U.S. Air Force C-17 Lands In Moscow After Andrews-To-Riga Leg

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked about the landing, said, in remarks cited by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, that he did not have such information.

EASTERN EUROPE — Commercial flight-tracking data published Tuesday showed a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, serial 07-7181, flying from Riga International Airport in Latvia to Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, with the track ending at about 7:00 AM UTC (about 10:04 AM Moscow time).

he first C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing touches down on Stewart International Airport's runway July 18, 2011

Flightradar24, the tracking service that published the route, identified the flight as RCH4555 and stated that a U.S. Air Force C-17A flew from Riga to Vnukovo.