ITS HAPPENING PEDES!!! AF1 is landing at Peterson AFB, likely to transfer to Castle Rock, CO!
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Have you been watching for a while?
The military is always training, and flying the expensive combat-ready jets burns up flight hours on the airframe. Aircraft are nothing like cars, because they are made aluminum, the very frame itself only has so many hours of flying in it before they are no longer cleared to fly due to metal fatigue, which aluminum is very prone to. So for normal training they are using considerably cheaper trainer aircraft.
Actual fighter jets are fully authorized to just fly dark. They fly lower than airliners and higher than small prop planes, and the aircraft are so maneuverable there is zero fear of a collision.
They can and do fly dark on missions, but not in high air traffic areas like airports, where they need to be transponding for safety to avoid mid-air collisions. If you go look at P8 and Rivet/Cobra flight paths, you will see them transpond for a few minutes before/after landing/takeoff but the majority of their flight path is dark.
They would need a really, really good reason (not saying it doesn't happen, just doesn't happen without cause) to takeoff/land while dark.