Planefags: KC-135 Stratotanker making perfect circles over NYC right now
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Tankers lingering over an area usually means Fighters are active
I live in New Hampshire and two fighter jets just flew over our house heading west
Lots of training routes in the White Mountains region. Been hearing and seeing them there for many years. Let us know if it keeps happening though.
Thanks for sharing.
Fast air must be up.
The KC 135 RT is a variation of the KC 135 R which can also receive a refueling probe itself. It's a refueler that can be refueled and is usually attached to Special Operations. Also if you see a refueler on radar there are usually receivers (fighters) you don't see.
Comms?
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It looks like a training flight, but most I've seen do the loops not to far from home base. This plane was from Pittsburgh.
More fighter activity because of the UN shindig.
Could we possibly be about to get our “scare event?”
That's extremely busy airspace over New York City. Maybe switching off the ADS-B info, is a no go for this one.
Could be in a holding pattern waiting for clearance to land or vectoring from ATC (air traffic control) OR waiting for smaller AC to get refueled.