Military Aviation is Busy Today

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/01/2020 at 11:21 • Filed to: None

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These are all military or official government flights. Aside from the normal clusters of training flights you usually see in OK and AL/FL, there’s just a lot of activity. Even the Buffs from Barksdale are up today.

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Edit: Ooh, and a couple of F-35s over England.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:29

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Prep for fly overs on Saturday?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:30

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Russians put bounties on our servicemen...

China’s cracking down on free speech in HK...

ttyymmnn > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/01/2020 at 11:31

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No idea.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 07/01/2020 at 11:32

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Chinese and Indian troops massing at their Himalayan border

As for HK, we don’t care about political freedoms any more. There was a time when we supported that sort of thing. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:34

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That was a crazy story - hand-to-hand combat with rocks and sticks!

It’s no coincidence that they’re using this time (global pandemic, racial unrest) under this president to make these moves.

PowderHound > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:34

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Looks like one big boy possibly dropping bombs over dugway

user314 > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/01/2020 at 11:36

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1st of the month, everybody’s budget reset.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 07/01/2020 at 11:37

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There are some who argue that the Chinese created this pandemic specifically to destabilize the world.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:40

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Some people also wear tinfoil hats.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:42

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Could just be coincidence ? Lots of scheduled things falling on the same day?

ttyymmnn > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 07/01/2020 at 11:43

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I like Skyfire77's explanation that it’s the first of the month so everybody has new budget money to go flying with.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:45

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Odd; the new DoD fiscal year doesn’t start until Oct. 1. Is there another reason why they would star using jet fuel today?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 11:46

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Purposeful malicious action: nah

Some dumb grad student accidentally broke containment in a virology lab: maybe

nermal > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:04

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It’s the first of the month, and first day in the 3rd quarter. Everybody’s monthly and quarterly budgets reset and they have the ability to spend $$$ on fuel and whatnot now.

Nick Has an Exocet > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:06

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Interesting. I saw an F35 fly over yesterday and said out loud: well there’s something you don’t see every day in the Bay Area.

Must be preparing to announce the war with the aliens in time for Independence Day :)

ttyymmnn > Nick Has an Exocet 07/01/2020 at 12:07

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FOX 2!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > user314 07/01/2020 at 12:13

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Ha!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Nick Has an Exocet 07/01/2020 at 12:14

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I just googled it, and evidently, it costs $44,000 per hour to fly an F-35

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > user314 07/01/2020 at 12:19

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Ok, I just googled it and it costs $44,000 an hour to fly an F35......

So I guess you weren’t joking.

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:25

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pretty sure its a show of force move due to Canada Day

PartyPooper2012 > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/01/2020 at 12:27

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How will you be paying for that? Cash or credit? 

ttyymmnn > wafflesnfalafel 07/01/2020 at 12:28

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Make sure Canada doesn’t get any ideas. 

RPM esq. > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:33

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This is pretty common on the 1st of the month, especially when the weather’s nice. That sounds facetious but it’s true.

ETA: I see Skyfire77 said the same thing and explained why. It’s also the start of the 3rd quarter, which is the 4th quarter of the government’s fiscal year. July 1 and October 1 are the two best days of the year to burn a lot of expensive gas.

M.T. Blake > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:44

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This site only for military aircraft? I zoomed in and was getting single prop stuff. 

RallyWrench > Nick Has an Exocet 07/01/2020 at 12:48

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Welcome to Earf. 

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:48

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Thomas Donohue > user314 07/01/2020 at 12:49

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June was the end of Q2 as well.  New quarter money!

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:50

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Official flights getting government personnel to new locations.

( Personal flights getting officials to their vacation homes.)

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 12:52

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*looks out window*

Yep, there’s a KC-135

(There’s always at least one   KC-135 flying around here)

ttyymmnn > M.T. Blake 07/01/2020 at 12:54

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If you click the U button at the top, it will show only military/government flights. You will see a lot of USAF T-6 Texan II primary trainers, particularly in OK and FL. 

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 07/01/2020 at 12:55

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Oh, that’s right. The congressional recess starts today, doesn’t it? Good thing the pandemic is over.

user314 > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/01/2020 at 13:21

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That’s not bad, in the grand scheme of things:

This is from 2016, so the amounts have changed slightly, though it gives a basic idea .

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 13:35

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“ As for HK, we don’t care about political freedoms any more. There was a time when we supported that sort of thing.”

Which time was that?

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 07/01/2020 at 13:54

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This was in China, so it was probably a top level researcher that broke protocol. 

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > user314 07/01/2020 at 14:17

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That’s a lot of money

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > PartyPooper2012 07/01/2020 at 14:18

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Debt, I imagine.

user314 > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/01/2020 at 14:38

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Not sure why the Nightwatch are so expensive per hour, they’re basically 747s, at least the flying bits. Then again, they can carry up to 108 crew, soI’d assume there’s a lot of ancillary costs the other planes don’t face.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 07/01/2020 at 16:05

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But it wouldn't be such a bad thing if they burned down the white house again right about now!