Are there other sites besides adsexchange for watching military traffic? Is U the only setting that matters there? Basically where do i go to become a plane fag.
Bear in mind that that doesn't necessarily mean they're not up there. It all depends on the mission profile. Some have the transponders off, or on a setting I believe is called DISCRIMINATE, which means it's transponding, but only on military freqs and only readable to other military planes.
I've watched three of the planes used by POTUS, VP, etc just land at Andrews. The bigger 747 (B742) type plane came online over Atlantic City, NJ and flew around for quite awhile (see a couple of comments below), and then a B752 flew in from Colorado Springs and just now another B752 flew in from TX. Do they usually all fly into Andrews like that? Would be interested to know if this is weird or not?
You guys are the smart ones and I don't know if this has any relevance whatsoever or if I'm just super-sensitive these days, but I live near Rehoboth, DE (The "new" summer white house) and I have been hearing a LOT of planes today. Not jets. They sound like smaller, private-type planes but traffic has definitely risen here. Mostly local airports around here.
I am too, but this is the strangest thing I have seen so far, but still so new I don't know if it's highly unusual.
The PNW jsut got some activity -- there's a refueling tanker acting wonky out of Salt Lake City, a transport left north of Seattle, and there's a Super Stallion helicopter in southern Oregon moving pretty slow, so he must be moving something.
Just something interesting, but there's two UK transportation planes following two jets into Saudi Arabia. An Airbus A332 and just behind it a smaller Bombardier BD700. Who is on board I wonder?
A StingRay can be used to identify and track a phone or other compatible cellular data device even while the device is not engaged in a call or accessing data services.[25]
A Stingray closely resembles a portable cellphone tower. Typically, law enforcement officials place the Stingray in their vehicle with a compatible computer software. The Stingray acts as a cellular tower to send out signals to get the specific device to connect to it. Cell phones are programmed to connect with the cellular tower offering the best signal. When the phone and Stingray connect, the computer system determines the strength of the signal and thus the distance to the device. Then, the vehicle moves to another location and sends out signals until it connects with the phone. When the signal strength is determined from enough locations, the computer system centralizes the phone and is able to find it.
Cell phones are programmed to constantly search for the strongest signal emitted from cell phone towers in the area. Over the course of the day, most cell phones connect and reconnect to multiple towers in an attempt to connect to the strongest, fastest, or closest signal. Because of the way they are designed, the signals that the Stingray emits are far stronger than those coming from surrounding towers. For this reason, all cell phones in the vicinity connect to the Stingray regardless of the cell phone owner's knowledge. From there, the stingray is capable of locating the device, interfering with the device, and collecting personal data from the device.[26][27]
Denial of service
The FBI has claimed that when used to identify, locate, or track a cellular device, the StingRay does not collect communications content or forward it to the service provider.[28] Instead, the device causes a disruption in service.[29] Under this scenario, any attempt by the cellular device user to place a call or access data services will fail while the StingRay is conducting its surveillance. On August 21, 2018, Senator Ron Wyden noted that Harris Corporation confirmed that Stingrays disrupt the targeted phone's communications. Additionally, he noted that "while the company claims its cell-site simulators include a feature that detects and permits the delivery of emergency calls to 9-1-1, its officials admitted to my office that this feature has not been independently tested as part of the Federal Communication Commission’s certification process, nor were they able to confirm this feature is capable of detecting and passing-through 9-1-1 emergency communications made by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled using Real-Time Text technology."[30]
Tech is 10-20 years ahead of what everyone realizes. Understand an iphone costs 800$. There are devices that cost hundreds of thousands and millions. Im PERSONALLY certain making such a device would be fun. I didn’t mean to heckle you man I actually just got excited by your post. Never met anyone who was aware of stingrays. So I’ve never talked about it. Gets depressing.
Stringray is a brand name that I read about a couple years ago. The stuff I read wasn't on Wiki, more geared towards engineers, but I wouldn't know where to look for that anymore - one of those things you come across along the way.
Anyone watching this E6 making fly-bys at Scott AFB east of St Louis.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0412
Just prior to the E6 continually looping the airport, SPAR17 a white and blue VIP plane appears to have landed in the area, or turned off tracking.
Call sign SAM541 flying out of Annapolis now over England about to cross the channel. SAM stands for Special Air Mission. See here https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SAM541
A Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A. Here is the stated mission for this aircraft:
Mission
The C-37A/B are twin-engine, turbofan aircraft acquired to fill the worldwide special airlift missions for high ranking government and Department of Defense officials.
Does anyone know if aircraft with call signs beginning with SAM belong to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Mission If so, here is their mission:
The United States Air Force Special Air Mission provides air transportation for the President of the United States (POTUS), Vice President of the United States (VPOTUS), First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Presidential Cabinet, U.S. Congressional delegations (CODELs), and other high-ranking American and foreign dignitaries.
