Comment by jjwiseman
2 years ago
Fighters often don't have ADS-B, but there are lots of other military aircraft that routinely use it (transports, etc.). Go to https://globe.adsbexchange.com and press U to show only military.
2 years ago
Fighters often don't have ADS-B, but there are lots of other military aircraft that routinely use it (transports, etc.). Go to https://globe.adsbexchange.com and press U to show only military.
My town, north of Dayton, OH was recently overflown by a group of fighters (I believe F-18's). I was surprised that they didn't appear on the ADS-B tracker site I ran inside and looked at. I guess it makes sense.
I'm just a couple of miles from DAY and see a lot of traffic every day. It would be interesting to know how military aircraft like that coordinate with civilian air traffic control.
(I like to listen to Dayton approach while watching an ADS-B tracker site. I enjoy seeing the traffic fly over my neighborhood. I find it oddly amusing to look up at a plane I just heard getting clearance to land knowing that I just heard the voice of somebody up there thru my speakers. I don't know why it's so pleasing...)
I tracked, briefly, a F15E flying past yesterday.
I'd read about small retro reflectors they bolt on when not in combat so the stealth fighters will show on domestic radars
Edit: they're called Luneburg Lenses
I'm surprised about this, I thought it's pretty easy to add ADS-B to modern IFF module and they can just switch between different modes.
Just speaking from experience, in Colorado no military has it on except for the trainers. Having a chinook pass under you and be totally invisible on the iPad is a weird feeling.