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Glasgow Times
23-06-2025
- General
- Glasgow Times
Huge US Air Force plane spotted flying over Glasgow
According to Flight Radar, the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III landed at the city's travel hub shortly before 10pm on Sunday, June 22. The war plane touched down at Glasgow Airport after travelling from Gander International Airport in Canada. READ MORE: easyJet flight forced to make emergency landing at Glasgow Airport amid issue READ MORE: Flight forced to return to Glasgow Airport after taking off amid issue However, before landing, on Flight Radar's map, the aircraft could be seen circling above Ayrshire before heading up the central belt of Scotland and landing at Glasgow. Titled flight RCH236, the plane then left Glasgow at around 4am on Monday, June 23, before arriving in Chania International Airport in Greece. (Image: Google) After seeing the plane, curious locals from across Glasgow took to Facebook to reveal their sighting of it and see if anyone knew anything about it. One person wrote: "I saw it fly over when I was driving up towards Easterhouse." A second person questioned: "Anyone know why this would be flying over Baillieston?" A third added: "It landed at Glasgow Airport. Another one went past here this morning at around 9am (Sunday, June 22).
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
See military plane over Key Peninsula on Sunday night? Here's what it was
A military plane that residents spotted flying over the Key Peninsula's Palmer Lake area Sunday night was returning from an overseas mission, according to U.S. Air Force 62nd Airlift Wing spokesperson Joe Kubistek. The Boeing C-17A Globemaster III was 'on a return mission from the Pacific' and was the only aircraft flying over the area at the time, he told The News Tribune in a phone call Tuesday. A C-17 is a cargo aircraft that 'can execute the strategic delivery of troops and cargo to forward areas, perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions, and transport litters and ambulatory patients,' according to an article from the U.S. Army. The C-17 arrived at McChord Field at about 9:18 p.m. Sunday after flying in from Hawaii, according to Kubistek. He said it was an 'operational mission' but didn't have further information about the nature of the mission. 'The aircraft was in control of the (Federal Aviation Administration) facility at Sea-Tac and in full compliance with all the rules and regulations the aircraft control required them to fly by,' Kubistek said. He said the FAA's Seattle center would be able to answer questions about the aircraft's route. The FAA directs aircraft to take specific flying routes based on factors such as weather or other aircraft traffic, according to Kubistek.
