US Air Force Says Penis-Shaped Flight Path Pointed at Russian Base Is a Coincidence – By Thomas Novelly (Military.com) / Nov 4, 2022
The Air Force said Friday that a KC-135 Stratotanker’s peculiar flight path, which aviation enthusiasts said resembled the shape of a penis while flying close to a Russian base in Syria, was not intentional.
Twitter accounts monitoring Flightradar24, a website that tracks planes, quickly pointed out Wednesday that the phallic-shaped flight path consisting of two circles and one large oval was suspect, and pointed directly at Russian forces. The Italian newspaper la Repubblica even wrote an article about the incident, stating “the shape in fact is unequivocally that of a penis,” according to an English translation.
But the Air Force quickly responded that the crew of the KC-135 — which was flying between the Middle Eastern island country of Cyprus and the coastal Syrian city of Tartus, where Russia has a naval base — acted appropriately.
