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Unusual flight pattern for this USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 11-2049 – callsign FORTE11). The drone is operating north of peninsula of Crimea between Mykolaiv and Mariupol. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website uses cookies to improve […]

Another day of surveillance missions over the Black Sea for US forces. This night a Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 11-2049 – callsign FORTE10) left NAS Sigonella for a new mission off Crimea and now, as you can see in the image above is in flight over Georgia. Also US Navy is making missions off Crimea: a Lockheed EP-3E, reg. 161410 – callsign AK47 (sic!), departed Souda […]

New busy morning over Black Sea. We’re traking on task: Turkish Navy ATR P-72TMPA (TCB-752) departed Izmir and making surveillance mission over central Black Sea RAF Boeing RC-135W (ZZ664) departed directly UK making ISR mission off Crimea US Navy Boeing P-8A departed NAS Sigonella making ISR mission off Crimea too Source link

Today there is an intense military air activity over France: 3x Boeing C-135FR (735, 740, 93-CK) 1x Boeing E-3C (204) 1x Airbus A332MRTT (041) and 30x Dassault Rafale ?x Dassault Mirage 2000D ?x Dassault Mirage 2000-5 Every three months, dozens of French air force fighters, tankers and radar planes take off at bases across France, form up over the Atlantic Ocean then split up and practice […]

New busy day in the sky around Crimea. This morning were on task: RAF Boeing RC-135RW (reg. ZZ666 – callsign RRR7238) departed directly the UK USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4D (reg. 11-2049 – callsign FORTE10) departed NAS Sigonella USN Boeing P-8A departed NAS Sigonella too Source link

This morning around 09:00 CEST an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62293 – callsign IAM1496) departed Pratica di MAre AB eastbound. After an ahl hours also an Italian Air Force Beechcraft B350ER (reg. MM62317 – callsign IAM1497) left Pratica di Mare AB eastbound. The CAEW is landed in Tel Aviv and the Beech is followign the same route. Probably the Gulfstream E.550 is landed […]

New day of US surveillance missions on Russian target: a US Navy Lockheed EP-3E (reg. 161410) left this morning Souda Bay AB around 07:00 CEST to make a new surveillance mission over Black Sea off Crimea (yesterday the same plane make a similar mission off western Libya) a US Navy Boeing P-8A departed around 10:30 CEST NAS Sigonella to make an ISR  (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) […]

Double surveillance mission this morning for US Navy Poseidons. A first Boeing P-8A is departed NAS Sigonella around 8:30 CEST and now is making a ISR mission over eastern Mediterranean sea between Cyprus and Syria (where are reported different Russian military installations). The second one left Sigonella around 09:30 CEST to make a new mission over Black Sea . Source link

Double surveillance mission this morning for US Navy Poseidons. A first Boeing P-8A is departed NAS Sigonella around 9:00 CEST and now is making a marittime patrol mission over eastern mediterranean sea south of Cyprus where is reported an intense acitivty of Russian navy units. The second one left Sigonella around 11:30 CEST to make a new mission over Black Sea off Crimea. Source link

Two different surveillance mission are in progress in these minutes in the Crimea/Eastern Ukraine area: USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4D (reg. 11-2049 – callsign FORTE10) made a surveillance mission off Crimea and now is making a similar mission over eastern Ukaine US Navy Boeing P-8A is making a surveillance mission over Black Sea off Crimea Both aircraft are departed this morning NAS Sigonella. Source link

New day for the Italian Air Force Composite Air Operation (COMAO) exercise. There aircraft are participating: 2x Boeing KC-767A from Pratica di Mare AB (MM62227, MM62228) 1x Lockheed KC-130J from Pisa San Giusto AB 1x Gulfstream E.550 CAEW from Pratica di Mare AB (MM62303) ?x Eurofighter F.2000 from Istrana AB ?x Eurofighter F.2000 from Grosseto AB ?x Eurofighter F.2000 from Trapani Birgi AB ?x Lockheed Martin […]

Today we’ve tracked a new flight of an Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J (MM62178) to Misrata, Libya. The aircraft left Pisa San Giusto AB around 09:50 CEST for Pratica di Mare AB where is landed at 10:24. After less than an half hour the aircraft departed Pratica di Mare AB at 11:15 southbound to Misrata, where it landed at 14:25. Around 16:30 the aircraft left Misrata for Pisa. […]

This morning we’re tracking a new Turkish Air Force flight between Turkey and Libya. An Airbus A400M (reg. 18-0094 – callsign TUAF221) departed Ankara at 08:50 CEST is landing in Al-Watiya  AB in these minutes (12:45 CEST). itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and […]

