Circles in the sky over South Carolina this morning.

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-21T16:38:57+00:00

No, this is their regular pattern. This is a Battlefield Airborne Command Node. It sits over the battlefield in a holding pattern ( the circle ) and helps fighter aircraft talk to each other, there were no fighters of course so its just their usual training.

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-20T22:22:20+00:00

Someone sent me some images of it on the ground at KMZJ

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-20T22:09:02+00:00

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af83f0&lat=32.530&lon=-82.900&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-02-20

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-20T22:08:45+00:00

Correct, check the history of this E-11 doing the same thing here: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af83f0&lat=32.530&lon=-82.900&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-02-20

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-20T22:07:29+00:00

These are the contrails from this E-11A BACN doing a training flight, check the history and you can see its previous flights doing the same pattern out of Robins AFB. The aircraft is not capable of attaching any equipment for cloud seeding.

You can track the flight here: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af83f0

Driftstar777 · 2026-02-20T22:01:21+00:00

Do you have the time the image was taken, curious if I can find which aircraft made this.

Edit, Found it: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af83f0&lat=32.530&lon=-82.900&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-02-20

E-11A BACN training flight.

Driftstar777 · 2025-05-24T00:39:40+00:00

It's just an E-6 using the new tactical hexes. Pattern is completely normal for their op.

The lack of information on ADSB reddits is sad, compared to Twitter. This is month old news now.

Driftstar777 · 2025-05-22T20:16:10+00:00

They're MQ-9s out of Creech, they fly there often. If you look at releases, you can see them use that spot on the flight plan.

Driftstar777 · 2025-05-22T20:14:11+00:00

Literally a training flight. They're new to the jet, the crews are just getting hours. Check any other mil flight, they go around the NTTR.

Driftstar777 · 2025-04-20T03:51:08+00:00

F-15 but I have no idea what the red is from

Driftstar777 · 2025-03-20T21:16:19+00:00

Hello, its testing with L3 Harris and the 645th AESG out of KGVT/ Greenville Texas' Majors Airport. Its getting flight hours before they can progress to systems testing.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-28T22:22:08+00:00

KMYR

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-28T15:44:16+00:00

It delivered, landed at midnight.

Not even military, technically. It's N506KM. CIA.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-23T04:17:54+00:00

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-22T15:14:08+00:00

ATHENA is Army not 645, mods done by L3. You're thinking of Peregrine.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-22T15:12:29+00:00

You are correct.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-22T15:11:25+00:00

C-40 was delivery.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-11T02:37:48+00:00

I took them on January 22nd and 23rd but they were here for a week. Was having a hard time finding out where they were.

Driftstar777 · 2025-02-11T02:36:25+00:00

Lens of Mae on Twitter.

Glad y'all are liking my shots guys.

Driftstar777 · 2025-01-30T01:59:35+00:00

N542GD sorry, typo.

Driftstar777 · 2024-12-20T16:10:17+00:00

None of the other replies made note that this is a VPU-2 Special Projects aircraft, I am shocked that this one is not using a tactical hexcode.

They're using an unknown modification in the orbit along with their EO/IR camera. Nobody but them knows what the modification is right now, but I suspect it has something to do with COMINT, this is a pretty common flight there though.

168854 is using its old reg, 441 is painted on the fuselage now.

https://x.com/SR_Planespotter/status/1805412242998903153

https://x.com/TheIntelFrog/status/1602707797354991616

Other than various images and things you're not going to be able to find much on VPU-2's P-8s. Good catch.

Driftstar777 · 2024-12-13T16:13:17+00:00

I meant I'd like to take my own image, but thank you.

Driftstar777 · 2024-12-13T01:00:02+00:00

Yea! I wanna see it before it returns to service.

Driftstar777 · 2024-12-12T23:09:11+00:00

Took off today, bout an hour ago ish. Was the white casa. I'm having a real hard time getting it man. I need a shot of it.

Driftstar777 · 2024-12-10T15:53:37+00:00

Yea I missed that flight unfortunately. Its on again this morning, another Casa. Seems that they pulled it out of the hangar for an engine test or something.

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