Not sure how a military person can not understand 2359Z but then again ......
Anyway SAM, still 1 hour 20 to go, the planes could be in the air, transiting Iraq as we speak, just about to head across the water for a TOT just before the deadline. And from the posts on here about fly pasts / the pilots take great pride in getting the TOT correct to the second, so you never know.
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