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Old 28th Oct 2019, 14:20
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chopper2004
 
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Originally Posted by tdracer
A week ago Friday, I was departing the Honolulu airport. Earlier as we arrived at the airport I'd noticed there was An124 but didn't pay that much attention. But as we were taxing out for takeoff, I noticed the An124 was parked on a closed runway (those big lighted "X" displays on the runway), and four black SUVs drove up to the An124 as we taxied by.
Looked almost like a scene out of some spy thriller...
Was it a yellow and blue striped AN-124 by any chance? Antonov Airlines has SALIS contract with NATO which they signed an extension back in January.

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