Flightradar24 Interesting Finds

[Highlandr]

Another "Doomsday" plane flew over this morning. Left Robbins AFB south of Macon, GA going northeast. When it got over the Del/Mar/Va peninsula it turned WNW and eventually landed at Wright-Patterson AFB outside of Dayton, OH.

 

[Highlandr]

Certainly a distinct sound when going overhead.

Aircraft | Gauntlet Aerospace

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[Highlandr]

Late last week I saw this thing off the coast of NC/SC.

I had no idea there were private aerial refueling contractors.

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OMEGA AERIAL REFUELING SERVICES THE GLOBAL LEADER IN CONTRACTED AERIAL REFUELING UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE 65+ Aircraft Pairings 10,500 Missions 370,000,000 lbs of Fuel 100,000 Plugs 96% Mission Completion Rate Since 2000, Omega Aerial Refueling Services, Inc. (OARS) has been the leader in...

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Of course who/whatever they're training with won't squawk.

Then today there was this one.

 

[Redbug]

Late last week I saw this thing off the coast of NC/SC.

I had no idea there were private aerial refueling contractors.

Home - Omega Air Refueling

OMEGA AERIAL REFUELING SERVICES THE GLOBAL LEADER IN CONTRACTED AERIAL REFUELING UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE 65+ Aircraft Pairings 10,500 Missions 370,000,000 lbs of Fuel 100,000 Plugs 96% Mission Completion Rate Since 2000, Omega Aerial Refueling Services, Inc. (OARS) has been the leader in...

www.omegaairrefueling.com

Of course who/whatever they're training with won't squawk.

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Then today there was this one.

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That's new to me as well!

 

[dmccarty]

I have seen Omega since I started "watching" the flights. At least a year or two. I always see them flying offshore and it looks like they are based at Myrtle Beach, SC since they always seem to be down that way and using the airport.

The US has contracted out flight refueling and adversary aircraft. The adversary planes seem to be flying out of Kinston, NC. I have seen A4s, Mirages, and Kifir's. Sometimes, I see a Lear jet flying patterns offshore. I assume they are either watching the exercises or maybe providing some sort of simulated attack/response.

Lots of interesting stuff going on offshore. And usually you can't see the real fighter aircraft, just the adversary planes, AWACs, tankers, drones, etc.