SOC
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Reged: 07/30/05
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That's an RC-135X COBRA EYE, not Air Force One.
Here's a picture, note the black right wing. Suprised nobody caught on to that yet.
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Frank_McVey
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Reged: 07/22/05
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That explains a lot - you see so many "digital glitches" in the imagery that you tend to write off a lot of off-beat stuff as just a trick of the imagery, as I did with the black wing in this case.
Great post, thanks.
Cheers
Frank
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dogstar7
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Reged: 07/22/06
Posts: 745
Loc: Oak Park, IL USA
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Cobra Eye (Cobra Ball?) is just as facinating a find, boner. Here are some links about this plane.
FAS Cobra Eye Site
Aeroweb Site
Wilipedia Page
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daddybob610
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Reged: 04/07/07
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Boner,
When I saw 'Air Force One in flight' I thought "this goes in my list on board".
Well, as others have pointed out, it's not AF1, but it IS the only one of it's type I have seen in GE so far. If there is another one, maybe somebody can point it out. The Air Force only has 2 of 'em, so it's got to be rare.
I think it is a RC-135, codenamed 'COBRA BALL' by the Air Force. It's extensively modified with very sophisticated optics installed forward facing starboard. the starboard wing is painted black to keep reflections out of the optics. These 2 aircraft used to be used to watch (yeah, watch!) Soviet missile tests from Kamchatka peninsula. They are stationed at Offut AFB, where the USAF keeps all of it's really cool spook planes.
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kjfitz
Collection Editor
Reged: 07/25/05
Posts: 189
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Here is one on the ground in Wichita.
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sidewinder9aim
Explorer
Reged: 01/15/07
Posts: 289
Loc: Mesquite, TX
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you can see a VC-25 at MCAS Yuma in Arizona.
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The_Founders
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Reged: 12/14/06
Posts: 5
Loc: Virginia
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I don't even see any colors, it just looks white to me.
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ttichonchuk
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Reged: 09/26/07
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Actually, that is an RC-135S "COBRA BALL" aircraft. dead giveaway is the black right wing with red lettered USAF on top.
Nose is black and extended out from a standard KC-135.
You can find more information by searching for COBRA BALL on globalsecurity.org
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spitfire_mkv
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Reged: 11/07/05
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Quote:
I don't even see any colors, it just looks white to me.
I can understand you're having trouble if your avatar is any indication... 
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vanaj
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Reged: 09/12/07
Posts: 1786
Loc: Reno, NV
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Determined this is Air Force One due to the fact that AF1 is the only boeing 747 wiht the USAF logo on the right wing and a blue nose.
AF1 in flight S of Mitchell, SD.
Hate to burst bubble but AF1 doesn't say US Air Force or USAF...It says "United States Of America"
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