US military plane lands in Moscow, flight data shows
Flight-tracking data showed the U.S. Air Force cargo plane landing at Vnukovo, while officials gave no explanation for the trip.
- On August 25, an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed at Vnukovo International Airport near Moscow, though neither the Air Force nor the Department confirmed the flight's mission.
- Flight tracking data shows the aircraft, callsign REACH4555, departed Riga, Latvia, on August 25, after beginning its journey August 22 in the United States with stops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Joint Base Charleston, and Joint Base Andrews.
- Unnamed sources cited by Coffe Report described the flight as filed under a "SECDEF support code," suggesting the mission was tied to Department leadership travel or logistics support, though this remains unconfirmed.
- The C-17 is a heavy-lift transport aircraft used by the Air Force for cargo, troop movement, and VIP missions; direct United States military flights into Russia have been rare since the war between Russia and Ukraine began in 2022.
- Officials from the United States and Russia have not disclosed the flight's purpose, the identities of those aboard, or how long the aircraft remained at Vnukovo International Airport.
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If Washington wanted, the plane would not have been visible.
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The following article, Government Secrets, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Government secrets are all around us on a daily basis. But when a US C-17A Globemaster military transport plane left Riga, Latvia a couple of days ago and landed in Russia, questions swirled. Why? Who was on that plane? What was the reason? Did it have anything to do with Ukraine or Iran? Turns out … Continue reading Government Secrets ...
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US military plane lands in Moscow, with Kremlin claiming it has no information: report
A U.S. military plane tracked by Flightradar24 was captured on video coming in for a landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, in a flight the Kremlin claims it has no information about.
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