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Early morning departure for Israeli AF IAF695 707 Re’em tanker from Dover AFB
IAF 695 707 Re’em tanker departed Birmingham Intl Airport to Tel Aviv
It appears it was going to land at RAF Honington earlier on inbound and was doing roundies (6) just south of it. I’m guessing they did not get clearance from RAF ATC so had to go to civil airport and the roundies was when the “negotiating” was going on. You don’t cross the Atlantic (likely fully loaded out of Dover-because it left just after 1AM EST) and then do runway roundies after that crossing-appears RAF ATC doesn’t want the optics of a 707 loaded with weapons on its base-it would be easily visible from the “A”roads/area as it arrived during daylight hours
It landed at Birmingham earlier today cap 2
Missed from last bread and cap 3, cap 4 is AC
45in N895MM Hawker Beechcraft in transit from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids-eastern Iowa Airport