strange thing in skys over Machrihanish airbase kintyre?

[Niander]

NO not a UFO ! ....well actually...
heard an airliner over head so looked up to see an airliner at 20,000
ye right so what?
well this one also had 3 fighter jets escorting it!
heading to America so i thought maybe Obama?..airforce one?
any ideas?

[howlsatthemoon]

Seen them this morning about 11 o'clockish. Don't think it was Air Force One the larger plane had only two engines. AF1 is a variation of the Boeing 747 which has four engines. Can't hazard a guess on what they were but all I can say........... it was very loud.

[WC1]

I both heard and saw it too, so I went on to the Planefinder app I have on my phone (I know, bit of an anorak and all that), which said it was a Canadian Air Force flight. No info other than that.

[Niander]

Interesting
they were involved in Libya maybe they were flying home?

[Ticketty Boo!]

Seven FA18 Hornets from the Royal Canadian Air Force stayed over at Prestwick for a couple of days. They were accompanied by a tanker and a command aircraft. These will be what you saw. Also likely that they were far below 20,000ft as they had just left Prestwick minutes earlier?