\u200b an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dances-with-wolves-actor-charged-with-nine-more-crimes-including-sexual-exploitation\/\" title=\"'Dances With Wolves' Star Faces Nine New Charges, Including Sexual Exploitation\">search warrant obtained<\/a> by Forbes, \u200bthe\u2064 anonymous \u206248-year-old engineer had about $90,000 worth of equipment and software that added up to a &#8220;critical compromise&#8221; of Defense Department facilities. He\u200c had &#8220;unauthorized administrator access&#8221; to &#8220;administrative passwords and\u200b electronic system keys&#8221; for the Air Education and Training Command radio network, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-engineer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-equipment-home\/\" title=\"Air Force engineer probed for allegedly removing equipment off-site.\">local\u200d law enforcement radio programming files<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;Motorola radio programming files,&#8221; and an open computer screen, \u200c&#8221;which contained the entire Arnold \u2063Air Force Base communications system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>FTC&#8217;s Khan \u2063Undeterred by\u200c Recent Failures, Plans\u2062 to Take on Big Business and \u2063Big \u2062Tech<\/h3>\n<p>No charges \u200chave been filed against\u200b the\u2062 engineer. The DOD did not respond to \u2063the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold Air Force Base is located in Tennessee and focuses \u2062on missile testing. Its \u200dcontributions have\u200c assisted in aerospace missions such as Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper ICBMs, the space shuttle, space station, and \u2064Projects \u2063Mercury, Gemini, and\u200b Apollo, per\u200d its website.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2063 was also cited in\u200b the warrant as assisting in the \u2063investigation, suggesting that the same engineer also breached its communications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comes three months after the \u200dAir \u200cForce&#8217;s Jack Teixeira was charged with allegedly leaking documents on\u2064 a Discord channel. \u2063The \u200bairman was reprimanded twice in the \u200dfall of 2022 regarding his handling \u2062of sensitive information before he allegedly went on to share \u2062hundreds of classified documents on Discord\u200d over a span of\u200d months before his\u2062 arrest on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>Teixeira&#8217;s unit commander and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-takes-action-against-officers-in-command-of-accused-classified-intelligence-leaker-report\/\" title=\"Air Force Takes Action Against Officers In Command Of Accused Classified Intelligence Leaker: Report\">detachment commander overseeing administrative support<\/a> have both been temporarily suspended amid\u2064 the fallout of the\u200b extraordinary leaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force engineer was reportedly found with government radio equipment at home, prompting an investigation. A search warrant revealed the 48-year-old engineer possessed around $90,000 worth of equipment and software, posing a significant threat to Defense Department facilities. 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