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Two P-8As Departed Sigonella, But One Appeared as a B-52: Why This Matters for Flight Tracking

Summary by ItaMilRadar
Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft departed NAS Sigonella today heading east, likely toward the Middle East or the Horn of Africa. While the movement itself was notable, what attracted attention among flight-tracking enthusiasts was that one of the aircraft appeared to be transmitting an ICAO hex code associated with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. That anomaly quickly fueled speculation online that a B-52 Stratofortress had depa…
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ItaMilRadar broke the news on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
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