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!
E-4B "Doomsday plane" flying east from Offutt AFB: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfeb6
"The E-4B serves as the National Airborne Operations Center and is a key component of the National Military Command System for the President, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In case of national emergency or destruction of ground command and control centers, the aircraft provides a highly survivable command, control and communications center to direct U.S. forces, execute emergency war orders and coordinate actions by civil authorities."
This seems like a very big deal right?
It is always a little bit of a big deal for this particular plane to fly, but it does do a few flights every week. It is very expensive to fly, but they need to train and make sure everything is in working order. Keep an eye on it, though, you never know when it will end up somewhere odd
Gas is still cheap. Gotta get those hours in before the green new deal kicks in!