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Also this evening an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) left Elefsis AB, near Athens, eastbound. At 17:45 CEST the aircraf is returned to Elefsis. We’ve only the inital part of the flight tracked. The mission is still in progress at 20:00 CEST. The aircraft is making a surveillance mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea probably near the island of Karpathos near the area where the Turkish research ship […]

Taking off from Leonardo’s plant in Caselle (Turin), the final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force (MM7356) was handed over during a ceremony today becoming one of the defence aircraft assigned daily to the protection of the Italian skies. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force, Gen. Alberto Rosso, the CEO of Leonardo, Alessandro Profumo […]

New ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) mission for the Italian Air Force Beechcraft B350ER (MM62300) based in Pantelleria AB. The aircraft left the sicilian island at 14:27 CEST and entered into Tripoli FIR at 15:20. After some minutes the signal was lost (probably the ADS-B transponder was switched off). The aircraft was on route to make the mission off western Libya (off Tripoli, or, as yesterday, […]

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) left around 15:15 CEST Elefsis AB, near Athens. In the last days the Greek AWACS made different surveillance mission near the island of karpathos to monito the area where is underway the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis. Today the aircraft didn’t made the usual mission but came back to Elefsis after 40 minutes of flight landing in the […]

New busy day over Aegean Sea. An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) departed from Elefsis AB, near Athens, made a surveillance mission west of the island of Karpathos this early morning. The aircraft landed again in Elefsis around 09:45 CEST. This morning a similar mission was done by a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (13-004) orbiting near Dalaman on the Aegean coast. Meanwhile the […]

An USNavy Boeing P-8A is returning to NAS Sigonella after an usual ISR mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea off Russian military installations in Syria (Latakia AB and Tartus Navy facilities). The aircraft is transmitting (again) a fake hexcode (CE6815) instead of the real code (AE6815) Source link

Around 08:00 CEST an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) left Elefisis AB, near Athens, to make a new mission. We’ve tracked the aircraft until the island of Karpathos, the same area where also in the last week the aircraft made a similar mission. After three hours the Embraer came back to its homebase where it landed around 12:00 CEST. The Turkish research ship “Oruc […]

This morning an Italian Air Force Beechcraft B350ER (reg. MM62300, callsign IAM1498) left Pantelleria AB to make an usual ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) mission off Libya. We haven’t more data to know where exactly the mission was done (the ADS-B transponder was switched off south of the island of Lampedusa. At the same time an Italian Air Force P-72A (reg. MM62281 – callsign IAM4101) left Sigonella AB […]

This morning the eastern Mediterranean is busy again. Also today we are tracking a Turkish Air Force C-130B (61-0963) that has left the Al-Wuttiyah AB air base, western Libya, to return to Turkey, at the Kayseri AB. At the same time an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757), departed from Elefsis AB, conducted a surveillance mission near the island of Karpathos, probably controlling the area […]

Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) mission for an Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A (MM62228) departed from Pratica di Mare AB, south of Rome. The Italian aircraft had a rendez-vous with a NATO Boeing E-3A (LX-N90459) departed from Geilenkirchen AB, Germany. The mission is in progress in these minutes (18:30 CEST) Source link

A venerable Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130B (61-0963) left Al-Wuttiyah AB, western Libya, at 11:25 CEST. After a 4 hours flight the transport aircraft is landed around 16:00 in Kayseri AB, central Turkey. Source link

New mission this morning for the Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-1345 AEW&C (reg. 757 – callsign OURAN41): departed from Elefsis AB around 08:00 CEST the aircraft heading this time south to make a surveillance mission over central Mediterranean Sea. In this mission the aircraft is making a flight as NATO Sea Guardian operation asset. It is interesting to note that the only Greek Embraer AEW&C that […]

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer Legacy 600 (reg. 484 – callsign HAF352Z) departed from Elefsisi AB, near Athens, is entered into Turkish airspace near the island of Chios. Now the aircraft is in flight eastbound (to Ankara?). We don’t know who is aboard of the aircraft. Source link

Also this morning an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) left Elefsis AB, near Athens, eastbound. Around 11:30 CEST the aircraf is returned to Elefsis. We’ve only the final part of the flight tracked. The aircraft returned from a surveillance mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea probably in the area where the Turkish research ship “Oruc Reis” begun yesterday a new session of drills in the […]

An Italian Customs ATR P-72B (MM62311) made this afternoon a long patrol mission over Ionian Sea and southern Adriatic Sea. The aircraft is departed at 14:57 CEST from Pratica di Mare AB, south of Rome, and, finally, is landed in Brindisi around 19:30 after over 6 hours of flight. In the last weeks the same aircraft was deployed, as Frontex asset, in Kalamata AB, southern Peoloponnese […]

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) left around 11:00 CEST Elefsis AB eastbound. in this screenshot you can view the last position tracked. The aircraft was on route to make a surveillance mission over eastern mediterranean Sea probably in the area where the Turkish research ship “Oruc Reis” begun this morning a new session of drills in the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), not recognized […]

This morning an Italian Air Force Beechcraft B350ER (reg. MM62300, callsign IAM1499) left Pantelleria AB to make an usual ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) mission off Libya. We haven’t more data to know where exactly the mission was done (the ADS-B transponder was switched off south of the island of Lampedusa), if off Tripoli (here below a past mission) or maybe off Misrata (here below a mission done […]

