I love plane things, but I'm not great at it and restricted air space is one of my absolute blind spots. If it's looking for a downed airplane, as another user pointed out, would that give them the ability to go into a 'no-fly-zone' that surrounds Trump's residence?
I don't think he's at Mar-A-Lago, but this adds to the discourse I think as Trump carries a bubble of 'no fly zone' around him now
Yes! I put that in the comments RIGHT away because it is almost surely a rescue op or a patrol, but it helps address the question of Trump's location and whether there is restricted airspace or not.
I don't know where Trump is, but would this helicopter have to follow restrictions if he was a no-fly target?
That palm beach shores area is mar-a-lago and that helicopter has been there for a half hour. It is MOST LIKELY a water rescue search, but the coincidence is too close for me not to point it out. Especially considering there are only a handful of military planes in the world taking flight tonight. Track it here: https://www.radarbox.com/@26.54723,-80.32483,z10
Sorry, I guess it wasn't that great. I deleted it I don't want to waste anyone's time. I was honestly excited to see it because if Trump is at maralago the airspace use is limited. It's abnormal for helicopters emitting military frequencies to hover over exactly where he lives. I didn't stop to think that something exciting for me might not be for everyone else.
I'm not a mod they grabbed me because I'm into planes and they wanted a daily post because they were sick of multiple plane posts. I have no idea why they unstickied it today after they gave me instructions on what they wanted in the post, it's fully out of my control. I will send them a message and try and get things fixed but I don't think the mods work together very much on here at all, or at least that is my takeaway
No clue. The Nightwatch are based in Nebraska at Offut and THE night watch usually splits it's time between Offut and TX. To go from NE to FL and then back up to Wright there must be something it's picking up or escorting? Maybe they are placing it for some future op?
I think a lot of this is moving troops out of DC
A globemaster is headed south out of DC. Maybe to Brazil where the Hercules is flying? https://www.radarbox.com/flight/ELVIS66
That looks like it's exactly where it landed.
One of the HUSKRs at least is the NE national guard's plane, I think they are picking them up and bringing them home
I don't think that's AF2, but still an airforce plane used for maybe cabinet members? It took a really weird pattern, though, so worth keeping an eye on! I think it's landing in Pensacola
Oh neat, I didn't know that! Thank you!
See that, too. They all came from NE and stopped briefly in DC, I'm guessing a pickup or a drop-off. Weird that they would run all of these planes together
There's a Hercules riding next to it, too
EDIT: I think they may have picked up the NE national guard
It's been operating as GORDO16 for about a week now. Maybe it changed when it took off in FL, sometimes the radars don't pick up the callsigns right away.
There is a line of hercules and KC-135Rs that originated around nebraska, did a swing through DC, and are headed back in the direction of NE. Drill maybe?
This planes been flying pretty regularly. The big guy doesn't fly as often because it costs a fortune
They all took slightly different paths and made a hook through DC. Someone who is better than me at this might have a good idea, but it appears to be running a pattern either as a drill or for a mission. There's a Teton that's following similar
that plane looks like it is coming from Grand Rapids, MI. It made a big swing through Miami and is headed back up for some reason Edit: plane is registered in Grand Rapids, it's civilian. https://flightaware.com/photos/view/49689-1213657425-b78f11da06c5b23761533ff856bc0206667682a8/aircrafttype/LJ40
They very, but this doomsday plane has been flying pretty regularly this last week. It spent some time in NC, then went to NE and then down to FL
So this isn't the big guy doomsday plane. These are all called Nightwatch but the E4B 95-0125 is THE doomsday plane. it is the only one of its kind and has defense against nuclear emps. There are 3 other planes that can be used as general doomsday planes. 73-1677 which is in FL where the 0787 just took off from, the 0787, and the 73-1676 which was last seen in San Antonio
AF2 was spotted in CO on the 22nd and was headed back to what appears to be DC yesterday but the transponders were turned off around OH
EDIT: it was using callsign SAM600 so a VIP was likely onboard
https://twitter.com/EvilBill_wx/status/1352693220388569088?s=20
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