US military plane lands in Moscow, flight data shows
Flight-tracking data showed the U.S. Air Force cargo plane landing at Vnukovo, while officials gave no explanation for the trip.
- On August 25, an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed at Vnukovo International Airport near Moscow, though neither the Air Force nor the Department confirmed the flight's mission.
- Flight tracking data shows the aircraft, callsign REACH4555, departed Riga, Latvia, on August 25, after beginning its journey August 22 in the United States with stops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Joint Base Charleston, and Joint Base Andrews.
- Unnamed sources cited by Coffe Report described the flight as filed under a "SECDEF support code," suggesting the mission was tied to Department leadership travel or logistics support, though this remains unconfirmed.
- The C-17 is a heavy-lift transport aircraft used by the Air Force for cargo, troop movement, and VIP missions; direct United States military flights into Russia have been rare since the war between Russia and Ukraine began in 2022.
- Officials from the United States and Russia have not disclosed the flight's purpose, the identities of those aboard, or how long the aircraft remained at Vnukovo International Airport.
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American military flights to Russia are extremely rare since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. This is why the presence of a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the U.S. Air Force at the Moscow airport of Vnukovo has not passed unnoticed. The aircraft landed this morning after departing from the base of Andrews, near Washington, and being transited [...] The article Russia, Boeing C-17 American lands in Moscow. Axios: "He transported the hea…
On Tuesday, August 25, a US military transport plane landed at Moscow Vnukovo airport. According to data collected by Flightradar24 flight monitoring service, the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the US Air Force, with number 07-7181, had left Riga, Latvia, and landed in the Russian capital around 9, now Italian. It is the same aircraft arrived in Riga on August 23 and left from Joint Base Andrews, Camp Springs, Maryland, near Washington.
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