There's been a lot of action over that area today from all over. Fighters (one all the way from Seattle), tankers, Anti-Sub. I've kept an eye on it most of the day.
Military planes turn their transponders off when they're engaged in operations so you are only seeing what they want you to see friend. That bird could be refueling 100s of fighters and we'd never know it.
I noticed this too, being a Floridian. It's a DC10, cold be a refueler, could be as WASP (Widebody Airbone Sensor Platform) for targeting and tracking,... could be anything.
This is a refueling jet, there must be fighter traffic that you can’t see.
There's been a lot of action over that area today from all over. Fighters (one all the way from Seattle), tankers, Anti-Sub. I've kept an eye on it most of the day.
Another refueling plane
It's a tanker for in-flight refueling.
They typically fly along corridors where there are active fighters patrolling
Nothing Unusual
Military planes turn their transponders off when they're engaged in operations so you are only seeing what they want you to see friend. That bird could be refueling 100s of fighters and we'd never know it.
I like to watch all of the commercial traffic disappear over DC when POTUS is in motion. There was a massive no fly zone after the DC march.
Could be a sub hunter
I noticed this too, being a Floridian. It's a DC10, cold be a refueler, could be as WASP (Widebody Airbone Sensor Platform) for targeting and tracking,... could be anything.
Here is the sauce you are looking for:
https://aircraft.fandom.com/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender
https://www.flightradar24.com/N1MG/269b82e3
Tell me if I am wrong, but this is doing something similar since 2000. With a smaller plane running a similar pattern. New to this. Judge lightly.
Was on the way to Gitmo, but the passenger confessed...lol...one can hope.
The 2nd passenger confessed
It’s a refueling plane. Must be fighters out there it’s refueling that are “silent”
Ugh! I hope those troops had full battery on their phones, that's a long flight
Kc10 is a tanker. Must be on a refueling mission there