Hints and tips all about planefagging to be put here.

Getting Started with Planefagging

Useful web sites:

ADS-B Exchange - learn how to use the filters

Radarbox - flight scanning

Flightaware - very useful for flight histories and arrivals lists

Flightradar24 - flight scanning

You also need to be able to spot unusual patterns, things that 'don't look right' against the backdrop. It's a skill you can develop and eventually you develop a 'usual suspects list' that KAF R1 has that we watch.

German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Swiss Air Force and French Air Farce aren't to be trusted. 2-reg planes are 'wheelmen' for the wealthy, such as Soros as they can't travel via normal routes. 2-reg planes are 'military' and can bypass some customs checks (hint).

ATC Live can be useful if you know a happening is going on around an airport. Listening to the Tower can provide insight.

Anything else, just ask. Kekistan Recon 1 can always use new recruits.

More Planefagging Stuff

Helicopters (helos) - groups of helos, particularly Medevac or Mercy Flight ones, should attract attention. This may indicate arrests or renditions, as Q etc. won't use military helos for that as a Black Hawk gets the wrong sort of attention and freaks the straights. Someone from a Medevac helo that "Wants to take you to a place of safety" doesn't attract so much suspicion.

Tankers, Poseidons, Nightwatches and Mercurys all mean something military is going on. Fighters don't usually squawk on ADS-B, they only have IFF (although an F-15 called DARK21 did squawk in the UK a few times around Christmas). Remember, you only get to see what they want you to see.

It's all in the patterns and follow your instincts. If you think it's post-worthy, put it up and your squadron colleagues will assist and guide you.

More shared experience.

Tracking Planes

I use Flightaware to track aircraft that are obviously of interest or are on long-haul flights, as it provides better tracking of flights when the ADS-B ping drops off over the coast, or over remote areas where there are no ADS-B transponders..

ADS-B Exchange will just show the end of the trail, whereas Fkightaware will attempt to give you an estimated track until a new ping is heard. Leaving the window open will also allow you to monitor Flightaware for when the ping returns.

Flightradar allows you to select a 'species' of plane (such as helicopter), or a specific type of plane. Executive jets of interest are Cessna Citations, Learjets, Dassault Falcons and similar, particularly if they aren't showing a call sign or may show 'Blocked' on Flightradar. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies may charter these types of planes and if you see two in formation with 'Blocked' call signs, this may be an escorted flight. It's worth comparing Radarbox to Flightradar to ensure that you aren't just picking up an ADS-B echo though, we've seen this happen.

Executive jets associated with big money (e.g. banks and trustees) are also of interest, particularly since the Wells Fargo exec was sucked out of that plane and killed. Planes are leased and mortgaged and banks/trustees have an interest in this market.

Flight History

For some aircraft of interest, It's worth downloading the flight log. Flightaware and ADS-B Exchange, along with ADS-B.nl for military planes, are invaluable for this. Retaining the history allows us to go back in the future and compare what we saw with actual events.

Screenshots

Any aircraft of interest should be 'tagged and bagged' with a screenshot. I use Paint, but any simple graphics that you can cut and paste into is good enough. Please mark any targets or destinations of interest on your screenshot and provide some context as to why this was interesting to you.

Why aren't some Air Forces trustworthy?

This is a bugbear of mine. I've seen too much of the French Air Farce, the Swiss and the Germans sneaking off to unusual places such as Argentina, Kazakhstan and the like. ASsk yourself why do the Swiss need an air force? SImple answer is that they don't, as they remain neutral in wars, but they do need the military facility to bypass Customs and Immigration, in a way similar to the 2-reg planes.

Routine Flights

As you watch the skies, you'll start to see regular patterns. The British, Qataris, German, Belgian and French Air Forces regularly fly to the US and they participate in training exercises.

=Very Unusual Planes==

From time to time, you'll see Israeli Kafirs, Hawker Hunters and even MiG-21s over the US. These are used by ATAC and are also used ij Top Gun exercises to allow fighter pilots to gain experience in jets with different abilities. Don't panic if you see them!1

Spoopy Activity

Any planes that have to 'Go Around' or that may have been diverted/refused landing permission are very interesting, as these may indicate a happening. Tag and bag these for future reference.

Some planes may also try to keep flying below 4000ft as this may cause ASDS-B to fall off. I have personal experience of seeing 2-reg planes do this and it sticks out a mile. Always tag and bag these.

Squawks

On ADS-B exchange, you may see a plane 'squawk' 7600, 7770 or similar. These indicate an emergency and should be monitored, although some pilots manage to squawk 7700 while they are still setting the plane up on the tarmac.

Drones and UAVs

Drones and UAVs always indicate military activity. PIZZA13 was one drone that captured our attention at the time certain other events related to pizza were going on. If you see a UAV, screenshot it as it indicates that events are being monitored by the military. You may also see P-8 Poseidons, P-3 Orions, along with other surveillance and intel gathering planes such as Sentrys, Nightwatches, Sentinels, Joint Rivets, AWACS, Hawkeyes and Mercurys. Always worth screenshotting these.