This morning around 08:30 CEST an Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A (reg. MM62228 – callsign IAM1411) eastbound. After 2:30 hours of flight the Italian tanker arrived in the area of operations near Gaziantep, south eastern Turkey. The aircraft made an air to air refueling with some allied planes before to return to Pratica di Mare AB where it landed around 16:00 CEST. Source link

More than 50 flight missions, in all conditions of weather and sea state, a night session, around 120 vertical landings, and as many short take-offs with the aid of the ski jump, and finally a vertical take-off test. In four weeks at sea, the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) ,180 people including engineers, researchers, test pilots, technicians and flight deck operators temporarily embarked on […]

This morning we’ve tracked a patrol mission made by a Guardia Civil (Spanish gendarmerie) CASA CN235M (reg. T.19B-22 – callsign AME6004) over the Strait of Otranto between Apulia and Albania. The aircraft, operating as Frontex asset, finished its mission around 12:00 CET and then it is returned to Sigonella AB. Source link

The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy met today their Libyan counterpart in Tripoli in a show of support for the war-torn country’s newly formed unity government. At 18:40 CET we can track a Compagnia Aerea italiana (Italian Secret Services linked air company) Falcon 900 EX (reg. I-TARH – callsign CPI241) descending to Rome Ciampino, a French Air Force Dassault Falcon 900EX (reg. F-RAFP – CTM0004) […]

Traffic ovethe r Black Sea this morning: an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62293 – callsign IAM1495 ) left at 09:05 CET Pratica di Mare AB to make an ISR mission over Black Sea. When the aircraft arrived over Romanian coast the ADS-B transponder was switched off. In the area was operating also an USAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. 62-4134 – callsign PALE62) departed from […]

After the mission tracked yesterday also today a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (reg. 13-002 – callsign TURAF42), departed Konya AB, central Turkey, is operating over the central Mediterranean Sea at an altitude of 9.7000 metres. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean […]

This morning at 07:22 CET a French Air Force Dassault Falcon 900EX (reg. F-RAFD – callsign CTM3806) departed Vélizy – Villacoublay AB southbound. Around 10:00 CET the same aircraft landed in Tripoli (while a Turkish Air Force E-7T was operating in the area). We have not more informations about this flight but two day ago the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, made an official visit in […]

After a long time this morning we’re tracking a surveillance mission made by a Turkish Air Force AWACS over central mediterranean sea off Libya. The aircraft, a Boeing E-7T (reg. 13-002 – callsign TURAF42) is departed from Konya AB, central Turkey, and now is operating over the central Mediterranean Sea at an altitude of 32.000 feet. As you can see the track is not very clear […]

New Operation Shader mission this afternoon for RAF aircraft based in RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. A couple of Typhoon FGR.4 (reg. ?) left the air base with an Airbus KC.2 (reg. ZZ333) southbound. South of Cyprus they made an air to air refueling. The aircraft are in flight to make a new air strike over ISIS positions in Iraq. Source link

This morning we’ve (partially) tracked a new surveillance mission off western Libya (the last similar mission was tracked two days ago). the mission was made by an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. IAM1495 – callsign MM62293). The aircraft left Pratica di Mare AB at 08:40 CET southbound and it was trackable until 09:11 when it disappered from all tracking sites. At 13:52 the CAEW […]

Yesterday at 17:45 CET a Royal Air Force Boeing C-17A (re. ZZ173 – callsign RRR6715) left RAF Brize Norton southbound. Around 19:40 the aircraft, flying north of Tripoli southbound, switched off its ADS-B transponder entering into Tripoli FIR. After less then 4 hous the aircraft reappeared in the same area flying, this time, northbound (it landed in Brize Norton at 03:21 CET). Looking at the route […]

This morning around 09:00 CET a NATO Northrop Grumman RQ-4D (MM-AV-SA0016) left Sigonella AB southbound. When the drone entered into Tripoli FIR its ADS-B trasnsponder was switched off. Meanwhile an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62293 – callsign IAM1495) left Pratica di Mare AB southbound too. At 10:01 CET the aircraft entered into Tripoli FIR switching off its ADS-B transponder. Both mission are now […]

On March 6, the Russian Navy Tug “Prof. Nikolay Muru” entered into Mediterranean Sea. This tug is not traveling alone but it’s escorting a Russian Kilo-class submarine likely underway to Tartus, Syria. In these days also the combat group of the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)  brings entered into the Mediterranean Sea and, even if they are now far away, it is a singular combination. These days the […]