There are currently four in the air. SAM541, 548, 559, 465. Edit: SAM296 just took off heading west from Omaha.
GTMO845 has been busy! I've watched it go between Guantanamo and FLL today. Currently not on the tracker, but will probably pop up again soon. Flight history shows it's been buzzing between the two locations regularly: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTMO845/history/20200620/1733Z
currently 974 on screen here, the airspace is very busy atm, I see lots of training planes, centered around each other, gives me the impression of dogfighting training
Are there other sites besides adsexchange for watching military traffic? Is U the only setting that matters there? Basically where do i go to become a plane fag.
https://www.radarbox.com/flight/SV37
saudi arabia to d.c.
Two SAM flights in the air... the one (535) seemed to change his mind on the way and pulled a U-Turn back to DC
https://flightaware.com/live/fleet/SAM
Military Beech KingAir 350 callsign SHADY75 left Pax River NAS, now orbiting over Alexandria. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae53fb
Almost no American planes military or otherwise in Europe.
Bear in mind that that doesn't necessarily mean they're not up there. It all depends on the mission profile. Some have the transponders off, or on a setting I believe is called DISCRIMINATE, which means it's transponding, but only on military freqs and only readable to other military planes.
New York City. Spotted a V-22 Osprey 20 ft above the superstructure of the Triboro Bridge 4:30 tonight. Low and slow. Spotter in the side door.
Check out this new spy-plane, the Bombardier RO-6A:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae5c91
I hadn't see one before. Pretty cool when you look at it's capabilities:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18619/we-now-know-exactly-what-sensors-the-armys-powerful-new-ro-6a-spy-planes-will-carry
I've watched three of the planes used by POTUS, VP, etc just land at Andrews. The bigger 747 (B742) type plane came online over Atlantic City, NJ and flew around for quite awhile (see a couple of comments below), and then a B752 flew in from Colorado Springs and just now another B752 flew in from TX. Do they usually all fly into Andrews like that? Would be interested to know if this is weird or not?
You guys are the smart ones and I don't know if this has any relevance whatsoever or if I'm just super-sensitive these days, but I live near Rehoboth, DE (The "new" summer white house) and I have been hearing a LOT of planes today. Not jets. They sound like smaller, private-type planes but traffic has definitely risen here. Mostly local airports around here.
Probably reading something out of nothing. :-/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae6961 SAM coming in to Fort Carson, CO -- right near the Cheyenne Mtn. complex. Made a beeline there from DC
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae5c91
I wonder what this guy was looking at. There has been lots of weird activity over NJ today...
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/19015/one-of-us-special-operations-commands-newest-spy-planes-is-hunting-terrorists-in-libya
b-52 coming from up north Im not good at this but looks odd https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae587c
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae587c
B52 in NC
All new planefags check out this site its pretty neat. You can even listen to ADW
https://www.liveatc.net/
Was POTUS scheduled to go anywhere today? AF1 is up: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfdf8
It seems to be just chilling over Atlantic City and its transponder keep going in and out. Pretty weird.
Very. I've been watching it for a while, and they're playing with the transponder a lot. Almost like it's a distraction.
The longer it jumps around there, combined with the trainings all over, and the PNW totally void, really starts my mind wondering if something is up.
it's pretty busy too. I'm new to this but its up to 500 military aircraft even with the PNW being dark seems like a lot of activity. Makes you wonder
I am too, but this is the strangest thing I have seen so far, but still so new I don't know if it's highly unusual.
The PNW jsut got some activity -- there's a refueling tanker acting wonky out of Salt Lake City, a transport left north of Seattle, and there's a Super Stallion helicopter in southern Oregon moving pretty slow, so he must be moving something.
Just something interesting, but there's two UK transportation planes following two jets into Saudi Arabia. An Airbus A332 and just behind it a smaller Bombardier BD700. Who is on board I wonder?
Massive training exercises in Pensacola today, it seems. Fighters and Blackhawks everywhere.
The Blue Angels are stationed in Pensacola.
Total noob here. Saw this and just thought it was interesting, lots of n/a. Any ideas what it is?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae67af
Watch traffic between Vandenberg and Edwards. High traffic volume.
New to this but looks like 6 US military planes and others headed in the direction of Iraq or Iran! Seems promising if I am right!
6 or 7 helicopters between seattle and portland? Aren't they without power as well?
Saw this too
Some around LA and San Diego too.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae6475
odd, two big ones off the coast like that
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae54b6 look at this survaillence aircraft.. was just going 1200 kt ..crazy
Not a planespotter post.
