Squawk › Military aircraft › Kentucky

Military aircraft over Kentucky right now

At 01:49 UTC, no military aircraft are broadcasting over Kentucky right now. 16 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

Live military traffic in and around Kentucky today, from community ADS-B data, re-checked every minute. The area is a bounding box around Kentucky rather than its exact border, so aircraft just outside the line can appear.

Military traffic over Kentucky · checked within the last minute
0military aircraft airborne

Nothing airborne and broadcasting in this area at the moment. Military aircraft often fly with the transponder off, so a quiet page is not proof of a quiet sky.

Military aircraft seen over Kentucky earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 4 min ago
16military aircraft seen broadcasting over Kentucky in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
RCH4555C1744 min ago32,000 ft
ASH3996E1701 h 44 min ago1,725 ft
VOLT71C172 h 4 min ago30,000 ft
BRK98C175 h 5 min ago35,000 ft
CNV4248B7375 h 5 min ago36,000 ft
MAXX151GLF55 h 45 min ago43,000 ft
CFC670B3506 h 15 min ago26,000 ft
21242H606 h 35 min ago2,550 ft
ROKT21HAWK7 h 24 min ago2,825 ft
SLASH42TEX27 h 55 min ago2,225 ft
PAT296BE208 h 15 min ago11,625 ft
SLASH51TEX28 h 15 min ago3,725 ft
ROKT11HAWK8 h 54 min ago2,400 ft
SLASH62TEX28 h 54 min ago3,625 ft
G21225H609 h 59 min ago1,000 ft
RCH240C1711 h 4 min ago33,450 ft

This log checks every 5 minutes and keeps 12 hours, so an aircraft that crossed in under 5 minutes can be missed, and one flying with its transponder off never appears. “Lowest altitude” is the lowest it was seen at during those checks.

Get alerted, not just informed

Squawk can push you a notification when a military aircraft enters an area you draw over Kentucky — including departures and recoveries at watched bases.

Download Squawk on the App Store

Why are military jets flying over Kentucky today?

Nothing an aircraft broadcasts says what its flight is for, so this page can’t tell you why a particular jet is over Kentucky. Routine reasons include training flights, transits between bases, tanker and transport runs, and flyovers for public events. What it can show is which military aircraft are broadcasting a position here right now, with type, altitude and speed. A low, loud jet you just heard may not be listed: many military aircraft fly with the transponder off.

What you can and can’t see

Everything on this page comes from transponder broadcasts picked up by volunteer receivers. Military aircraft frequently operate with the transponder off, and some broadcast anonymised identifiers, so an empty page is never proof that nothing is flying. What is here is real; what is missing may simply be silent.

Other states

Live positions come from volunteer-run ADS-B receivers, shared as open data under the ODbL licence. An aircraft is visible here only if its transponder is broadcasting and a receiver hears it, so coverage is dense over North America and Europe and thin over oceans, deserts and mountains. Not for navigation or operational use. More about our data.

See every aircraft. Get pinged when it matters.

Squawk is the live flight tracker for people who look up — on iPhone, with alerts that reach your Lock Screen even when the app is closed.

No ads, everMilitary never hiddenAlerts near you
Download on the App Store
QR code linking to Squawk on the App StoreScan with your iPhone camera
SQUAWK
Made for people who look up.
No ads, ever
© 2026 Squawk · Flight data © community ADS-B receiver networks (ODbL) · Maps © OpenStreetMap · Wildfire data: NASA FIRMS, NIFC & CAL FIRE
SquawkLive flight tracker · iPhoneGet