00-9001 Boeing C-32B (757-23A) (MSN 25494/611) of 150th Special Operations Squadron/486th Flight Test Squadron, US Air Force, at Perth Airport – Wed 8 June 2016. ‘STUN 71’ arriving at 8:08pm from Yokota Air Base in Japan, via Darwin. It departed to Darwin and Yokota at 8:11am on 10 June 2016. This aircraft is assigned to a secret unit which operates as part of the USAF Special Operations Command and the United States Department of State Foreign Emergency Support Team, which are on stand-by at a moment’s notice to deploy US civilian intelligence and diplomatic personnel to the scenes of terrorist incidents and world crises. It may also be used with the Special Activities Division of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The squadron motto is “Non semper ea sunt quae videntur” (“Not always what they seem”). This is one of two C-32B aircraft with the unit, but it is often painted with different serial numbers, being reported as 98–6006, 99–6143, 00–9001 and 02-5001. The C-32s are based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida and it is believed that the test squadron designation was chosen to blend in with the flight test operations that are conducted at Eglin. It previously visited Perth on 29-31 October 2015, wearing serial 99-6143. Photo © Marcus Graff