However, anyone who is wondering what an AWACS might be doing, might be interested in this tech:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
Tracking and locating
A StingRay can be used to identify and track a phone or other compatible cellular data device even while the device is not engaged in a call or accessing data services.[25]
A Stingray closely resembles a portable cellphone tower. Typically, law enforcement officials place the Stingray in their vehicle with a compatible computer software. The Stingray acts as a cellular tower to send out signals to get the specific device to connect to it. Cell phones are programmed to connect with the cellular tower offering the best signal. When the phone and Stingray connect, the computer system determines the strength of the signal and thus the distance to the device. Then, the vehicle moves to another location and sends out signals until it connects with the phone. When the signal strength is determined from enough locations, the computer system centralizes the phone and is able to find it.
Cell phones are programmed to constantly search for the strongest signal emitted from cell phone towers in the area. Over the course of the day, most cell phones connect and reconnect to multiple towers in an attempt to connect to the strongest, fastest, or closest signal. Because of the way they are designed, the signals that the Stingray emits are far stronger than those coming from surrounding towers. For this reason, all cell phones in the vicinity connect to the Stingray regardless of the cell phone owner's knowledge. From there, the stingray is capable of locating the device, interfering with the device, and collecting personal data from the device.[26][27]
Denial of service
The FBI has claimed that when used to identify, locate, or track a cellular device, the StingRay does not collect communications content or forward it to the service provider.[28] Instead, the device causes a disruption in service.[29] Under this scenario, any attempt by the cellular device user to place a call or access data services will fail while the StingRay is conducting its surveillance. On August 21, 2018, Senator Ron Wyden noted that Harris Corporation confirmed that Stingrays disrupt the targeted phone's communications. Additionally, he noted that "while the company claims its cell-site simulators include a feature that detects and permits the delivery of emergency calls to 9-1-1, its officials admitted to my office that this feature has not been independently tested as part of the Federal Communication Commission’s certification process, nor were they able to confirm this feature is capable of detecting and passing-through 9-1-1 emergency communications made by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled using Real-Time Text technology."[30]
Separately can confirm what you’re saying; it can do quite a bit more too.
The stuff I read about the Stingray was interesting, but seemed more geared towards LE. I suspect the military has better stuff.
Tech is 10-20 years ahead of what everyone realizes. Understand an iphone costs 800$. There are devices that cost hundreds of thousands and millions. Im PERSONALLY certain making such a device would be fun. I didn’t mean to heckle you man I actually just got excited by your post. Never met anyone who was aware of stingrays. So I’ve never talked about it. Gets depressing.
And you probably have some understanding of Shannon's information theory, which suggests more than I normally would in a Q related thread.
Sting Rays suck and is the wrong name for what youre describing. (Source salty SDR engineer)
Stringray is a brand name that I read about a couple years ago. The stuff I read wasn't on Wiki, more geared towards engineers, but I wouldn't know where to look for that anymore - one of those things you come across along the way.
Chinook over Fort Drum
YOU PEOPLE ARE AMAZING!!! Does anyone know what filters to use to show interesting (mil) aircraft (if possible)? I'm on ADS-B Exchange
Click the U button at the top to filter to just military.
Anyone watching this E6 making fly-bys at Scott AFB east of St Louis. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0412 Just prior to the E6 continually looping the airport, SPAR17 a white and blue VIP plane appears to have landed in the area, or turned off tracking.
What would get 2 AWACS to circle at only 3.000 feet, what purpose would this serve?
Currently 2 of them circling Oklahoma... and the E6 'FERN' is heading for them................
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae11dd
edit: 1 is circling, the other's flight-path is screwy(for lack of a better term)..
and now they are all 3 doing the racetrack thing...
Call sign SAM541 flying out of Annapolis now over England about to cross the channel. SAM stands for Special Air Mission. See here https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SAM541 A Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A. Here is the stated mission for this aircraft: Mission The C-37A/B are twin-engine, turbofan aircraft acquired to fill the worldwide special airlift missions for high ranking government and Department of Defense officials.
Does anyone know if aircraft with call signs beginning with SAM belong to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Mission If so, here is their mission: The United States Air Force Special Air Mission provides air transportation for the President of the United States (POTUS), Vice President of the United States (VPOTUS), First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Presidential Cabinet, U.S. Congressional delegations (CODELs), and other high-ranking American and foreign dignitaries. There are currently four in the air. SAM541, 548, 559, 465. Edit: SAM296 just took off heading west from Omaha.
GTMO845 has been busy! I've watched it go between Guantanamo and FLL today. Currently not on the tracker, but will probably pop up again soon. Flight history shows it's been buzzing between the two locations regularly: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTMO845/history/20200620/1733Z
8 + 4 + 5
12:14 PST: C17's flying and landing in DC area.
Blackhawk coming down the Hudson
Currently headed towards Richmond it seems
Now showing 431 aircraft on screen over the USA, which is a lot and above the normal.
currently 974 on screen here, the airspace is very busy atm, I see lots of training planes, centered around each other, gives me the impression of dogfighting training
Yeah a lot of the T38 are trainers, then there was talk of a flag exercise going on near Cali. Still def a lot of aircraft up?