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I'm a writer and research consultant specializing in tracking ships and planes using publicly available information. https://t.co/7Fwf5JjGKE

Dec 19, 2020, 8 tweets

🇺🇸 Is this for real? Are we being punked?
#AF1 #AirForceOne #ADSB #ModeS #QAnon

If the POTUS is on a plane it *is* Air Force One.

whitehouse.gov/about-the-whit…

There is nothing secret about the Boeing 747s that are commonly referred to as "Air Force One" (planeS, there are two!), we track them all the time, and the links are available on Twitter for you to follow along too. 👇

I was literally in the newspaper about this.

ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

🇺🇸 United States Air Force Boeing VC-25A 82-8000 is one of the common aircraft used as Air Force One, and is commonly called "Air Force One".

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#AF1 #AirForceOne #USAF #ADFDF8

📷 2020-01-21
jetphotos.com/photo/9602581

🇺🇸 United States Air Force Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 is one of the common aircraft used as Air Force One, and is also commonly called "Air Force One".

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#AF1 #AirForceOne #USAF #ADFDF9

📷 2020-09-22
jetphotos.com/photo/9871604

Neither have been very busy lately

The #USAF, for #OPSEC-theatre, does change the transponder ICAO codes occasionally (the hexes above that identify that plane, as that plane). If you keep up with monitoring these planes you have a very good idea when that switch happens, in fact, that's your dopamine hit.🥳

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