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Pentagon probes lapse in Boeing security credentials for Air Force One

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Air Force One as U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Warsaw Chopin Airport, in Warsaw, Poland, February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is scrutinizing why Boeing Co employees worked on current and future Air Force One planes without the security credentials required for the highly classified jets.

On March 14, Boeing discovered that "Yankee White" credentials for about 250 employees who work on the Air Force One planes had lapsed, the Air Force and Boeing confirmed.

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