Thank you so much for this explanation and putting the parentheses behind the plane types! Short and simple like this goes a long ways for all of the newbies here like myself.

These plane posts are very difficult without any context or explanation. The newbies know this stuff is important but we have no idea what any of it means. Yes, we can look it up and see what these planes are, but that still doesn’t give us any context about why they might be up or why it’s unusual or important or what they might be doing. And honestly, I’m not going to spend 30 minutes researching different types of planes just so I can understand a post.

So thank you again. This is very much appreciated.

A few questions for you:

Are these planes considered military, or Air Force, or is there a distinction between the two?

Why is this activity not an indicator that things are going down today? Is it because they still have their transponders on?

What do you believe this activity means? Setting up for something?

Thank you so much for this explanation and putting the parentheses behind the plane types! Short and simple like this goes a long ways for all of the newbies here like myself.

These plane posts are very difficult without any context or explanation. The newbies know this stuff is important but we have no idea what any of it means. Yes, we can look it up and see what these planes are, but that still doesn’t give us any context about why they might be up or why it’s unusual or important or what they might be doing. And honestly, I’m not going to spend 30 minutes researching different types of planes just so I can understand a post.

So thank you again. This is very much appreciated.

A few questions for you: Are these planes considered military, or Air Force, or is there a distinction between the two? Why is this activity not an indicator that things are going down today? Is it because they still have their transponders on? What do you believe this activity means? Setting up for something?