Ops Brief 032: Daily Drop - 23 April 2025 (Leakers, Drones, and the Great Space Freak-Out)

Today’s Daily Drop is brought to you by: chaos. Jared’s on one, the Public Affairs Office is finally back in the saddle, and we’re neck-deep in Pentagon leaks, Guard drama, Space Force growing pains, and morale breakdowns at the Air Force Academy.

In this episode:
🚨 Former advisors under leak investigation while the Defense Secretary is out here Signal-chatting like it’s group text with grandma
🤖 AI drones are delivering your MREs in the Indo-Pacific
📉 The Academy is falling apart while still claiming it’s world-class
💻 Air Force computers = Windows 98 with a badge
🛰️ The Space Force is building war doctrine while governors are throwing shade
🌌 And China’s anti-satellite weapons might end this whole party early

We also cover the B-21 flex, Lockheed finally playing nice, and why outsourcing IT might be the most patriotic thing we do all year.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

The Air Force’s IT is still powered by dial-up and sadness
ACE = "everyone does everything now, good luck"
Space Force: making doctrine, taking names, dodging governors
Signal Chat leaks: OPSEC is optional if you’re high enough up
AI drones are cool, until they deliver your Chick-fil-A to the wrong theater
The Air Force Academy might be turning into DeVry with jets
B-21 costs $477M to say “maybe faster later”
China’s out here prepping to blind satellites. Cool.
⏱️ Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro, Operator Training Summit promo, PAO news finally returns
0:02:20 – Leaks on leaks: Advisors under fire, Signal Chat scandal grows
0:04:50 – AI drones in the Pacific & Border ops heat up
0:06:30 – ACE implementation = “Congrats, you now have 3 jobs”
0:08:20 – Air Force Academy morale collapse & academic downgrade rumors
0:09:00 – Space Force wars: Governors revolt + new warfighting doctrine
0:12:20 – China’s anti-satellite tech & the renewed space race panic
0:13:30 – Lockheed’s F-35 upgrade with NGAD tech + Northrop B-21 flex
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