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US military transport plane lands in Moscow, Kremlin says it has no information yet
REUTERS ^ | Aug 25, 2026

Posted on 08/25/2026 6:57:59 AM PDT by McGruff

MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. military transport plane landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport ​on Tuesday, data from the flight ‌tracking service Flightradar24 showed.

The large Boeing Globemaster with the U.S. registered tail number 07-7181 had flown ​direct from Riga, in Latvia, and ​landed in Moscow at around 0700 ⁠GMT.

The Kremlin said ​it had no information on the plane.

The aircraft had arrived in Riga on August 23 from the ​U.S. Camp Springs airbase near Washington DC, ​data from Flightradar24 showed.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 08/25/2026 6:57:59 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Wait. Whut?


2 posted on 08/25/2026 6:59:48 AM PDT by null and void (Mongo just prawn in buffet of life)
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To: McGruff

Team Obama is defecting? :)


3 posted on 08/25/2026 7:00:41 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: null and void

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Motorcade with American license plates spotted in Moscow.

At around 10AM MSK, a US military C-17 jet landed in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport.

The Kremlin was vague and stated it had no plans of meeting US officials this week. There’s no explanation for the sudden meeting and it’s not yet clear if this is of Kremlin level or foreign ministry.


4 posted on 08/25/2026 7:00:59 AM PDT by McGruff
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Maybe someone on that plane is going to Moscow to negotiate an end to the war. Hopefully, but don’t hold your breath.


5 posted on 08/25/2026 7:01:27 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

Picking up prisoner releases?? Transport plane with Medical facilities on board??


6 posted on 08/25/2026 7:22:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: null and void

Interesting.


7 posted on 08/25/2026 7:24:51 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (B''H We are given a new day today, with new choices. Choose wisely!)
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To: McGruff

Where is Trump, Vance, or Rubio, today?


8 posted on 08/25/2026 7:27:50 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: McGruff

No need for the Russians to pay for posting spies around the globe when they have Reuters to serve them, eh?


9 posted on 08/25/2026 7:33:47 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Exactly how did the leftist a-holes at Reuters get transponder data from a US Military aircraft?


10 posted on 08/25/2026 7:43:50 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: McGruff

Was Vindeman at the controls?


11 posted on 08/25/2026 7:45:29 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I am sure that there are quite a few O’Bungle era operatives that have bug-out plans. Most will be to non-extradition places or to outright enemy countries.


12 posted on 08/25/2026 7:47:51 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Hearing it’s John Ratcliffe, CIA Director in Moscow today for high level talks.


13 posted on 08/25/2026 7:48:59 AM PDT by chuck allen
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The aircraft had arrived in Riga on August 23 from the ​U.S. Camp Springs airbase

Just how old is this story?

14 posted on 08/25/2026 7:52:29 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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“Exactly how did the leftist a-holes at Reuters get transponder data from a US Military aircraft?”

There’s a civilian YouTube channel that tracks nothing else. It’s apparently available globally, like transponder data on ships. The traffic in the air is so dense that flying at standard flight levels without anyone being able to track you would suicidal. Here’s one way to do it. Enjoy.

https://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works


15 posted on 08/25/2026 7:55:14 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: McGruff

Whatever it is the government wants us to know it’s happening.
If they can sneak POTUS on to a plane in a Little Debbie truck in front of the whole world, sneaking a plane into Moscow would have been a cakewalk.


16 posted on 08/25/2026 7:56:27 AM PDT by skimbell
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No need for the Russians to pay for posting spies around the globe when they have Reuters to serve them, eh?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and state they probably heard that the CIA Director was coming before it made the news:


17 posted on 08/25/2026 7:56:47 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: McGruff

Story from the 1940s? Or did they restore the former name to Andrews Air Force Base?


18 posted on 08/25/2026 7:57:16 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: McGruff

And why would the head of the CIA fly on a C-17 when there are more comfortable planes available.


19 posted on 08/25/2026 8:01:07 AM PDT by PAR35
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All the cars for the motorcade won’t fit on a commercial airliner...


20 posted on 08/25/2026 8:08:48 AM PDT by null and void (Mongo just prawn in buffet of life)
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