In a recent report conducted by a federal watchdog agency it was revealed that the USAF spent $549m on aircraft for the Afghan Air Force only to scrap most of them for around $40k. The transfer of funds involved direction from officials at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

In September of 2011, a user named selco joined the forums at SurvivalistBoards.com and posted " my shtf expirience-wartime," a thread that would since become legendary in survivalist communities and beyond - in fact, you frequently see people reference it to this day in communities like 4chan and reddit.