Daily Plane Post 2/5!
✈️ Planes ✈️
Daily finds:
- One of the 'small' AF1s is up taking Biden to Delaware
- Someone snuck into Joint Base Andrews and 'boarded some planes'
- Plane commonly used as AF2 or for high level cabinet members is headed across the pond after a stop in DC via u/grooveinspired
- There has been an unusual increase in military traffic over the last two weeks both foreign and domestic.
- The nuclear EMP defense capable doomsday plane is doing some moving, which isn't unusual. However it appears to have made a recent stop at Andrews (DC) which is not often on its travel route.
- Gitmo flights via - u/haveyoulostyourmind From u/MakeWorldGreatAgain Europe:
- Norwegian electronic intel collection/disrupt plane doing rounds: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=478121
- U.S. F35 from dutch AFB: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af351f
- U.S. tanker did the Nato spyplane refueling again: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac837e,4d03c3 USA:
- Two E-8C Joint STARS in the air: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae1492,ae1496
- E-6B Mercury over east coast: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae041c
- SAM689 (98-0002): https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfeb8 General info:
- A SAM flight is a Special Air Mission meaning a high level official is on the plane
- AF1 alternates between 2 different flights reg number: 82-8000 or 92-9000, but they may be flying a test flight if they aren't putting up the AF1 callsign.
- The callsign "AF1" does not need to be used to mean POTUS is onboard, they may use a different one for security
- VENUS indicates a training mission Side note: if anyone is a front end dev or knows react/vue we need you for a project. Happy flying!
RC-135S flying northwest from Offutt AFB: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae01d7
"The RC-135S Cobra Ball is a rapidly deployable aircraft, which flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets."
Two more E-6B Mercurys in the air: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae040e,ae041b
"The E-6B is a dual-mission aircraft capable of fulfilling either the TACAMO ("Take Charge and Move Out") mission or the airborne strategic command post mission and is equipped with an airborne launch control system (ALCS). TACAMO links the NCA (National Command Authority) with naval ballistic missile forces during times of crisis. The ALCS is capable of launching U.S. land based intercontinental ballistic missiles."
Love the addition of the plane details, thanks