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US Air Force's largest aircraft used to remove $5B in illegal drugs from Calif.
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 7, 2026 | By Madilynne Medina,

Posted on 07/07/2026 5:45:53 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The U.S. Air Force used its largest aircraft to move $5 billion worth of illegal drugs from a storage facility in California to eventually be destroyed in the Midwest.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; alwaysculture; clickbait; commiefornia; drugs; learnhowtopost; usaf
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Mission would have been more successful if they had also loaded some foreign drug smugglers and dropped them off over Nebraska
1 posted on 07/07/2026 5:45:53 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Why not dump it in the ocean?


2 posted on 07/07/2026 5:48:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Then people would be snorting fish...............


3 posted on 07/07/2026 5:49:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: artichokegrower

“landing fear”

smh


4 posted on 07/07/2026 5:52:54 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: BenLurkin

Some of the bales, etc have a potential to float and thus float ashore.


5 posted on 07/07/2026 5:53:24 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: artichokegrower

Not sure why it matters whether they used the largest plane or not. It is a deliverly vehicle.


6 posted on 07/07/2026 5:54:49 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: artichokegrower

There is a facility in Indiana (Crane, possibly) that has the ability to incinerate nerve gas. Seems like a good place to neutralize fentanyl, and other drugs.


7 posted on 07/07/2026 5:56:21 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real..)
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To: BenLurkin

I think there’s some environmental concerns.


8 posted on 07/07/2026 6:08:46 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: artichokegrower

9 posted on 07/07/2026 6:20:44 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Steven Scharf

I had the same thought. But hey, they are all from the Columbia School of Journalism.


10 posted on 07/07/2026 6:24:54 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: BenLurkin

What about dumping it on the DNC, or IRGC?


11 posted on 07/07/2026 6:33:02 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: artichokegrower

Mojave Desert............??????
China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Facility???????


12 posted on 07/07/2026 7:02:17 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: artichokegrower

My friends and I burned all the weed we could get our hands on back in the 70s.


13 posted on 07/07/2026 7:04:28 PM PDT by Roadrunner383
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To: Steven Scharf
Not sure why it matters whether they used the largest plane or not. It is a deliverly vehicle.

Probably to emphasize the huge amount of drugs that were being transported, 50 metric tons. Not the just the amounts, but also the safe distances between storage piles one has to maintain when shipping hazardous chemical substances. You can't just cram that amount of HS into a C-130 so they used a C-5a.

14 posted on 07/07/2026 7:12:34 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Salvavida
Mojave Desert............??????
China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Facility???????

Death Valley seems more appropriate/ironic...

15 posted on 07/07/2026 7:33:17 PM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: artichokegrower

why not just drop the drugs in the ocean and use them for naval target practice?


16 posted on 07/07/2026 8:26:03 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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