Interesting ground track of a Boeing E6, tail number 16-4404.
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
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FOURTH time I've written this post. MY Muse has apparently vacated the premises, leaving me too busy doing other things to keep both m...
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With apologies to The Control Voice.... Yup.....got The Busies the last few weeks. Lots of stuff happening this week, including my Nuclea...
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FOURTH time I've written this post. MY Muse has apparently vacated the premises, leaving me too busy doing other things to keep both m...
Hubby says some equipment can't be tested over populated areas so that might be why.
ReplyDeleteAgree with NFO, it's most likely a training flight. We used to "test" this stuff irregardless of where we were, but that was a long time ago...
DeleteYep, training flight.
ReplyDeleteI saw one last week take off from KRIV, and fly around training foe almost 10 hours. Long endurance aircraft!
DeleteI have a friend, now retired, who flew the E-6B. That is a very short fight for that particular aircraft.
ReplyDeleteYep, they have mucho endurance, even without refueling.
DeleteI "helped" with this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_NC-135#Big_Crow