Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson on Aug. 15, in what is set to be one of the most closely watched diplomatic encounters of the year, and one of the most heavily guarded meetings on the planet.
Putin’s personal security during his Alaska visit will be jointly provided by Russian special services and the US Secret Service. Standard protocol for high-level international visits suggests that several elite units could be involved.
Among them are the Federal Security Service, whose Special Purpose Center includes the Alpha and Vympel units that often handle close protection for the Russian president abroad; the Federal Protective Service, which directly manages Putin’s security detail and coordinates foreign travel logistics; and the Main Directorate of Special Programs, a lower-profile agency that may handle secure communications and contingency planning.
These agencies typically integrate with the host country’s security arrangements, meaning they would coordinate closely with the Secret Service for the Anchorage summit. The exact scope of Russian operatives’ activity on US soil remains unconfirmed.
However, the skies are already busy ahead of the summit. Flight-tracking service FlightRadar24.com shows multiple Russian aircraft currently en route to Alaska, drawing global attention as some of the most-tracked flights in the world today. The site’s real-time map indicates at least several Russian government or military-associated jets heading toward the state, aviation enthusiasts monitoring their progress online.
Thursday morning, a Russian Illyusian aircraft was spotted departing Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Other Illlyusians can be seen on FlightRadar24 heading to Anchorage.
The combination of high-profile leaders, complex joint security operations, and visible military air traffic has fueled a sense of anticipation in Anchorage and beyond. For residents, the next 48 hours will bring an unprecedented level of global scrutiny, and the tightest security Alaska has ever seen.
Meanwhile, the mystery high-altitude balloon that has yet to be publicly identified but that was floating over Alaska last week ha now made its way into the Gulf of Alaska and is at 64,000 feet. Here’s its location:
The balloon seems to be floating over the inbound and outbound tanker traffic to and from Valdez. 🤔
8 15 is day 227, and 227 is the 49th prime, and the 49th state is Alaska.
227 is a twin prime! The 16th twin prime. Its twin is 229. Between days 229 and 227 is 228. When the letters “United States of America” sum to 228, “Donald John Trump” sums to 185, and day 185 is July 4th. 185 = 37+37+37+37+37 and United States of America + Washington DC = 73+73+73+73+73. Day 228, which sits between the twins 229 and 227, well, Washington DC, sums to 137. And day 228, 137 days remain in the year. All the letter sums herein are English ordinal. Which in itself is interesting. English sums to 74, and 7 4 is day 185. Then ordinal sums to 73, and in 1776, 7 3 was day 185, 7 4.
Even more interesting! 73+74 = 147, and the 185th prime before 147 is -877. 877 is the 151st prime, and Jesus Christ sums to 151. Jesus sums to 74, and 7 4 is day 185!
Holy Smokes! The Holy Spirit sums to 151, too. Then God sums to 26, and 2 6 is day 37.
No way! 151 + 151 + 26 = 328. 328 – 185 = 143, and 14 3 is day 73!
Hurry, the dispensary closes soon.
I think you need to put that pipe down 😂
Do you really believe that nonsence?
Well, lets hope all goes well.
Weird paranoia.
The balloon was for Joint military exercises. This was known 20 days ago.
You don’t think that Putin and his team are not being watched 24-7-365? Come on.
This is a great event. Peace possibilities from Alaska. At the world’s corners.
People who think that it will be a spy thriller or selling AK to the Russians or crap like that need to get a grip.
A spy told me that once. One time only.
Anchorage wacko Democrats and their sick anti-Trump staged protestors will never even get close to JBER. But they will get on the front page of ADN where James Brooks will be concocting another toxic brew of journalistic hate and propoganda. More bottom of the birdcage fodder. .
I am looking forward to having a good laugh with the coverage provided by James Brooks.
Love the birdcage fodder analogy! I had offered the same to the local Ketchikan Daily News. Informed the editor/owner the only reason I subscribed was I burned wood needing starter paper and that I had a parrot who’s cage required fresh paper. That was several years past, then I installed heat pumps. Sent another note stating that I quit burning wood and the parrot died. No, I stay with the liberal Associated Press rag.
Johnson-Ketchikan
Heat pumps are so Sleep Joe Biden. Sounds like you could be an ADN reader.
How so?? could you clarify for the circus?
I used to write articles for the ADN before the Binkley’s fired me. My buddy Dan Joling and me were both left-wing reporters working for the Fairbanks paper prior to that. Reality caught up with both of us. For me, liquid spirits also took a toll. I realize that both papers are fairly good at keeping bird poop from draining onto the floor. But when people use autographed copies of my best selling books in their bird cages, that really infuriates me. Don’t you Trump people care about
the messes caused outside the bird cage?
Dermutt, you tried to steal the show up at UAF the other night, but you look and sound like an *SS. No wonder you and the daisy pusher are the darlings of the far lefty lunatics in the Democrat Party. Between bird poop and crappy writing, you probably need liquid spirits to keep a semblance of normalcy. Check your antipsychotic med supply
Dermutt is truly a psycho job. He’s the radical left’s mouthpiece up North, but his torch is out of fuel. He should put some of that alcohol into the lamp and put it to better use.
“And I” There fixed it, amazing typo for a newspaper journalist’ But then, I am only a c-d high school grad, what do I know.
Good reporting- re. the aviation element, SD.
Since gangster Putin’s declaration of war on Ukraine, he is a legitimate military target. Ukraine agents would not hesitate to shoot down Putin’s IL96 aircraft. Putin is going to fly into US airspace over little Diomede island as a way of keeping his aircraft out of international airspace. This routing places him over only Russian, or US airspace.
Hopefully Putin and company will be taking military aircraft and not flying Aeroflot.
Got my pot of borscht ready, raspberry tea and carrot cake….also…just in case they land on the wrong runway.
Putin could end up at Bethel Airport if the crew gets served too much vodka on the way over.
What do you mean the balloon hasn’t been “publicly identified”? Alaska News Source published an interview with the owner, Aerostar, a week ago who said it was part of a military exercise.
Give the protesters Davis Park and then take out another 700,000# of trash from there.