Dropping all my other conspiracy theories’ – Patriots chartered jet spotted flying to Guantanamo Bay in NFL offeason The New England Patri...
Dropping all my other conspiracy theories’ – Patriots chartered jet spotted flying to Guantanamo Bay in NFL offeason
The New England Patriots' team plane has been sighted in unusual locations this offseason.
Flight records show that the Patriots' team plane travelled to and from Guantanamo Bay.
That sentence is as terrible as it sounds. For some reason, the Patriots team plane that transports players across the country made a stop at the naval installation.
Guantanamo Bay is a Navy installation and detention camp that houses some of the US military's most notorious captives.
One Bluesky user, JJ in DC, noticed the team jet on Flightradar as it flew from Guantanamo Bay to Texas.
GTMO Watch, a separate user that records flights into and out of Guantanamo Bay, confirmed the flight on Flightradar and ADSB Exchange.
According to flight records, the Patriots team jet, registration number N36NE (callsign OAE548), arrived and departed Guantanamo Bay on Sunday.
The plane departed Fort Worth, Texas, at 6:21 a.m. CDT and landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at 10:49 a.m. CDT.
After just a few hours, the plane took off again at 2:24 pm CDT and arrived in Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas at 5:05 pm MDT.
While all of the flight records appear to be correct, one major question remains: why is a Patriots jet in Guantanamo Bay?
There are a few indicators as to what is going on with the Patriots' team plane.
The plane is flown by Omni Air International and is currently listed as "now available for charter."
This implies commercial companies can charter the Patriots' two Boeing 767-300 planes.
Omni Air specialises in military charters, and the Patriots jet has previously flown these trips.
The Patriots team plane may be chartered to transport soldiers and other military personnel to Guantánamo Bay.
Some NFL fans spotted the current flight on social media and expressed their thoughts as well as details about previous military activities using the jet.
"Dropping all my other conspiracy theories for this," one enthusiast said.
"My cousin in the Marines got flown to the Philippines in that thing," a another enthusiast added.
"My unit flew on this plane to one of the training centres a few years back," another supporter added.
While it is important mentioning that Guantanamo Bay is a major location for President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, the Patriots have stated that their plane is not being utilised for that reason.
When The Sun asked for response, the Patriots confirmed their charter with the Department of Defence for military personnel transportation.
"The New England Patriots plane was not used for any kind of deportation flight and there were no detainees on the plane," according to a statement.
"Under our current charter manager, neither of the Patriots planes has ever been used for that purpose."
"When the team's planes are not in operation, a professional charter business operates them. "This company handles all logistics, bookings, and operations independently." The New England Patriots organisation is not involved with, approves, sanctions, or coordinates the use of aircraft hired for non-team reasons.
"The charter company uses the Patriots planes as part of their inventory when chartering to the Department of Defence to move military personnel as well as other government agencies with no financial gain to the organisation."