US military planes criss-cross Europe using bogus call sign

[Judi Lynn]

The Sunday Times February 19, 2006

US military planes criss-cross Europe using bogus call sign
Jon Swain and Brian Johnson-Thomas in Rome

THE American military have been operating flights across Europe using a call sign assigned to a civilian airline that they have no legal right to use.
Not only is the call sign bogus — according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) — so, it appears, are some of the aircraft details the Americans have filed with the air traffic control authorities.

In at least one case, a plane identified with the CIA practice of “extraordinary rendition” — transporting terrorist suspects — left a US air base just after the arrival of an aircraft using the bogus call sign.

The call sign Juliet Golf Oscar (JGO) followed by a flight number belongs, says the ICAO, to a now bankrupt Canadian low-cost airline called Jetsgo of Montreal.

But for several years and as recently as last December it has been used selectively by both the American air force and army to cover the flights of aircraft to and from the Balkans.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2047074,00.html

[HuffleClaw]

1. hmmmmm

and to add insult to injury, "...The status of the flight was given as “humanitarian” !

nice to see 'em get caught. next bush will tell us all that this little revelation ENDANGERS the FREE WORLD!

[habitual]

2. ummmm BUSTED.

Disgusted. You know you can't be trusted.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Makes you wonder about 9-11 too

No wonder the flight controllers couldn't figure out which plane was which.

[Mind_your_head]

4. Very good point!

Seems like this should be cross-posted somewhere in the 9/11 forum.

Which, imho, is really worth checking out from time-to-time for folks who don't go down there, click and take a look:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=125

[Judi Lynn]

5. Thanks for the suggestion. I just added it there. n/t

[fooj]

6. Thanks for doing that. Good place for people to get the info...

Peace.

[grasswire]

7. remember when George delivered the plastic turkey to Iraq?

Wasn't there a question about how AF1 managed to travel through air space without giving proper notification? I wonder how often these thugs are doing this kind of thing.