Last week, two Boeing C-40 Clippers from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) flew over Argentina. After their departure, flight logs and official schedules allow us to take a closer look at the delegations. This was not a diplomatic visit: it was a technical inspection by the officials who decide the defense and energy budgets in Congress.

1. The Energy Front: The Men of "Big Oil"

The delegation from the Committee on Energy and Trade , which arrived in Ushuaia and Neuquén, was headed by Morgan Griffith . Its mission: to audit the infrastructure where China has interests and ensure that key resources remain under Washington's control .

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2. The Digital Front: AI, Cybersecurity and the "Hiroshima Factor"

In Buenos Aires, the Education and Workforce Committee delegation was led by Tim Walberg . Here, the agenda shifted from the tangible (oil) to the intangible: control of data and knowledge.

Tim Walberg: The Doctrine of Extermination. Walberg is a hardline ideologue. In 2024, the world press ( NY Times, NBC ) reported his statements about Gaza: "It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. We should end this quickly."

3. The Geopolitical Connection: USA, Israel and Argentina

The visit of these legislators comes in a context of total alignment of Javier Milei's government with the Trump administration and Israel's security axis.

Axis of Interest

Target in Argentina

International Link

Energy

Vaca Muerta and Atucha

US energy security in the face of the crisis in the Middle East.

Technology

5G and AI Control

Blocking China and aligning with Israel's military-technological complex.

Sovereignty

Le Maire Strait

Control of the South Atlantic and the Antarctic projection in the face of the Asian "threat".

A tutelary sovereignty

One week after the arrival of the "Reach" flights, the assessment is clear. The Trump administration didn't send diplomats, it sent inspectors. Griffith audited the subsurface and energy infrastructure; Walberg audited our networks and our technological capabilities .

While local governments remain silent, the USAF Boeing aircraft returned to Andrews Air Force Base with a detailed report on our assets. Argentina in 2026 appears to have accepted external "tutoring" where natural resources and digital information are treated as national security assets... but of a foreign nation.