• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    28 days ago

    Is this unusual, or does it often move around the country? The article doesn’t say.

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      28 days ago

      Yeah… I mean if this is a normal thing, then don’t sensationalize it, but if this is not normal we need to know

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      28 days ago

      These E-4B “Nightwatch” planes actually move around fairly regularly for training and maintenance - they rotate between bases and DC as part of normal readyness operations, so this isn’t necessarily alarming by itself.

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      I haven’t looked I to the Air Force E-4B, but the Navy’s E-6B has been spotted all over the US. Both are doomsday 747s. There’s multiples of both. I don’t know if it’s actually been spotted on the ground much, though, as opposed to very high flyovers. But it sure feels a lot like the start of Escape from NY