Not to be that guy, but...uh...another TFR was just posted: this time for portions of northern Lake Michigan. Advisory is in place until further notice for national security aircraft operations.
Here we go again. Predictable sight. Lone USAF KC-135R tanker on task over the Door peninsula.
3~ hours until our balloon friend is turned into swiss cheese.
(hopefully)
Nothing too special to note. SNIPER team has been up all morning. The USGC HC-130 has excellent SAR capabilities, however, and would do an excellent job sighting the balloon debris, should a shootdown occur.
Starting to see an almost overwhelming amount of drone footage come out of #Bakhmut from Ukrainian forces. Here's a look at the plasterboard factory to the east of downtown...
For reference. Site is in far worse shape than I thought.
Here's the money shot. Drone operator appears to point to current Russian positions, which lie just beyond the now destroyed apartment complex on the border of town.