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Fighters often don't have ADS-B, but there are lots of other military aircraft that routinely use it (transports, etc.). Go to https://globe.adsbexchange.com h
by jjwiseman 3y ago
Fighters often don't have ADS-B, but there are lots of other military aircraft that routinely use it (transports, etc.). Go to https://globe.adsbexchange.com https://globe.adsbexchange.com and press U to show only military.
- petee 3y agoI'd read about small retro reflectors they bolt on when not in combat so the stealth fighters will show on domestic radars
- petee 3y agoEdit: they're called Luneburg Lenses
- EvanAnderson 3y agoMy town, north of Dayton, OH was recently overflown by a group of fighters (I believe F-18's). I was surprised that they didn't appear on the ADS-B tracker site I ran inside and looked at. I guess it makes sense. I'm just a couple of miles from DAY and see a lot of traffic every day. It would be interesting to know how military aircraft like that coordinate with civilian air traffic control. (I like to listen to Dayton approach while watching an ADS-B tracker site. I enjoy seeing the traffic fly over my neighborhood. I find it oddly amusing to look up at a plane I just heard getting clearance to land knowing that I just heard the voice of somebody up there thru my speakers. I don't know why it's so pleasing...)
- fullstop 3y agoI tracked, briefly, a F15E flying past yesterday.
- mshockwave 3y agoI'm surprised about this, I thought it's pretty easy to add ADS-B to modern IFF module and they can just switch between different modes.
- mmaunder 3y agoJust speaking from experience, in Colorado no military has it on except for the trainers. Having a chinook pass under you and be totally invisible on the iPad is a weird feeling.