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AI-generated image, using a US Air Force photo of B-21 Raider rendezvousing with a KC-135 Stratotanker for aerial refueling near Edwards Air Force Base in California on April 14, 2026, as a reference.
SpaceX, Twitter, and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Gary Gensler Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission arrives to testify during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs oversight hearing to examine the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
The Threat Systems Management Office push a swarm of 40 drones through the National Training Center on May 8, 2019, in Fort Irwin, California. (James Newsome via DVIDS)