While a USNavy Boeing P-8A is landing in NAS Sigonella after a surveillance mission over the easrten Mediterranean Sea, a second Poseidon is already departed from Sigonella to make a similar mission. Since this morning we have been assisting in missions that follow one after the other. On Wednesday the Iranian container ship “SHAHR E KORD” was allegedly attacked by Israel while was underway to Syria. […]

AAR mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea for these USAF Boeing KC-135R (reg. 62-3551 & 57-1440). The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is underway south of Crete itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website uses cookies to […]

Also today we’re tracking two Turkish Air Force flight between Turkey and Libya. An Airbus A400M (reg. 15-0051 – callsign TUAF221) and another unidentified plane (callsign TUAF222) departed from Ankara and Kayseri are in flight over central Mediterranean Sea westbound to western Libya. Source link

A new mission into Athens FIR for a Turkish Navy aircraft. At 08:06 CET a Turkish Navy aircraft, an ATR C-72MPA (callsign MARTI78, reg. TCB-751) left NAS Izmit. The aircraft entered into Athens FIR (flight information region) off Dardanelles. The plane continued its flight over Aegean Sea southbound. For nearly three hours the aircraft flew from north to south over the Aegean Sea (FL080) however, avoiding entering the […]

The “Rivista Marittima” (the official review of the Italian Navy) published an interview with the Admiral Placido Torresi (Commander of the Italian Navy’s Air Forces). We report an interesting paragraph on the future Italian maritime patrol aircraft: “Italy can no longer be without anti-submarine aviation: consequently, on the initiative of the Navy, the Ministry of the Defense has begun the process of analyzing and selecting a maritime […]

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) has crossed yesterday the Strait of Gibraltar and is operating in the Mediterranean Sea, about two weeks after departing its homeport in Virginia on its latest deployment. The IKE CSG deployed Feb. 19 for the second time in a year with a partially new set of cruiser and destroyer escorts. Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) are deploying again […]

After the flight of this night today we’ve traked another US mission in Libya. Around 14:00 CET an US Special Operations Command Dornier C-146A (reg. 97-3091 – callsign MAGMAxxx) left NAS Sigonella southbound. At 14:44 CET the aircraft disappeared from all traking sites. After two hours the aircraft was trackable again, this time south of Crete in flight northbound (the Dornier is landed in Souda Bay […]

An USAF Boeing C-17A “Globemaster” (callsign RCH245, reg. 07-7183) left Ramstein AB, Germany, yesterday at 17:21 CET and follow one of the usual routes followed by previous flights to Libya. The aircraft, as seen in similar past flights didn’t enter into Italian FIR. The aircraft disappeared from all tracking site around 19:19 CET over central Mediterranean sea. At 22:18 CET the Globemaster is reappeared off Libya in flight […]

Today we’ve tracked an unusual mission made by an Italian Air Force ATR P-72A. The aircraft (reg. MM62281 – callsign IAM4101) after a first part of (usual) mission done off southern Sicilian coast and over the Strait of Sicily continued its flight southbound. Arrived at limits of Libyan airspace (and territorial waters) the ATR orbiting off Misrata (13:30 – 14:30 CET) before to return to Sigonella […]

New patrol mission over western Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria for the Italian Customs (Guardia di Finanza) ATR P-72B (reg. MM62311) based in Malaga. The aircraft is operating since the end of January as Frontex asset. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and […]

An Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62293 – IAM1495) is back to Pratica di Mare after a long surveillance mission over the central Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft is departe from Pratica di Mare Ab around 12:05 CET southbound. When the aircraft was flying off western Sivily southbound the ADS-B trasponder was switched off (12:45). The CAEW is reappered around 17:45 near Malta flying northbound […]

The F-35 Joint Program Office has announced that yesterday two USMC F-35B Lightning II (168717, xxx) begin sea trials aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). The completion of the “Sea Trials” phase, which will last in the Atlantic Ocean for about four weeks, will allow the flagship of the Italian Navy to test the flight deck and verify the impacts with the fifth generation […]

This morning at 09:50 CET a Turkish Navy ATR C-72MPA (reg. TCB-751 – callsign MARTI77) left NAS Izmit to make a mission over northern Aegean. Arrived in the area around 10:50 the aircraft is still making a mission between Greek islands of Thasos, Lymnos and Samothràki. The pattern of the flight is similar to that one of a SAR mission. As you can see in the […]

