Ops Brief 118: Daily Drop - 28 Jan 2026 - AI Pilots, New England Patriots, and a Government Shutdown For Good Measure
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and cuts through another stack of headlines the internet is already misreading. From Army AI platforms and Navy F-35A cross-service testing to Marines flying to Norway on a Patriots jet, Space Force acquisition moves, Coast Guard jet skis, and growing counter-drone authorities, this episode is all about context over outrage. Peaches also explains why some Air Force details stay quiet, why AI in cockpits makes people uneasy, how fraud keeps targeting service members, and why another government shutdown feels inevitable. No hype. No…
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