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“Now what are you actually doing here, Peter?” Major Beale fired the question they were all thinking directly at the President. Connie was still shocked at how they spoke to each other.
“And why the sudden, rush upgrades to our birds, sir?” That was unusual enough to worry Connie significantly and give her the impetus to speak up. She’d checked every enhancement numerous times, but the changeover was still too fast for her comfort. She glanced down the table and wondered what each of the members of the two crews thought. She’d like to ask them and find out, but it wasn’t her place. Of course it wasn’t her place to question the Commander in Chief, which she’d just done.
They sat around a large table in a secure conference room at the Tonopah Test Range Airport. Flags lined one wall: U
