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!
U.S. drone over south Chyna sea: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae5c76
At least according to twatter planefags that is MQ-4C Triton.
"Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) provides real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) over vast ocean and coastal regions. Triton is equipped with a unique and robust mission sensor suite that provides 360-degree coverage on all sensors, providing unprecedented maritime domain awareness for the U.S. Navy."