New Operation Shader mission this morning for RAF aircraft based in RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. A couple of Typhoon FGR.4 (reg. ZK344, ?) left the air base with an Airbus KC.2 (reg. ZZ338) southbound. The aircraft are in flight to make anew air strike over ISIS positions in Iraq. Source link

Delivery flight for this Turkish Navy ATR 72-600MPA (reg.TCB703) leaving Turin for Turkey. The aircraft left Turin at 11:35 CET with the callsign PROVA10. The Turkish Navy probably will take official delivery of the aircraft at its arrive in Turkey. Source link

An USAF Boeing C-17A “Globemaster” (callsign RCH228, reg. 09-9205) left Ramstein AB, Germany, yesterday at 16:23 CET and follow one of the usual routes followed by previous flights to Libya. The aircraft, as seen in similar past flights didn’t enter into Italian FIR. The aircraft disappeared from all tracking site around 19:06 CET over central Mediterranean sea. At 22:46 CET the Globemaster is reappeared off Libya in flight […]

Today, Fincantieri and OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere d’Armement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation) will sign the contract for the construction of 2 new-generation submarines. Such contract, in which Fincantieri will act as prime contractor, envisages an option for 2 additional units and is part of the new U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy. The total contract value for the first […]

New day trip for a Turkish Air Force aircraft in Libya. This morning a Turkish Air Force Airbus A400M (reg. 15-0051 – callsign TUAF221) departed from Ankara is landed in Misrata while a C-130H (reg. 63-13188 – callsign TUAF222) is landed in Al-Watiya AB. Another A400M (reg. 18-0093 – callsign TUAF220) is landed somewhere in western Libya but we’ve not the complete track. Meanwhile an USNavy Lockheed EP-3E […]

Double AAR (air to air refueling) mission for Italian Air Force aircraft. A Boeing KC-767A (reg. MM62227 – callsign BREUS47) departed from Pratica di Mare AB is orbiting over central Italy while a Lockheed KC-130J (reg. MM62178 – callsign PETROL51) departed from Pisa San Giusto AB is making a similar mission over southern Tyrrhenian Sea. In flight there also AMX from Istrana AB, Panavia Tornado ECR […]

A new mission into Athens FIR for a Turkish Navy aircraft. At 07:13 CET a Turkish Navy aircraft, an ATR C-72MPA (callsign MARTI78, reg. TCB-751) left NAS Izmit. The aircraft entered into Athens FIR (flight information region) off Dardanelles. The plane continued its flight over Aegean Sea southbound. For nearly three hours the aircraft flew from north to south over the Aegean Sea (FL080) however, avoiding entering the […]

Around 08:20 CET a NATO Global Hawk RQ-4D “Phoenix” (reg. AV-SA0016 – callsign MAGMAxx) left Sigonella AB southbound. The drone is flying over central Mediterranean sea southbound. In the past we’ve tracked the NATO Phoenix made mission over the Gulf of Sirte off Libyan airspace. Today we’ll track probably a similar mission. Source link

New mission off western Libya for an USNavy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (reg. 161410). The aircraft left Souda Bay AB around 09:00 CET southbound. When the Aries left Athens FIR the ADS-B transponder was switched off. Yesterday the USNavy aircaft made a similar mission off Tripoli. Source link

An Italian Air Force Boeing KC767A (reg. MM62226 – callsign IAM1430) is flying from Goma to Pratica di Mare AB carrying the bodies of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, 43, and Italian military policeman Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, killed yesterday in Congo. They were killed on Monday, with their Congolese driver, when their convoy was attacked at about 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT) in an attempted kidnap near […]

Second day of Dynamic Manta 2021 exercise. The aim of Dynamic Manta is to provide all participants with complex and challenging warfare training to enhance their interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills, with due regard to safety. Each surface ship will have the opportunity to conduct a variety of submarine warfare operations. The submarines will take turns hunting and being hunted, closely coordinating […]

Today we’ve tracked a new flight of an Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J (MM62180) to Misrata, Libya. The aircraft left Pisa San Giusto AB at 12:12 CET southbound landing in Misrata around 13:40. Around 15:30 the aircraft departed from Misrata back to Pisa. It was a flight with supplies for the Italian military field hospital in Misrata (Missione bilaterale di assistenza e supporto in Libia – MIASIT ). No other […]

Different US movements tracked this morning over Mediterranean Sea: 2x USNavy Lockheed KC-130J (169534 , 169533) in flight from Moron AB eastbound 1x USAF McDonnel Douglas KC-10A (79-1710) in flight from the Gulf westbound 1x USAF Boeing KC-135R (57-2603) in flight from Moron Ab to the Gulf Source link

