SAN ANTONIO, Texas--When the president of the United States flies anywhere, it goes without saying that he and his entourage want to be sure that any communications being generated on board Air Force One are safe from prying eyes (or ears).
The same is true of communications aboard any Air Force aircraft, and that's why members of the 24th Air Force, based out of Lackland Air Force Base here, work hard to "harden" every plane the service flies, ensuring all communications are safe from eavesdroppers.
As part of Road Trip 2014, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman traveled to Lackland to see how the Air Force secures its aircraft and their communications from any kind of unintentional leakage.
Working out of a special white RV parked alongside a C-5 -- the Air Force's largest airplane -- technicians demonstrated how they test for leaked signals.
Click here to read my full story on how the Air Force does this work.
June 30, 2014 4:00 AM PDT Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET / Caption by: Daniel Terdiman
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