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TRAY07 US Navy E-6B Mercury with some runway shots at SoCal Logistics Airport at Victorville
A spoopy place dat....
Used to be George AFB until the early 90's and a staging facility for several branches of military currently
They done and nw
72094 Border Patrol Lakota to the east of the Otay Mesa Border Truck Crossing
Usually these are out and back type of flights. Appears they were looking for something and have finished
This is where POTUS inspected the original prototypes for the wall construction in 2018.
Red dot in cap 2
SAM401 USAF G5 ne out of JBA and likely heading across the pond
This AC departed Salt Lake City after an overnight back to JBA yesterday-Hickam AFB, Oahu depart prior. It departed JBA on 1230 with a ground stop at Stockton Metro, CA prior to Hickam arrival.
99th Airlift Squadron which is part of the 89th Airlift Wing based at JBA
The squadron operates specially configured aircraft on Special Air Missions (SAM) directed by HQ USAF supporting the President, Vice President, and other US and foreign senior diplomats. Selectively manned aircrews are responsible for the detailed planning and execution of sensitive missions of national and international consequence. The crew establishes direct coordination with numerous agencies to include Headquarters United States Air Force, embassies, and Congressional offices. Crews conduct these global missions isolated from normal supply and command and control structures. The aircrews accomplish Special Air Missions (SAM) into unfamiliar airfields, in all weather conditions, with 99.5% reliability and often while the world is literally watching. The crews obtain diplomatic clearances and coordinate all en route support requirements essential to mission accomplishment.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/index.html
nite all
anyone around if ya see where this goes mebby drop it in.
Shannon, Ireland or Ramstein if it stops soon after the crossing likely
morning all
BLKWF12 USAF GLEX E-11A BACN out in the Gulf from Al Dhafra AB
Bombardier E-11A is the military variant of the civil Bombardier BD-700 Global Express for use as overhead communications-relay platform in southwest Asia. The BD-700 was selected due to its high service ceiling, up to 51,000 ft and up to 12 hours flight duration. Initially aircraft was designated as RC-700 under the reconnaissance classification but later was re-designated as the E-11A under the special electronics installations category. The E-11A is a U.S. Air Force aircraft that provides unparalleled communications capabilities to forces on the ground and aircraft in the air. Commonly known as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, this aircraft extends the range of communications channels and enables better communication among units. This element is essential where the terrain may disrupt communications channels and it enables ground forces to know what is around them when something is not in their line of sight.
https://worldofaviation.net/bombardier-e-11a-bacn/
91-504 USAF RC-26B Swearingen Metro appears over eastern U.A.E. heading west
Wut I can find is that this AC is primarily used for Drug Interdiction Missions.
Was probably in Afghanistan is muh guess-data incomplete
02-5001 USAFSOC C-32B departed Eglin AFB and on descent for Bragg
China Oil Majors May Face U.S. Delisting After NYSE Drops Telcos
Chinese oil majors may be next in line for delisting in the U.S. after the New York Stock Exchange said last week it would remove the Asian nation’s three biggest telecom companies.
China’s largest offshore oil producer CNOOC Ltd. could be most at risk as it’s on the Pentagon’s list of companies it says are owned or controlled by Chinese military, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Henik Fung. PetroChina Co. Ltd. and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., also known as Sinopec, may also be under threat as the energy sector is crucial to China’s military, he said.
“More Chinese companies could get delisted in the U.S. and the oil majors could come as the next wave,” said Steven Leung, executive director at UOB Kay Hian in Hong Kong. At the same time, the impact of removing the telecom firms is probably minimal as they were thinly-traded in the U.S. and they haven’t raised much funds there, he said.
The NYSE said it would delist the telecom operators to comply with a U.S. executive order imposing restrictions on companies identified as affiliated with the Chinese military. China Mobile Ltd., China Telecom Corp Ltd. and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. would all be suspended from trading between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11, and proceedings to delist them have started, the exchange said. China’s Ministry of Commerce responded on Saturday, saying the country would take necessary action to protect the rights of Chinese companies and it hoped the two countries could work together to create a fair and predictable environment for businesses and investors.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military in a bid to pressure Beijing over what it views as abusive business practices. The order prohibited U.S. investors from buying and selling shares in a list of Chinese companies designated by the Pentagon as having military ties.
