Spotted something interesting at Stuttgart (EDDS) today and wanted to get some insight from the community.

Posted by Conscious-Peanut3852@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 75 comments

Observed a Boeing 767 in “Patriots” livery arriving from Shannon (EINN). What caught my attention:

•No callsign, route,registration or aircraft details available on Flightradar24 (all fields showing N/A)

•No photo or prior tracking history visible

•Aircraft taxied to and parked on the military apron after landing

Given the routing via Shannon and the complete lack of public tracking data, this strongly suggests a military charter movement.

My assumption would be a US military personnel transport (maybe NATO-related), especially considering Stuttgart’s role with EUCOM/AFRICOM.

Has anyone seen similar movements recently or can confirm the nature of these “Patriots” 767 operations into EDDS? What are your thoughts about this?

Also curious how common it is for these flights to be fully blocked on FR24.

I have video if that helps with identification. (I could also send Photos upon request)

IATA

ICAO

Name

Location

SNN

EINN

Shannon Airport

Shannon, Munster, Ireland

STR

EDDS

Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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Kineo207@reddit

That is one of two like 767s owned by Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots football team owner.

Te_Luftwaffle@reddit

Pretty apt to have a plane that says "patriots" moving military guys around

Carlito_2112@reddit

Not sure if you're kidding or not. The "Patriots" livery is for the American football team named the New England Patriots.

powerpuffpepper@reddit

To add on, we chartered one of them when my university made it to March madness a few years ago. I have pictures of it as we were boarding

That’s awesome! Must have been a comfy ride.

It was basic economy down the entire plane basically lol

DewWhipIt@reddit

I heard they still have ash trays in the seats

boobookittyfuwk@reddit

I wonder then if he has another plane for players because I've seen pictures of one plane and they have massive seats and leg room for the entire plane

🤣

prospectpico_OG@reddit

I believe Kraft has been known to charter his plane to the US government.

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Cockyidiot1977@reddit

Came to say this

JPAV8R@reddit

Omni Air operates the jet. Omni is one of several US 121 operators who operate jets on DOD contracts. They also operate jets under contract for other entities like… US football teams.

So your instincts seem pretty spot on.

I will say it’s not as uncommon as it may seem. Military charters happen all the time and companies like Omni use it as their bread and butter.

Sea-Present-3969@reddit

Yeah I’ve flown on the Patriot plane many times via government charter.

Patriot plane on the patriot rotator is some meta shit

scolbath@reddit

This plane is also used for ICE deportation flights. https://gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-about-ice-and-the-new-england-patriots-jets-go-seahawks/

Yes. Omni makes a lot of its money from flying passengers on US government contracts including DHS.

Afraid_Stuff_History@reddit

you can also see this jet on a Reddit post at Kadena.

Beat me to it!

offoutover@reddit

I've actually flown on this plane before as a military charter. It's nothing special on the inside as this plane (out of 2) is apparently for lower ranking team members and crew. The other plane is apparently entirely Business Class and is much newer with better amenities.

If you have the flight number you can look the planes up on a tracker if it is actively flying but they do a good job of maintaining a low profile. The crazy thing its that Atlas Air does military charter flights and they practically advertise it when their planes are in the air.

Shannon is a common refueling stop for Omni charter planes and the best part about that is that the plane gets restocked with Irish snacks like Tayto crisps for example.

As others have said, though, that plane is probably filled with a lot of really bored Joes.

IEatLintFromTheDryer@reddit

Robert Kraft off to Germany to get a nice rub n tuck from a German maid?

I’m interested in what you think the “tuck” part is. r/boneappletea

r/noteverybodyspeaksenglishperfectly

Didn’t mean to offend buddy. It’s an honest mishearing. Frankly, the need to comment was tugging at my humor strings.

Hot_Maintenance6655@reddit

Nobody understands the tuck rule. I thought we established that years ago

ddadopt@reddit

Well, obviously it's when you get a massage, ask for a happy ending, and she politely declines and "tucks" it out of the way of her doing her job. Similar to the "rub and ARGH" where instead of politely declining she takes understandable offense and bends it in half.

fhorst79@reddit

Or the head coach meeting a sports reporter.

Soggy_Instruction224@reddit

I understand this reference.

Jimmy_Fromthepieshop@reddit

Downvote for filming in portrait mode.

Conscious-Peanut3852@reddit (OP)

Was not in potrait mode

Notme20659@reddit

This the United States Nation Football League, New England Patriots team plane.

JumboTrijet@reddit

The tires are under inflated

Practical-Object-827@reddit

Maybe it’s over weight? Why you picking on the tires?

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/deflategate

Yeah but this being Reddit, I had to take it a step farther.

U2ElectricBoogaloo@reddit

It would make sense that its overweight. It’s American after all

Acrobatic-Post9811@reddit

+1 for deflate gate mention

RINewsJunkie@reddit

Kraft loaning out his plane again?

JunkbaII@reddit

Saw it in Bardufoss a year ago. Pretty cool

RobotMaster1@reddit

i know we stopped in Shannon en route to Afghanistan from North Cackalacky. Can’t remember if we stopped in Bangor first or straight from Pope to Ireland. I know we stopped in Bangor in the way to Iraq.

Dense_Ostrich_6077@reddit

Eagles fan checking in here.

Fuck the Patriots and their livery.

That is all. Carry on.

Can you tell me what you think of those fellows in Dallas with the big star on their planes?

moderatefairgood@reddit

Seahawks fan here.

I concur.

Fuck those cheating scumbags and their livery.

Hey, u/Conscious-Peanut3852

The word “patriot” is thrown around a certain way right now. I’ve seen a lot of people mention that this is Bob Kraft’s personal plane but haven’t seen any explicitly say that he owns the American football team, the New England Patriots. That is what it refers to and not that the jet operates for the government or whatever else the description might suggest.

4130Adventures@reddit

Wednesday (or maybe Tuesday) it was in Norfolk so it's probably chartered by the US Government.

Captainrexcody@reddit

When not used by the team, the owner lends it out for other uses

neat_klingon@reddit

It's right there:

https://globe.airplanes.live/?replay=2026-04-09-09:43&icao=a1f4c5&lat=48.530&lon=8.963&zoom=10.0&filtertype=b76.

BrantGoodleaf@reddit

Ironically, even though they have their own team planes, such as pictured here, the Patriots have scored amongst the lowest in the NFL for team travel. Word is these planes have outdated interiors and are not as comfortable as other teams who charter Delta, Atlas, etc.

IATA	ICAO	Name	Location
SNN	EINN	Shannon Airport	Shannon, Munster, Ireland
STR	EDDS	Stuttgart Airport	Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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