A helicopter with its transponder turned off circles overhead.
October 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A helicopter with its transponder turned off circles overhead.
October 27, 2024 at 1:23 PM
A first transponder
May 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
A first transponder
🇵🇱 Polish jets intercepted a Russian aircraft on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea without a filed flight plan and with its transponder turned off, - Reuters
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🇵🇱 Polish jets intercepted a Russian aircraft on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea without a filed flight plan and with its transponder turned off, - Reuters
NEW!!! Germany says its air force last night identified and escorted a russian reconnaissance aircraft flying without a transponder signal over the Baltic sea...
March 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW!!! Germany says its air force last night identified and escorted a russian reconnaissance aircraft flying without a transponder signal over the Baltic sea...
Federal surveillance aircraft seen today circling high over south Minneapolis with no transponder running:
- Known DHS helicopter N893N - midday
- Known FBI plane N188SS - evening
This report brought to you by a guy who wouldn't have been looking if you'd just run your dang transponder, feds.
- Known DHS helicopter N893N - midday
- Known FBI plane N188SS - evening
This report brought to you by a guy who wouldn't have been looking if you'd just run your dang transponder, feds.
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Federal surveillance aircraft seen today circling high over south Minneapolis with no transponder running:
- Known DHS helicopter N893N - midday
- Known FBI plane N188SS - evening
This report brought to you by a guy who wouldn't have been looking if you'd just run your dang transponder, feds.
- Known DHS helicopter N893N - midday
- Known FBI plane N188SS - evening
This report brought to you by a guy who wouldn't have been looking if you'd just run your dang transponder, feds.
It was also found that the transponder on the vessel was turned off near Novorossiysk.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It was also found that the transponder on the vessel was turned off near Novorossiysk.
that don’t look like a planned transponder to me
This is the track on Flightradar24. I don't have access to altitude information. But this plane goes off the radar at 02:41 UTC. It either crashed or they turned off the transponder. But it was really close to the ground when it vanished from Flightradar24 website.
December 8, 2024 at 3:24 AM
that don’t look like a planned transponder to me
smashing open an E-ZPass transponder and smoking whatever’s in there
August 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM
smashing open an E-ZPass transponder and smoking whatever’s in there
🦅💥 An expensive Russian reconnaissance UAV "Forpost" was shot down in the Kyiv region today; the transponder was probably from Belarus, - DroneBomber
May 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
🦅💥 An expensive Russian reconnaissance UAV "Forpost" was shot down in the Kyiv region today; the transponder was probably from Belarus, - DroneBomber
Locutus happiness tip: Loneliness is your greatest enemy. A cerebral transponder is the solution. Please lie down and hold still.
March 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Locutus happiness tip: Loneliness is your greatest enemy. A cerebral transponder is the solution. Please lie down and hold still.
They had their transponder *on*?
May 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
They had their transponder *on*?
You would just assume that Air Force One would fly with a dark transponder. It's almost as if the US Air Force doesn't even like the guy.
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
You would just assume that Air Force One would fly with a dark transponder. It's almost as if the US Air Force doesn't even like the guy.
It is legal for military planes to turn off their main transponder signals (ADS-B for the avgeeks out there), but it is generally reserved for combat and surveillance missions.
September 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It is legal for military planes to turn off their main transponder signals (ADS-B for the avgeeks out there), but it is generally reserved for combat and surveillance missions.
👀🇨🇳 Some ships in the Gulf are changing their transponder messages to claim they are Chinese to avoid attacks from Iran, - FT
Ships altered transponder messages to labels like “Chinese Owner,” “All Chinese Crew,” or “Chinese Crew Onboard.”
Ships altered transponder messages to labels like “Chinese Owner,” “All Chinese Crew,” or “Chinese Crew Onboard.”
March 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
👀🇨🇳 Some ships in the Gulf are changing their transponder messages to claim they are Chinese to avoid attacks from Iran, - FT
Ships altered transponder messages to labels like “Chinese Owner,” “All Chinese Crew,” or “Chinese Crew Onboard.”
Ships altered transponder messages to labels like “Chinese Owner,” “All Chinese Crew,” or “Chinese Crew Onboard.”
The Graceful was escorted by a Russian destroyer and a rescue vessel on the same route and disabled its transponder immediately after media coverage.
July 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The Graceful was escorted by a Russian destroyer and a rescue vessel on the same route and disabled its transponder immediately after media coverage.
B-52 off the coast of Venezuela. Transponder on, so most likely flexing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
B-52 off the coast of Venezuela. Transponder on, so most likely flexing.
Turned off transponder to avoid detection.
December 8, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Turned off transponder to avoid detection.
At the time of the drone incursion at Copenhagen Airport, Russian Baltic Fleet ship Aleksandr Shabalin was spotted 12 km off Langeland Island, Denmark, with its transponder off, Ekstra Bladet reports.
September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
At the time of the drone incursion at Copenhagen Airport, Russian Baltic Fleet ship Aleksandr Shabalin was spotted 12 km off Langeland Island, Denmark, with its transponder off, Ekstra Bladet reports.
And on Sunday, 169336 turned on its transponder, revealing that it was in Puerto Rico.
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
And on Sunday, 169336 turned on its transponder, revealing that it was in Puerto Rico.
"Wyvern' Traffick acknowledge! Ye are flying without a transponder ovah' Botemerde Fortress Commune airspace!"
"State yer` intentions and turn your transponder on or we will be forced to bring ye down to the earth!"
"State yer` intentions and turn your transponder on or we will be forced to bring ye down to the earth!"
April 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"Wyvern' Traffick acknowledge! Ye are flying without a transponder ovah' Botemerde Fortress Commune airspace!"
"State yer` intentions and turn your transponder on or we will be forced to bring ye down to the earth!"
"State yer` intentions and turn your transponder on or we will be forced to bring ye down to the earth!"
With respect to reports of Assad's plane crashing as he fled Syria, there is no information available at the moment. I will say the likelihood is the plane switched off its transponder as Assad fled to avoid being tracked. The situation is chaotic at the moment.
December 8, 2024 at 5:32 AM
With respect to reports of Assad's plane crashing as he fled Syria, there is no information available at the moment. I will say the likelihood is the plane switched off its transponder as Assad fled to avoid being tracked. The situation is chaotic at the moment.
HODGES: Now even Lukashenko is apologizing to Zelenskyy. Belarus supposedly dismantled those transponder-type systems on the border, that were helping Russians, after Zelenskyy threatened them. I think Lukashenko, who's a ultimate survivor, can also see that things are changing.
June 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
HODGES: Now even Lukashenko is apologizing to Zelenskyy. Belarus supposedly dismantled those transponder-type systems on the border, that were helping Russians, after Zelenskyy threatened them. I think Lukashenko, who's a ultimate survivor, can also see that things are changing.
Melania's hat doubles as an AWACS transponder.
January 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Melania's hat doubles as an AWACS transponder.