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Planefag Africa/Yerp/Med Activity:
German AF GAF949 A330 and French AF CTM0006 Falcon 900 NW from Addis Abbas, Ethiopia-also GAF879 A321neo west from Koln
Germany and France dispatch envoys to Ethiopia soon after China's charm offensive
Germany and France sent their foreign affairs ministers to Ethiopia on an EU diplomatic offensive. China avoids talking about AU's push for a permanent AU Security Council seat. Africa is at the centre of opposing forces in global affairs. A day after the Chinese foreign affairs minister landed in Addis Ababa on a charm offensive, Germany and France dispatched their counterparts on a similar joint mission to Ethiopia, representing the European Union (EU)'s interests.
https://www.news24.com/news24/africa/news/germany-and-france-dispatch-envoys-to-ethiopia-soon-after-chinas-charm-offensive-20230112
Russian AF 64926 Tupolev T-154 back to Moscow from Sochi depart/overnight and earlier a T-204 returned from a trip east back to Vnukovo Int'l Airport
French AF CTM2035 A400m east back to Orleans after a ground stop/load out at Rzsesow Airport, Poland also Italian AF IAM3115 Falcon 900 stopped at Rzsezow and back at Rome
Turkish AF J001 Citation C-680 on descent for Ankara from Istanbul-mebby Erdogan-as Italian AF IAM3135 A319 left Ankara after a stop of 7 hours or so
Planefag CONUS Activity:
COBRA36 WC-135 Constant Phoenix 'Nuke Sniffer' (3=C,6=F: Clinton Foundation) SE from Offutt off FL eastern coast, SAM993 C-40B ES from Scott AFBm some PAT actitivity PAT008 super King Air departed Orlando with 008 arriving at same, PAT779 and 823 NW from Greenville, S.C-Donaldson Center Airport, GROWN76 E-6B Mercury over SW FL from San Juan, PR depart-other SAMs from yesterday still at locations reported from last
Constant Phoenix
The aircraft is a modified C-135B or EC-135C platform. The Constant Phoenix's modifications are primarily related to its on-board atmospheric collection suite, which allows the mission crew to detect radioactive "clouds" in real time. The aircraft is equipped with external flow-through devices to collect particulates on filter paper and a compressor system for whole air samples collected in holding spheres. The cockpit crew is from the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and special equipment operators are assigned to Det. 1, Air Force Technical Applications Center at Offutt AFB. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commissioned the Constant Phoenix program on Sept. 16, 1947, when he charged the Army Air Forces with the overall responsibility for detecting atomic explosions anywhere in the world. In September 1949, a WB-29 flying between Alaska and Japan detected nuclear debris from Russia's first atomic test–an event thought not possible until mid-1950.
Beginning in August 1950, WB-50 aircraft were converted for the air-sampling mission over a two-year period. WC-135 aircraft began replacing the WB-50s in December 1965 and became the workhorse of the atmospheric collection program.
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https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104494/wc-135-constant-phoenix/
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The Real Victims of the False Missile Alert Were Hawaiian Masturbators
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/01/pornhub-views-spiked-in-hawaii-after-false-missile-alarm.html