China’s Foreign Ministry later accused the U.S. of “viciously slandering” its military-civilian integration policies and vowed to protect the country’s companies. Chinese officials have also threatened to respond to previous Trump administration actions with their own blacklist of U.S. companies.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-oil-majors-may-face-u-s-delisting-after-nyse-drops-telcos-1.1543316
working on the second one
SAM486 USAF G5 west from JBA depart
02-5001 USAFSOC C-32B has landed at Bragg
91-0504 USAF Metro is on approach for Al Udeid AB Doha, Qatar-should be on ground about now
gettin' followed nao?
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SAM184 USAF C-40B departed Burbank Airport east after an overnight-inbound from JBA yesterday
>told him bring me pepsi in 10
That musta been fun!
I don't drive much any moar-don't have to.
SAM487 USAF G5 departed JBA ne after SAM486 out and nw..continues at 40k/ft
Chinese bids on Pacific cable raise alarm in US and Australia
Moves by Chinese corporations to buy into undersea cable projects and telecommunications companies in the Pacific islands have become a point of major concern for Australia and the U.S. over the possibility of spying. This region has long been the backyard of Canberra and Washington. But they increasingly find themselves fighting over influence with Beijing, which has strengthened its presence there by building infrastructure.
The U.S. has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a bid by China's Huawei Marine to build a $72.6 million undersea cable linking the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati and Nauru, Reuters reported. Washington sent a diplomatic note to Micronesia in July expressing strategic concerns about the project as Huawei Marine and other Chinese companies are required to cooperate with Beijing's intelligence and security services, the report said, citing sources. It noted in a follow-up report that Republican senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio told Micronesia in a letter dated Sept. 18 that China could leverage its way into the project to wage "campaigns of espionage and geopolitical coercion." Huawei Marine used to be under the umbrella of Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker that has been targeted by U.S. sanctions, before it was acquired by China's Hengtong Group.
The East Micronesia Cable project is backed by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. The bidding process ended in May and the World Bank and ADB are currently reviewing the bid evaluation report, according to sources. An undersea cable is needed to improve the weak telecommunications infrastructure in the Pacific islands. Such equipment is important from a security standpoint due to the massive volume of data that flows through it. Because Washington is responsible for Micronesia's defense under a decades-old agreement, it apparently has concerns that Beijing will be able to get its hands on military and other classified information. "Companies that are required to cooperate with their home government's intelligence agencies and to conceal such cooperation, as is the case with Chinese companies, pose risks to the integrity and security of data travelling through undersea cable systems," said Michael Shoebridge at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Australia has removed Huawei Marine from an undersea cable project in the past. In 2018, it decided to finance construction of an undersea cable between Sydney, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and excluded Huawei Marine, which had already received an order from the Solomon Islands. And in October, it decided to finance the connection of a submarine internet cable to the Pacific island nation of Palau along with the U.S. and Japan. There has also been talk of Chinese companies entering the mobile-phone business in the Pacific islands. Australian media reported that China Mobile is interested in acquiring the Pacific operations of Jamaica's Digicel. A spokesperson for Digicel confirmed to Nikkei that the telecom has received unsolicited approaches from a number of parties with respect to its Pacific operations. The spokesperson declined to comment further as discussions with the parties are confidential.
Digicel is believed to control 90% of the mobile market in Papua New Guinea and more than half in Vanuatu and Tonga. The Australian government is considering offering financial support to local bidders circling the Pacific operations of Digicel to block Chinese companies from acquiring the politically sensitive assets, according to the Australian Financial Review. South Pacific island nations have come to the forefront in the battle for dominance between the U.S. and China, and hold geopolitical significance for Washington and its ally Canberra. Beijing held a videoconference with 10 of the region's 14 island countries in late November. Even though the topic of the meeting was the coronavirus pandemic, the joint press release issued afterward included a line stating that "Pacific Island Countries reaffirmed to uphold the One China principle," which asserts that Taiwan is an inalienable part of a single China.
The proposed site of the facility is only about 200 km from Australian shores. The possibility has been floated of the Chinese side building a port for this business, which could further stoke tensions in the area.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Chinese-bids-on-Pacific-cable-raise-alarm-in-US-and-Australia
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MCFAMC USAF C-17 Globemaster departed Okinawa-Kadena AB sw to Diego Garcia (red dot)
These are not visible berry often but they do make some regular trips to Diego and back