Concerns have been raised as the Russian-allied Mali government will soon have access to decades worth of mistakenly sent secrets.
Flight records show Flight 280 departed nearly an hour late that day, but it is unclear if that delay was due to King skipping the flight.
On Tuesday, King made an unauthorized crossing into North Korea, the same day a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine visited South Korea for the first time since the 1980s.
The lawyer, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said he was unaware of the status of King's custody or whereabouts after February.
"I think there's a lot of fighting left to go and I'll stay with what we said before: This is going to be long. It's going be hard. It's going to be bloody," Milley told reporters.
The US will send fighter jets and a warship to the Middle East in order to monitor key waterways in the region.
Israelis have a more positive view of the US than Americans by some measures.
The statement did not specifically mention Iran or any other adversary, but it is well-known that Israel and the US have been displaying their power projection capabilities to the Islamic Republic
The alleged simulated death occurred during a simulation test ran by Air Force Colonel Tucker Hamilton.
The Cold War-era plane will be updated to increase its capabilities on the modern battlefield, against both Iran and affiliated groups.