New mission for the Italian Customs (Guardia di Finanza) ATR P-72B (MM62311) based in Malaga. The aircraft is operating since the end of January as Frontex asset. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website uses cookies to improve […]

Busy morning over the Black Sea this morning: a USNavy Boeing P-8A departed from NAS Sigonella is making an ISR mission off Crimea. An USAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. 63-9792 – callsign JOSKE44) departed from Souda Bay AB is in flight over eastern Black Sea (to Georgia?) while a Boeing KC-135R (reg. 57-1440 – calssign QID794) made an AAR mission over western Black Sea and now is […]

We have received several messages informing us of an ISR mission by a Royal Navy aircraft off the Libyan coast. In fact, looking on Flightradar24 you could see a Beech 350 T.1 (reg. ZZ501 – callsign HERMES71) flying off the coast of Derna. However, if you looked more carefully on the site, you could see that there was something wrong. The aircraft was in fact operating […]

A Turkish Navy ATR C-72MPA is making a training flight off Dalaman, between the Turkish coast and the island of Rhodes. The aircraft, departed from Ankara, is carrying up its mission flying always into Istanbul FIR. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy […]

This morning we’re tracking two different missions by USNavy Boeing P-8A “Poseidon” departed from NAS Sigonella. The first Poseidon left Sigonella at 06:00 CET to make a black Se mission. Now is making a ISR mission off western Crimea coast. The second P-8A left the Sicilian airbase at 09:05 and now is on route to eastern Mediterranean sea to make an usual ISR mission off Syria. […]

New mission as an IRINI asset for a German Navy Lockheed P-3C (reg. 60+08 callsign GNY4530). The aircraft is departed directly from NAS Nordholz in northern Germany at 09:43 CET and after having made a stopover in Munich from 10:55 to 12:15 it departed southwards. The Orion arrived in the operation area at 14:22 and left the area at 16:52. So a mission of over 12 […]

Today we have outlined two distinct missions that have affected Libya. The first concerns a new reconnaissance flight conducted by a NATO Northrop Grumman RQ-4D (reg. MT AV-SA-0016) that took off from Sigonella. The drone left Sigonella around 09:00 CET and headed for Libya switched off its transponder entering into Tripoli FIR This morning an Italian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J (reg. MM62180 – callsign IAM4667) […]

A NATO Boeing E-3A (reg. LX-N90447 – callsign MAGIC01) is back to Geilenkirchen AB after a surveillance mission over southern Mediterranean Sea. The aicraft left German airbase at 11:00 CETand orbited off Apulia for about 3 hours. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over […]

This morning around 09:00 CET a SWEARINGEN Merlin 3 (reg. N123LH – callsign SEAGULL23) left Sigonella AB to make a new IRINI mission over central Mediterranean Sea. After 4 hours mission the aircraft is lande dagain in Sigonella around 13:30 CET. The main goal of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is to support the implementation of the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council to Libya. Source link

On February 10 a French Air Force Lockheed C-130H “Hercules” (reg. 5151 – callsign CTM3149) left Orleans AB at 11:05 CET for Benghazi, Libya. On the route the aircraft made a stop in Perpignan. The Hercules is landing in Benghazi around 16:00 CET. Yesterday morning the French aircraft left Benghazi around 11:30 CET to land again in Orleans AB at 14:43. The nature of the mission […]

This morning around 08:30 CET a first Italian Air Force Leonardo T.346A “Master” (callsign BIANCO70) left Galatina AB in the southern heel of Italy for Decimoannu AB, Sardinia. After some minutes another T.346A left the Apulian airbase for Sardinia too. Now based at Galatina air base, students in the final, Phase 4 stage at the International Flight Training School will move to Decimomannu AB on the […]

Interesting MIASIT* mission this morning: an Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J (reg. MM62178 – callsign IAM4655) left the Trapani Birgi AB at around 11:30 CET, while an ItAF Boeing KC-767A (reg. MM62228 – callsign IAM1408) left Pratica di Mare AB just before(11:00 CET). This is a reconstruction, the fighters were not visible on tracking sites In recent months we have tracked almost weekly MIASIT missions but […]

Also today we’re tracking a Turkish Air Force flight between Turkey and Libya. The Airbus A400M (reg. 16-0055 – callsign TUAF221) departed from Ankara at07:48 CET is in flight to western libya (Al-Watiya  AB or Misrata). itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean […]

