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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Air Force’s X-37B spy plane returns to Earth after two-year mission


The Air Force’s secretive X-37B spy plane has returned to Earth after nearly two years circling the globe.

“The 30th Space Wing and our mission partners, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Boeing, and our base support contractors, have put countless hours of hard work into preparing for this landing and today we were able to see the culmination of that dedication,” Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, said in press release Friday.

The Boeing aircraft was in the air for 674 days, but when asked by NBC News what it was doing, the network was met with a “polite but firm ‘no comment’” by the Air Force.

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