I can see where you are coming from with regard to colonial commitments (e.g. the French with Senegal etc.), however, seeing the Netherlands, German, French and Belgian air forces all landing at Buenos Aires isn't normal.

Similarly, anything that the Swiss Air Force exec jets (SUI001, SUI003 etc.) are up to isn't normal.

On Flightradar, selecting CL for Cessna and LJ for Learjet or FA for Falcon in the aircraft filter will make it easier to spot exec jets.

Swiss Air Force in Iran. They were involved in US prisoners being released from Iran.

>>1318110

It generally means that there is no accurate fix, or that the plane is not transmitting it's ADS-B squawk ID or callsign correctly. It's a tag for incomplete data.

Riddle me this; what's wrong with this picture and why would this air force need one of these?

Answer - it's an FA/18 Hornet and the Swiss have no aircraft carriers, for obvious reasons… their early attempts were not very successful…

Some moral support for you all…

To my fellow Planefags, I love you all..

Red Arrow out.

OK the next posts are from one day's planefagging and would even tests pro planefaggers like me. Remember this is one day… 14th May.

Yes, it can get VERY busy…

Another interesting capture from today.

Reference Documents

These are aircraft rtegistries for Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. There are approx. 1200 aircraft in here that have magically been granted 'Military' status by being registered in these islands.

These islands are also self-governing, to an extent. These registers are highly dig-worthy for finding out who is into Global scale money laundering and Do-Baddery.

NEW SPOOPY PLANE REGISTRY

AIR SERVICE LIEGE, BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS

These are the fleet markings that I've discovered so far.

OO-GEE, OO-STE, PH-PKX, OO-ASL, OO-CEJ, PH-VBG, OO-PRM, OO-ACC, PH-HWM, PH-FJK, OO-XLS, PH-DWS, OO-VMF, PH-MYX, OO-AMR, PH-MFX, OO-NEY, OO-IDE, OO-LET, OO-ACO, OO-PXK, OO-ARO, OO-GMJ and OO-ACC.

I don't know at this stage if these have 'Military' rating or not, this needs to be confirmed one way or the other.

Website:- http://www.aslgroup.eu/

Good hunting!

K, so OCD got the better and I had to log the Silkway Cargo planes from YT. Here's what I have for the last month or so.

VP-BCR - Schipol - 23 May 18

EC-MJS - Dhaka - 21 May 18

VQ-BWY - Montreal - 4 Jun 18

VQ-BVC - Kansai - 16 Jun 18

RA-76511 (also marked as EW-583TH) - Doncaster - 11 Jun 18

4K - A260 - Belgrade - 9 Jun 18

4k - SW008 - Komatsu - 2 Jun 18

From the Silkway website I gleaned the following tail numbers.

I-SWIA, VQ-BVB, 4k - SW800, RA- 86563,

I'm putting these out for the Planefags to make note of, Silkway Cargo may be one of the ways that they are shipping weapons and other stuff around using Azerbaijan aircraft.

Planefags, we must be on to something as the shills have started to brigade us. Ignore them and focus on the mission, 'Follow the money' on the 2-planes and report interesting or relevant military plane movements.

Hold your course, stay in formation and see the mission through, over.

>>2353367

Roger that! Very interdasting….

I think the key to this is determining the staging points. We know that flight originate from military installations or regional airports, such as

Norfolk Chambers KNGU

Andrews Joint Base ADW

Manassas Field KHEF

Patuxent Naval Station NHK

Fort Lauderdale FLL

Jacksonville KNIP

Miami KMIA

Checking the Departure tables for these may provide a clue.

These and knowing the airlines used may help us find the transfer flights. Flights that have exec jet escort are also highly probable to have targets aboard.

>>2554853

That's either a CASA 235/295 or a C-130 Hercules, I can't tell from the photo. CASAs have two engines, C-130s have four.

>>2554853

It could even be an Alenia Spartan, the shape is similar to a lot of military trasports.

Alenia Spartan

CASA 235

C-130 Hercules

Some Anons were discussing a Northrop Grumman E-8 JSTARS aircraft yesterday. I thought it might help if I try to unravel some of these acronyms that the military use.

JSTARS - Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System

This aircraft is all about command and control, mixed with signals intelligence and target spotting. This aircraft can interact with other signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft like the Beech 300 MARSS.

MARSS

Medium Altitude Reconnaisance and Surveillance System. This is a smaller aircraft that can be deployed in larger numbers to form a surveillance or command and control network, totally independent of any other communications systems except other aircraft such as JSTARS, TACOMO or Nightwatch.

E-6 Mercury TACOMO

TACOMO stands for TAke COmmand and Move Out. This is nicknamed "The Doomsday Plane" , as this is what would take over in a war situation if ground command posts are knocked out. This plane site at the top of the military communications tree.

E-4B Nightwatch

This the NCA's "Doomsday Plane". This plane is where the President, Secretary of Defense etc. could be if war had broken out and nuclear weapons were in play. Think of it as the White House in the air.

