Mysterious USAF C-40C Clipper With No Registration but With New Livery - Research Notes - Crystal Peak

# Mysterious USAF C-40C Clipper With No Registration but With New Livery - Research Notes > [!Summary] Summary of Material > This is an article on [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] by the same guy who asked me for help on [[C-32B Gatekeeper|Gatekeeper]] article > > > [!ALERT] This article was recently updated after the existence of [[USAF C-40? - 19-2404 - AE108D]] was unveiled. I have not had the chance to reevaluate the article but it seems to claim that [[USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] and [[USAF C-40? - 19-2404 - AE108D]] are the same aircraft. This is likely not the case as I will address in [[21-0024 and 19-2404 Are Two Separate Aircraft]] --- ## Layer 1 - Information > [!Example]- Basic Questions > - Who? > - Who is the Author/Publisher? > - Who is the Subject? > - What? > - What is the Intent of this Source Material? > - What is the subject? > - What is the presented problem? > - What is the presented solution? > - Where? > - When? > - When was this information produced? > - Why? > - How? ### What Was Learned? > [!INFO] [[2022-12-14]] - [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] lands in [[Vancouver, CA]] in its white with blue stripes livery but no registration or serial was visible on the exterior > - At the time of the article's writing it was unconfirmed this was [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] > - Arrived around 1830 > - Is this in [[UTC]]? > - [[2022-12-15]] - [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] departs by 1100 > - Callsign was either RAMBO05 or OBOE05 > [!INFO] The author presents everything as speculation > [!FAQ] The aircraft is likely based at [[Pope Field]] in [[North Carolina]] > - Author cites SirListenalot (who does not like me?) > - Seen doing [[Touch & Go]]s at various airports near(ish) [[Pope Field]] > - Huntsville Reddit post (that I commented on) - 700km away: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/s/L9Rr19KiYL > - [[Tri-Cities Airport - KTRI]] as OUTLAW30 - 350km away > - ![Mysterious USAF Boeing C-40 Clipper-OUTLAW30-Makes Touch-n-Go Landings at Tri-Cities Airport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNEbhNkwj0) > - [[2022-12]] - Chattanooga - 580km away > [!FAQ] Potentially operated by The [[427th Special Operations Squadron|427th SOS]] > - Based at [[Pope Field]] > - Tasked with transportation of [[Special Operations Forces|SOF]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency]] staff? > - [[21-0024 - ADORE24 Sortie]] > - [[Pope Field|KPOB]] to [[NAS Sigonella]] > - Had a [[Flight Plan]] filed from [[NAS Sigonella]] to [[Rwanda]] when [[US Embassy]] staff in [[Khartoum, Sudan]] were planned to be evacuated during this time? > - A [[Boeing 737]] callsign ADORE24 was scheduled to fly from [[Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport]] to [[Stuttgart, DE]] a few days later but was ultimately cancelled. > - ADORE24 was used by [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] when it returned from [[NAS Sigonella]] to the [[United States of America|United States]] and was heard on [[ATC]] in the vicinity of [[Pope Field]] > [!INFO] At the time of writing there were only a handful of pictures out there of [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] > - [[2022-06-08]] Still sporting its old livery At [[KRDU]] - ![[Pasted image 20240923143243.jpg|737]] - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cpippen/52268906480 > - > [!INFO] The [[ICAO Hex Code]] is said to be [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|AE64CC]] > [!FAQ] The lineage of [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] is “unclear” (proceeds to lay out lineage in a detailed fashion) > - [[Saudi Oger B737 BBJ - VP-BYA - 4000DE]] has an identical livery and window layout to the early pictures of [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] - ![[Pasted image 20240923145245.png|737]] > - This is [[Boeing 737-7AN(WL) BBJ - 29972 - 642]] > - [[2022-03-03]] to [[2022-03-04]] - [[Boeing 737-7AN(WL) BBJ - 29972 - 642|29972 - 642]] was ferried from [[Basel, Switzerland]] to [[Brunswick, FL]] as [[B737 BBJ - N972BJ - AD8B35]] > - [[B737 BBJ - N972BJ - AD8B35]] was owned by [[Lance Toland Limited]] > - [[Lance Toland Limited]] is an [[Insurance Company]] for [[Aircraft]] and only had one other aircraft which was an ex-[[Ethiopian Airlines]] [[Boeing 757]] > - [[2022-04-11]] - [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] leaves [[KTSC]] > [!MISSING] > > [!FAQ] There are no pictures of [[B737 BBJ - N972BJ - AD8B35]]? > [!INFO] It is alleged that [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] came from [[B737 BBJ - N712JM - A9844F]] however sources show that [[B737 BBJ - N712JM - A9844F|N712JM]]’s serial is [[Boeing 737-73W - 40116 - 4465]] > [!INFO] The Author raises the possibility that the [[Aircraft]] that was spotted in [[Vancouver, CA]] was not [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] and could’ve been one of the other similarly liveried [[Boeing C-40]]s such as [[C-40C - 02-0201 - AE1165]] or [[C-40C - 02-0202 - AE1167 and AE1168]] > > [!FAQ] Despite showing that [[UICv/AEROSINT/Aircraft/USAF B737 BBJ - 21-0024 - AE64CC|21-0024]] is not [[B737 BBJ - N712JM - A9844F]] the author asserts in their conclusion that the plane spotted in [[Vancouver, CA]] is "the same aircraft as described in an article published by [[The War Zone|The Drive]]". The article linked is [[The Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling Past - Research Notes]] which is all about [[B737 BBJ - N712JM - A9844F]] --- ## Layer 2 - Insight & Ideas  ### --- ## Layer 3 - Outputs ### --- ## Reference Created - [[2024-03-02]] [Source] - [d](https://feitoffake.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/mysterious-usaf-c-40c-clipper-with-no-registration-but-with-new-livery/) [RMS] - []() [Potential Related Topics] - [[]] [Uses] - [[]]