Waiting for Air Force 1

Air Force One, carrying US President Joe Biden, is in flight over the eastern Mediterranean, bound for Tel Aviv. In the area, we are registering a large movement of US assets, and in addition to several Boeing C-17A aircraft, there are three assets that have caught our attention:

• USN Lockheed EP-3E (reg.156529) departed from Souda Bay AB and is headed east
• USN Boeing P-8A departed from NAS Sigonella and is flying over the eastern Mediterranean (further east than the area where the USS Ford aircraft carrier is cruising)
• USAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. 64-14842) is flying over the central Mediterranean but is also headed east