E-3 Sebtry (AWACS)

This plane is the Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft. These would be deployed off the coast to act as high-altitude radar stations during a conflict, to warn of inbound enemy aircraft and/or missiles. Sentries guard the perimeter, hence the name.

P-8 Poseidon

The premier sub-hunting aircraft. This plane took over from the older P-3 Orions as the long-range naval reconnaisance and patrol aircraft. Some P-3s are still out there, but they are being phased out.

If you want to know anything more about a particular aircraft, please post in here and we'll answer your questions.

Just uploaded the 1st August update for Guernsey.

JSOC - Joint Special Operations Command

JSOC (pronounced 'jaysock') was established in 1980 in the aftermath of the failed attempt by US Special Operations Forces to rescue American hostages held in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw).

JSOC is designed as a common command structure between Army, Air Force and Navy Special Operations elements. As can be deduced from its subordinate units, JSOC's current focus is thought to be counter terrorism. JSOC is a component of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM)

JSOC - sometimes referred to as the National Mission Force - is based at Pope Air Force Base and at Fort Bragg, both of which are in North Carolina.

JSOC - Components

JSOC has the following units under its umbrella:

1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force )

Regimental Reconnaissance Company (75th Ranger Regiment)

Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)

Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) (SEAL Team 6)

24th Special Tactics Squadron

(USAF Combat Controllers / Pararescuemen)

When operating as part of a JSOC task force, attached supporting units such as elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment will fall under control of JSOC. Special Forces CIF companies may also be temporarily brought in for JSOC operations.

Lesser known JSOC components include:

Joint Communications Unit (JCU)

The Joint Communcations Unit (JCU) provides global signals support for JSOC operations. The JCU provides communication links between JSOC elements and, if needed, other parties. It is based at Fort Bragg but may deploy detachments in support of JSOC operations anywhere in the world. JCU communicators graduate from the Special Operations Radio Operators Course, a 6-month training program which teaches the required technical skills. The course also teaches advanced tactics, driving and marksmanship. JCU personnel may attend other military schools such as airborne training.

Aviation Tactics and Evaluation Group (AVTEG)

AVTEG analysises JSOC's avaiation needs, sources aircraft and provides highly skilled pilots. This secretive unit is believed to be organized into 3 battalions. Elements include, among others, an Air Logistics Division, Strike Warfare Division and a Rotary Wing Assault Operations Branch. AVTEG tested the stealth black hawk helicopters employed in the raid that killed Bin Laden.

66th Air Operations Squadron (66th AOS)

Based at Pope AFB, the 66th Air Operations Squadron flies C-130 and other transport aircraft in support of JSOC missions.

Technical Applications Program Office (TAPO)

Procures and deploys new technology for JSOC aviation elements. Such activities included fitting a special SIGINT collection package to RC-12 Guardrail aircraft operated by the ISA.

Ground Applications Program Office (GAPO)

Develops and fields technological programs in support of Delta Force and other JSOC elements.

JSOC Intelligence Brigade (JIB)

Stood up in 2008, the JSOC Intelligence Brigade analyzes intelligence from a wide variety of sources and desminates it throughout JSOC. The brigade features planning, interrogations and intelligence support divisions.

Other units that are either detached to or directly support JSOC include:

PSYOPs

JSOC is provided Military Information Support Operations (MISO, previously known as PSYOPs) by a division within the Intelligence and Operational Security Directorate (ISOD).

Army Compartmented Element (ACE)

ACE is an United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) directorate involved with providing intelligence for Army special operations units. Within ACE is a unit known simply by its abbreviations, BI. This secretive cell is beleved to be staffed by undercover female intelligence collectors and interrogators.

Note: It has been rumoured that Delta Force has also been known as Army Compartmented Element (ACE). This confusion may have been the result of a deliberate effort to obscure any open source reference to one or both units, although it may simply be a case of someone seeing the ACE's listing in Fort Bragg's phone directory and assuming this was Delta Force's new cover name.

CURRENT AIRLINES FLYING TO GITMO

ABX - Abex Air (Part of Air Transport International)

ATN - Air Transport International

BSK - Biscayne (Miami Air International)

CSQ - Chasqui (IBC Airways)

EGS - Envoy Air

SCX - Sun Country Airways

I discovered today that Sun Country Airways fly law student observers to Military trials out to Guantanamo and that First Class on these flights is reserved for victim's families.

>>2692854

A new airline was spotted tonight with a flight to Gitmo. GTI - Atlas Air 'Giant' with flight GTI8808.

Another one to watch for.

We have another new airline serving Guantanamo Bay - airline prefix NCR - National Air Cargo.

Update on AZAZ0909 flights.

There are now five planes that are using this call sign and flying out of Davison Army Air Field. The tail numbers are:-

00-01053, 98-00007, 98-00009, 97-00104 and 01-00301.

>>5003951

It's likely to be related to the unrest in Venezuela, or he gold shipment being blocked from VZ at the moment.