In 2019, a team of friendly U.S. white hat hackers proved it could be done. Key point: Having friendly hackers check your equipment for problems is important to fix them before the enemy can use those bugs. Here is how the Air Force is trying to do just that. A team of hackers in early August 2019 gained access to an F-15 fighter in an eye-opening U.S. military test. The successful hack underscores U.S. forces’ vulnerability to electronic intrusion. This article first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest. “It was the first time outside researchers were allowed physical access to the critical F-15 system to search for weaknesses,” reporter Joseph Marks wrote for