AFSOC tail 99-6143 returning trip to JBA, from Tuscan. She made the trek to AZ this morning. Spent several hours there. This is special bird.
Two aircraft have been identified as being operated by the 486th FLTS, both of them either C-32B or 757 former-airliners. Both wear non-descript all-white paint schemes. Boeing 757-23A, serial number 02-4452, marked 24452, is apparently c/n 25493/523, ex-N84WA, originally delivered to Ansett Worldwide as N59AW on 26 February 1993, and which passed through six different owner / operators, with seven different registration numbers, the most recent of which was the enigmatically named Kodiak Associates LLC. Boeing 757-23A, serial number 02-5001, marked 25001, c/n 25494/611, is ex-N987AN, originally delivered to Avianca on 22 April 1994, and which passed through the hands of Raytheon E-Systems, but which has also been reported carrying 98–6006, 99–6143, 00–9001, but, most usually, 02-5001. The C-32B aircraft are reported to use the callsigns TERRA, DACTYL and FUME. The callsign JENNA, used by non-FBI aircraft engaged in Federal Bureau of Investigation operations, has also been recorded."