“The first-ever airlift of a nuclear reactor and ancillary systems via C-17, opening a wide aperture for strategic nuclear deployment around the World”
Three C-17A Globemaster IIIs with the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd and 437th Airlift Wings participated in the transfer Sunday of eight nuclear modules - parts of a “next-generation” miniaturized nuclear reactor built by the El Segundo-based energy startup Valar Atomics - in a Nuclear Energy Initiative conducted jointly by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy dubbed Operation Windlord.
The C-17s transported the reactors from March Air Reserve Base near Riverside in Southern California, to Hill Air Force Base, located outside Salt Lake City, Utah, following a ceremony at March which included Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Michael Duffey, the Undersecretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, as well as the Founder of Valar Atomics, entrepreneur Isaiah Taylor.
Once on the ground in Utah, the modules, part of Valar Atomics’ Ward250, a next-generation reactor design that uses helium coolant and graphite moderators expected to operational by the 4th of July, will be moved to Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL) in Orangeville for extensive testing and evaluation, under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, established in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 14301.
Three C-17A Globemaster IIIs with the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd and 437th Airlift Wings participated in the transfer Sunday of eight nuclear modules - parts of a “next-generation” miniaturized nuclear reactor built by the El Segundo-based energy startup Valar Atomics - in a Nuclear Energy Initiative conducted jointly by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy dubbed Operation Windlord.
The C-17s transported the reactors from March Air Reserve Base near Riverside in Southern California, to Hill Air Force Base, located outside Salt Lake City, Utah, following a ceremony at March which included Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Michael Duffey, the Undersecretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, as well as the Founder of Valar Atomics, entrepreneur Isaiah Taylor.
Once on the ground in Utah, the modules, part of Valar Atomics’ Ward250, a next-generation reactor design that uses helium coolant and graphite moderators expected to operational by the 4th of July, will be moved to Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL) in Orangeville for extensive testing and evaluation, under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, established in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 14301.
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“The first-ever airlift of a nuclear reactor and ancillary systems via C-17, opening a wide aperture for strategic nuclear deployment around the World” Three C-17A Globemaster IIIs with the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd and 437th Airlift Wings participated in the…
Hats with the slogan “Make Nuclear Great Again” were handed out during Sunday’s ceremony at March Air Reserve Base.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expanded its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months, sending tech companies, including Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, who owns both Facebook and Instagram, hundreds of administrative subpoenas which consist of legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ongoing immigration operations by the Trump Administration, four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests have told the New York Times.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expanded its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months, sending tech companies, including Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, who owns both Facebook and Instagram…
Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” from Homeland Security for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he told President Donald J. Trump during their meeting last week at the White House that any nuclear deal between Iran and the United States must include the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, not just stopping the enrichment process, with negotiations between the two countries expected to continue Tuesday in Geneva.
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Online traders seem to be growing more and more confident that a diplomatic resolution will result from the current tensions in the Middle East between Iran and the United States, with the chance of a nuclear deal before the end of 2026 up to 44%, as the two countries prepare to meet Tuesday in Geneva.
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The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted a Partnership Day at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Wednesday, February 11, showcasing interoperability and appreciation for host nation partners, bringing together Qatari military members, families, joint servicemembers and coalition forces, along with representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Doha, amid heightened tensions in the region with Iran.
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