OK, if you planefags want a larger audience, you will need to pretend that not everybody knows as much about planes as you do.
Monkeywerx puts out video after video that explains nothing and means absolutely nothing.
Don't be like Monkeywerx. Or do, and have no audience, and convey no information to the Q audience.
C-17 - What is it? Why should anyone care? What does it mean if there is only 1 or if there are 25? Why would it matter they are in any particular location?
Roger that.
Shit... Sorry, Brother.
Boeing C-17 is a heavy lift 4-engine transport, a BIG plane. Similar to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, just a lot newer.
Now.
The C-17 is unimportant. The issue is the fact that NO military aircraft are "squawking". Every aircraft has a radio called a "Transponder". It's what civilian Air Traffic Control (ATC) uses to identify specific aircraft. It transmits altitude and other information that when combined with Radar, can give an almost "3D" picture of the airspace to ATC personnel.
NO military aircraft are using the transponder, so the civilian sites, like:
Can't see them. They still show up on Radar, but with NO identifying information.
The military has their OWN system, and civilians don't have access to it.
So, normally most military aircraft USE transponders, it makes it easier for civilian ATC, but as of a few hours ago, all military aircraft over the continental United States (CONUS), stopped transmitting transponder codes.
It's unusual, and COULD (and i emphasize C-O-U-L-D) indicate a nationwide operation in progress.
That's MY take.
You other guys feel free to elaborate or correct my assumptions...
I’m just an average person who knows next to nothing about planes, actually... all I do know is that these C-17’s and C-130’s are both transport planes. Whether these are troop deployments for SpecOps, prisoner transportation — the fact is, our military is very much on the move. And I can’t say exactly what moves are being made here.
Here’s the link. It’s been posted a lot on GA lately, but for all the MIL aircraft to turn off/jam their transponders tonight means that something is up, as they normally keep their transponders on.
Monkeywerx Twitter got banned. All this plane activity yesterday and today and he's the most well known planefag... Coincidence?
EDIT: I RETRACT this. He deleted his Twitter. Bit dumb to post on Twitter you're deleting it then delete it... How the fuck are people supposed to know!
Twitter accounts cannot be deleted once the account holder is suspended/banned. Likely, he wanted some control over how he removed his account information before a Twitter ban made that impossible.
OK, if you planefags want a larger audience, you will need to pretend that not everybody knows as much about planes as you do.
Monkeywerx puts out video after video that explains nothing and means absolutely nothing.
Don't be like Monkeywerx. Or do, and have no audience, and convey no information to the Q audience.
C-17 - What is it? Why should anyone care? What does it mean if there is only 1 or if there are 25? Why would it matter they are in any particular location?
Same for all others.
Catch my drift?
Roger that.
Shit... Sorry, Brother. Boeing C-17 is a heavy lift 4-engine transport, a BIG plane. Similar to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, just a lot newer.
Now. The C-17 is unimportant. The issue is the fact that NO military aircraft are "squawking". Every aircraft has a radio called a "Transponder". It's what civilian Air Traffic Control (ATC) uses to identify specific aircraft. It transmits altitude and other information that when combined with Radar, can give an almost "3D" picture of the airspace to ATC personnel.
NO military aircraft are using the transponder, so the civilian sites, like:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
Can't see them. They still show up on Radar, but with NO identifying information.
The military has their OWN system, and civilians don't have access to it.
So, normally most military aircraft USE transponders, it makes it easier for civilian ATC, but as of a few hours ago, all military aircraft over the continental United States (CONUS), stopped transmitting transponder codes.
It's unusual, and COULD (and i emphasize C-O-U-L-D) indicate a nationwide operation in progress.
That's MY take.
You other guys feel free to elaborate or correct my assumptions...
mtewamp...
And, I've been watching the last few nights and it was dead then too. Seems to me like flyboys gotta have sleep too.
Of course, if there are active missions you won't see them.
Damn. Is that the one with Mel Gibson, about the CIA in Vietnam?
I'd forgotten about that one...
Ah, sorry, I edited out that part as I realized after I posted that the plane in Air America was a C130, not a C17.
I was in the USAF. YMMV.
Totally agree. There’s usually stuff up. May not be the fun stuff, but planes flying nonetheless regardless of what time of night.
Great response!
Thank you, Brother.
How do you filter this for military traffic?
The "U" icon at the top right...
Nice explanation. Thank you!
That's a good question, but what are the chances that it's EVER "Zero"?
I’m just an average person who knows next to nothing about planes, actually... all I do know is that these C-17’s and C-130’s are both transport planes. Whether these are troop deployments for SpecOps, prisoner transportation — the fact is, our military is very much on the move. And I can’t say exactly what moves are being made here.
Our military is always on the move though.
You made an account just to post this image?
Do you have a link to the site?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
Here’s the link. It’s been posted a lot on GA lately, but for all the MIL aircraft to turn off/jam their transponders tonight means that something is up, as they normally keep their transponders on.
Much appreciated. Gotta save this. Thanks!
Checking now, there are 20-25 military planes over CONUS.
You're saying early this morning there were none, and that's highly unusual even on a Sunday night?
Or they could all be in bed.
Exactly. It's great that you're seeing something, but please help us understand.
Did that help?
I would say it did! I’m learning a lot as the situation progresses.
Monkeywerx Twitter got banned. All this plane activity yesterday and today and he's the most well known planefag... Coincidence?
EDIT: I RETRACT this. He deleted his Twitter. Bit dumb to post on Twitter you're deleting it then delete it... How the fuck are people supposed to know!
Twitter accounts cannot be deleted once the account holder is suspended/banned. Likely, he wanted some control over how he removed his account information before a Twitter ban made that impossible.