Mystery U.S. cargo plane flew to Pyongyang for "routine" purposes: official



News Mystery U.S. cargo plane flew to Pyongyang for “routine” purposes: official "Hercules" aircraft facilitated crew change for Pompeo's State Department mission, source says Chad O'Carroll July 24, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON USAF A United States Air Force (U.S.A.F) C-130J-30 cargo plane that left Pyongyang’s Sunan International airport at 0413 on July 7 for Yokota airbase in Japan did so for “routine” reasons, a U.S. government source confirmed to NK News on Tuesday. It was one of two rare flights captured on an Instagram user’s photo of the departure board at Pyongyang Sunan airport on the morning of July 7, the other being SAM674 to Tokyo, a U.S.A.F Boeing 757 which took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team to Japan for consultations after meetings with North Korean counterparts. “The mission to which you © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Mystery U.S. cargo plane flew to Pyongyang for “routine” purposes: official

"Hercules" aircraft facilitated crew change for Pompeo's State Department mission, source says

Chad O'Carroll July 24, 2018

Mystery U.S. cargo plane flew to Pyongyang for “routine” purposes: official

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A United States Air Force (U.S.A.F) C-130J-30 cargo plane that left Pyongyang’s Sunan International airport at 0413 on July 7 for Yokota airbase in Japan did so for “routine” reasons, a U.S. government source confirmed to NK News on Tuesday.

It was one of two rare flights captured on an Instagram user’s photo of the departure board at Pyongyang Sunan airport on the morning of July 7, the other being SAM674 to Tokyo, a U.S.A.F Boeing 757 which took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team to Japan for consultations after meetings with North Korean counterparts.

“The mission to which you

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