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> far easier to install one than to wrangle an exception You are talking about an agency that builds and operates planes that nobody else knows about. They can
by dsl 12y ago
> far easier to install one than to wrangle an exception
You are talking about an agency that builds and operates planes that nobody else knows about. They can have any "exception" they want by just shrugging and saying the aircraft in question does not even exist.
All military aircraft have transponders because the air bases have ATC as well and (at least in the US) are near commercial airports they have to work with to avoid collisions during takeoff and landing.
- mikeash 12y agoFlying a military airplane through civilian airspace without participating in civilian ATC sounds like an excellent way to end one's career in the military. Sure, they can just say the aircraft does not exist, if they stick to their own space. A U-2 is not going to do that.