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Invited media, military members held at gunpoint by Space Force security

Five journalists and the two military members escorting them to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., this week were briefly detained at gunpoint by security police who believed they were gate crashers, according to the local media affected. The Monday incident happened ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for…

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Invited media, military members held at gunpoint by Space Force security
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