A US military plane has been tracked buzzing over the Greater Glasgow area after departing a U.S. Navy base in Italy.
The Lockheed KC-130T Hercules showed up in the skies over Cumbernauld and Airdrie this afternoon, having departed Naval Air Station Sigonella near Catania in Sicily this morning en route to Reykjavík in Iceland.
Flight tracking site FlightRadar24 tracked the plane as it cruised at an altitude of 22,000ft at a speed of 348mph.
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According to website Navair, the KC-130T is used by both the United States Navy/United States Marine Corps as a 'multi-role, long-range, land-based tactical aircraft', and provides 'logistic support and air-to-air refueling to fleet operating forces'.
They add that the KC-130T can also carry 92 ground troops or 64 paratroopers and equipment as a tactical transport and can be configured as a medical evacuation platform - capable of carrying 74 patients on stretchers and their attendants.
It comes weeks after Glasgow residents spotted a US Air Force Osprey military aircraft flying over the city prior to landing at Glasgow Airport.