The Swedish Air Force Gulfstream S102B “Korpen” (12003) Electronic Intelligence plane arrived yesterday in Souda Bay AB made today its first mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea. Based in Souda Bay the aircraft is so far from home to acquire new baseline data for Russian assets (S-400 missile system) deployed in Syria. We’ve already tracked a korpen over eastern Mediterranea Sea on May 2018, April 2019 and on October 2019. Source […]

Hellenic Air Force Lockheed C-130H (reg. 751 – callsign HAF356F) in flight from Mont de Marsan AB to Elefsis AB. Hellenic Air Force participates in annual Volfa 20 exercise at Mont De Marsan. This year’s exercise involved approximately 40 aircraft. Greece, Spain and Belgium are training alongside the French hosts. Source link

We are usually used to seeing FORTE10 (one of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B “Global Hawk” based in Sigonella) carrying out missions over eastern Ukraine or over the Black Sea. Indeed this morning the American drone carried out the usual mission off the Crimea but then continued eastwards. In these minutes (12:30 CEST) he is carrying out a reconnaissance flight in Georgia not far from the borders […]

This morning at 07:23 CEST the Italian Air Force Beechcraft B350ER (MM62300) left Pratica di Mare AB for Pantelleria AB where it’s landed at 08:31. At 10:23 the aircraft left the sicilian island southbound to make an ISR mission off western Libya. After a 4:40 hours mission the Beech is landed again in Pantelleria (14:59 CEST). At 16:31 the aircraft left again Pantelleria for Pratica di […]

This morning around 09:30 CEST an unidentified aircraft left Sigonella AB southbound. The ICAO hexcode indicated (33FD6B) is Italian but also in the past we’ve tracked the same “plane” and observing the route, the altitude (over 51k feet) and the speed (350 knot) of the aircraft we can identify it as a  Northrop Grumman RQ-4D “Global Hawk”, one of the NATO drones based in Sigonella (callsign “MAGMA”) . […]

Today we’ve tracked a new flight of an Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J (MM62194) to Misrata, Libya. The aircraft left Pisa San Giusto AB at 08:59 CEST for Pratica di Mare AB where is landed at 09:43. After an half hour the aircraft left also Pratica di mare southbound landing in Misrata around 14:45. Around 15:30 the aircraft departed from Misrata back to Pisa. It was a flight […]

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) made a surveillance mission between the islands of Crete and Milos. In thse minutes (10:50 CEST) the aircraft is descending to Elefsis AB Source link

This night a Turkish Air Force Lokcheed C-130E (reg. 71-01468) departed from Kayseri AB, Turkey, is landed in Al-Watiya AB, western Libya. Around 09:15 CEST the aircraft left the Lybian airbase coming back in Turkey. Source link

The last week we’ve tracked an USAF Boeing RC-135U making a surveillance mission off western Libya.Today the same aircraft is making a similar mission this time off eastern Libya. The USAF Boeing RC-135U (reg. 64-14849 – callsign HOOCH09) left this morning Souda bay AB southbound at 07:21 CEST transmitting a fake hexcode (89FF8C). The RC-135U made its surveillance mission off Benghazi but also over the Sirte […]

Usual patrol mission for a Turkish Navy drone Bayraktar TB2 UCAV. The drone is departed from Dalaman and it’s making its misison over southern Aegean sea north of the Greek island of Rhodes. For a little part of its route (at 14:35 CEST) the Bayraktar is entered into Athens FIR but it’s not entered into Greek airspace. Source link

In these minutes a little fleet of USAF tanker is in flight from RAF Mildenhall to the Mediterranean Sea. Two Boeing KC-135R (reg. 58-0065 – callsign CLEAN72; reg. 61-0264 – callsign CLEAN62) and two McDonnel Douglas KC-10A (re. 83-0082 – callsign CLEAN71; reg. 79-1949 – callsign CLEAN61) are departed from the RAF base dragging 6 USAF Boeing F-15 (callsign TABOR11-16), in flight now with the KC-135Rs. […]

This morning we’re tracking a double surveillance mission done over the Black Sea off Crimea: 1x RAF Boeing RC-135W (ZZ664) from Souda Bay AB 1x USArmy CL-600 “Artemis” from Constanta Source link

This morning the skies of the central Mediterranean were very busy. We have already written about the Turkish airlift between Misrata and Turkey but the two Turkish A400s were not the only guests. In fact, an USAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. 64-14849) departed from Souda Bay AB made a surveillance mission off western Libya (flying in international airspace).The aircraft remained in the patrol area for several hours […]

Despite the commitment in the Caucasus and the tensions with Greece, the Turkish involvement in Libya does not diminish and the air bridge between Turkey and Libya continues. A few minutes ago a pair of Turkish Air Force Airbus A.400Ms (15-0051 & 16-0055) left Misrata to return to Turkey after traveling the opposite route last night. Source link

In these minutes (19:50 CEST) we’re tracking a Global Hawk descending to NAS Sigonella. The ICAO hexcode indicated (33FD6B) is Italian but also in the past we’ve tracked the same “plane” and observing the route, the altitude (over 50k feet) and the speed (350 knot) of the aircraft we can identify it as a  Northrop Grumman RQ-4D “Global Hawk”, one of the NATO drones based in Sigonella […]

The ordinary patrolling of Turkish Navy Bayraktar TB.2 drones the continues today near the border with Greece. Today we’re tracking a first drone to the north, along the land border, and a second drone to the south over the southern Aegean Sea. In both cases the aircraft are operating within the Turkish airspace Source link