FOX News has obtained a nationwide alert memo from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Dallas, warning that 17 members of the Afghan military have gone missing from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

The members, both enlisted men and officers, are in possession of identification cards that provide access to secure defense installations in the United States.

The Afghans were attending the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The DLI program teaches English to military pilot candidates and other air force prospects from foreign countries allied with the U.S.

“I can confirm that 17 have gone missing from the Defense Language Institute,” said Gary Emery, Chief of Public Affairs, 37th Training Wing, at Lackland AFB. “They disappeared over the course of the last two years, and none in the last three months.“

Wait, what? These Afghans have gone missing over the past two years? Years? Oh, but at least none have been lost since April. So sleep in peace tonight.

You be pleased to know that the visas issued to these men have been or are in the process of being revoked. So, you know, they’re now in the country illegally. There are members of the Afghan military, members training to be pilots, wandering the United States illegally.

And we’re only hearing about this now, and even at that only thanks to sources for FOX News. Craptastic.