Posted on 01/14/2021 5:06:45 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
With much of the nation on high alert for potential acts of domestic terrorism in the coming days, law enforcement is breaking out their most powerful tools to keep us safe.
This week alone we’ve seen tens of thousands of National Guard troops descend upon Washington DC to protect the capital, and military-grade armored vehicles rolling up the front doors of Proud Boys making online threats.
Now, Los Angeles appears to be getting visits from some very unusual helicopters.
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Yesterday, plane spotters in the greater Los Angeles area caught glimpses of three mysterious Bell 407 helicopters painted overall in what looks to be a dark gray color, but with no easily identifiable markings. Covered in antennas that one might expect to see on examples in use by military or law enforcement units, but unlike any we at The War Zone are familiar with, the sightings immediately caught our attention. While we don’t know for sure who is operating them or for what purpose, these helicopters appear to have a very unusual history and there are solid indications that they could be associated with a very secretive U.S. military aviation unit.
Chris Shaw of Shaw’s Aviation Photography was among the first to spot the trio as they arrived at Bob Hope Airport, also known as Hollywood Burbank Airport or KBUR, which is situated just north of Los Angeles, on Jan. 12, 2021. Later that day, plane spotter Scott Lowe caught a glimpse of two of the helicopters leaving that airport.
The equipment package of the whirlybirds indicates that they could be military or law enforcement assets.
From what we can these helicopters each have an “egg-beater” or “O Wing” type UHF satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna on their tail booms. This installation is similar, if not identical to the one that the U.S. Army used on its now-retired OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopters, from which the commercial Model 407 was derived.
They also have a pair of prominent blade-type antennas located ventrally under the fuselage, which are generally associated with high-frequency radios and other communications systems. Various other smaller antennas are also visible under the rear fuselage. The helicopters notably do not appear to have any kind of sensor turret of the types that typically hold electro-optical or infrared cameras underneath the nose or elsewhere beneath the fuselage. They are also equipped with high skids, which are commonly found on versions of the Jet Ranger family of helicopters that are tasked with utility work, law enforcement applications, and military missions.
Photos were soon circulating on social media, depicting the the rare helios.
Mysterious helicopters have been circling Los Angeleshttps://t.co/EPtC47TrsV
Local authorities have been contacted with questions regarding the flights, but no answers have yet been given.
The Left is using it for an instruction manual.
Oops. And the new property they are going to get.
Well we’re not organizing of fighting back after TWO coups, the tearing down of the Confederate flag, the destroying of so many statues...why would they stop?
keyboards aren’t deadly
unless you have a heavy one and hit someone over the head a million times :)
I'm surprised Hope hasn't been cancelled for some stupid reason yet. They've tried (and maybe even succeeded) taking John Wayne's name off Santa Ana airport. I don't know if that went through.
Maybe the guard units in DC are to protext us from the 535 criminals, one can hope.
I do ... and I do. :-)
It looks to me like a radio detection attenna.Used to determine the location that a radio signal is coming from.
These aircraft typically will circle a location that is under surveillance for hours on end, as many as five or six hours straight is not uncommon, with the location under observation at the center of the circle. They tend to fly a radius that places them at a mile or so away from the surveilled location, depending on the aircraft type in use.
Most of these aircraft belong to the State Department, which maintains a large fleet of aircraft that are loaned out to other federal agencies. The users in these cases may be FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, etc., depending upon the situation. Aircraft types that I’ve seen doing this have ranged from Cessna 210s to old Metroliners, to even a BA-146 four engine regional jet.
I also know from some checking around that a TV station helicopter pilot friend of mine did years ago that some of these aircraft have a system onboard that is similar to a military laser target designator pod. Apparently, they can lock the laser onto an individual vehicle, and the autopilot will then automatically follow the vehicle. The radar tracks make it clear that the typical mission involves circling a location for long periods of time, likely waiting for whoever they’re monitoring to become mobile, and then you can see the aircraft following highways, tracking the vehicle, until it eventually begins circling again once the vehicle reaches its destination.
So, there are eyes in the sky most of the time, at least if you live in a major city.
it is in their playbook to stage a "right wing militia" movement so that they can justify the inevitable Gun Grab they have been dreaming about as Stage One of their Great Reset
Probably just some CIA operatives moonlighting for Google Maps. :)
Mask Police.
Really annoy them: get a commercial-grade drone and follow them around town. *snicker*
Just college football coaches out on the recruiting trail in the swag copters.
but if you happen to hear of any serious regiments forming of significant size and with a plan, let me know please so I can join.
meanwhile I will be in full defensive posture, and prepped for the Great Reset.
the only thing I expect is a false flag staged by the same FBI backed ANTIFA/BLM actors we have been suffering with for years
Hey pal, I’ve got a PC-AT keyboard (original) that’ll double as a bat!
Lidar equipped for surveys. Or camera equipped for utility and tax assessments. Nothing nefarious.
They’re likely spraying the population in LA for Chinese tics which escaped on infected rats carrying the bubonic plague. Probably from a freight ship parked in the Long Beach Harbor.
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