RARE bird sighting
Bombardier Global Express E-11 BACN VELCRO1 going thru testing over White Sands.
That aircraft is the E-11A (Bombardier Global 6000 advanced ultra long-range business jets that have been modified by the U.S. Air Force to accomodate Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payload). All of the four U.S. Air Force’s E-11A aircraft with the BACN payload are assigned to the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron and operate solely out of Kandahar Airfield.
Missions flown by the BACN platforms (E-11A and EQ-4 assigned to 380th Air Expeditionary Wing based at Al Dhafra Air Base to support Operation Inherent Resolve) are extremely important: they act as a technological “gateway” system that allows aircraft with incompatible radio systems and datalinks to transfer information and communicate.
Boeing E-4B Nightwatch CLUB25 keeping an eye on the skies over central CONUS..
Looks like a shift change with RC-135W Rivet Joints REDEYE6 and JAKE12 and E-3 Sentrys NATO01 and NATO02 over eastern border to Poland and Ukraine.