An Israeli Air Force Beech B350 (856) left Amendola AB for Israel. It’s possible that this visit is linked to the future redeployment of Israeli Air Force F-35s in Amendola AB, home of the Italians F-35, in view of a joint exercise. IAF F-35 jets will soon travel to Italy to attend an international combat drill, and as Israel has amassed much real-life combat experience with […]

Italian Customs (Guardia di Finanza) Leonardo AW-139 (reg. MM81927) departed from Bari is back to Apulia after a patrol mission made over Montenegro territorial waters. Italian Customs helicopters are making usually patrol missions over southern Adriatic sea, also near Montenegro coasts. Source link

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (reg. 757 – callsign OURAN41) is back to Elefsis AB after a surveillance mission made near Thessaloniki. The aircrft is depared from Elefisis AB at 07:29 CET and after two hours mission is now landing again in the airbase near Athens. Source link

A French Air Force Boeing C-135FR (reg. 737 – callsign FAF4016) is landing in Istres AB, southern France, after an air to air refueling mission made near Poznam, central Poland. The aircraft is departed from Istres AB at 11:27 CET and now is returning to its homebase after 6 hours mission. Source link

This morning a USNavy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” ( 161410 ) departed from Souda Bay AB is making an usual SIGINT (Signals intelligence  is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people or from electronic signals not directly used in communication) mission off Tripoli and western Libya. We’ve not a track of the Aries in the area of operations but we can indicate the zone with a good precision because it […]

A USAF Lockheed U-2S “Dragon Lady” (reg. 80-1080) left at 07:48 CET RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. The aircraft is now in flight south off Crete westbound at an atitude of 60.000 feet. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website […]

This morning the Italian Air Force Beech 350 (MM62300) equipped with sensors to carry out ISR missions left Pratica di Mare AB around 07:30 CET heading north. After about two hours of flight, the Italian aircraft landed at 09:35 in Zurich, Switzerland. About an hour and half later the second Italian Air Force Beech (MM62300) departed from Istrana AB also landed in Zurich. This aircraft is […]

Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A (reg. MM62226 – callsign IAM1431) in flight from Pratica di Mare AB to Dijbouti itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We’ll assume you’re ok with this, […]

This morning in the eastern Aegean / Mediterranean area 3 AWACS are in flight. An Hellenic Air Force Greek Embraer EMB-145 AEW & C (reg. 757 – callsign OURAN41) is landing at Elefsis Ab after a mission carried out over the north Aegean (of which we have only one part of the track). At the same time, a Turkish Boeing E-7T (reg. 13-004) departed from Konya […]

The French Air Force Airbus A330MRTT (reg. F-UJCI – callsign FAF4061) which participated in “Skyros 2021” franco-greek exercise left Athens at 09:53 CET. The aircraft made an Ait to Air refueling over southern Ionian sea probably with the 4 French Dassault Rafale that participated in the exerise too and with, a last time, with Greek fighters. Source link

A French Air Force Boeing C-135FR (reg. 497 – callsign FAF4072) and an Airbus A400M (reg. 0033 – callsign CTM2001) are flying towards France in these minutes. The A400M took off from Athens at around 17:30 CET while the C-135 appeared in flight over the southern Tyrrhenian where it had “disappeared” this morning. In this case we do not know the route he followed. Source link

Around 08:00 CET a NATO Global Hawk RQ-4D “Phoenix” (reg. AV-SA0016 – callsign MAGMAxx) left Sigonella AB southbound. The drone is flying over central Mediterranean sea southbound. In the past we’ve tracked the NATO Phoenix made mission over the Gulf of Sirte off Libyan airspace. Today we’ll track probably a similar mission. Source link

New day for the Franco-Greek exercise “Skyros 2021”. Also today a French Air Force Airbus A330MRTT (reg. F-UJCI – callsign VALIANT35) took off from Athens Int’l airport and is now carrying out an AAR mission (air to air refueling) over the Ionian Sea. In addition to the Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000, 4 French Dassault Rafale also participate in the exercise; all the aircraft are based […]

After passing the Strait of Gibraltar, the Italian Navy carrier “Cavour” (C550) will be hosted by the strategically located Rota Naval Station, which hosts, since 2019, the Operational Headquarters running the European Union Naval Operation ATALANTA. The Italian Navy carrier left her homeport – Taranto Naval Base – on January 28 with a 600 crew on board under the command of Captain Giancarlo Ciappina heading toward […]

A French Air Force Airbus A330MRTT (reg. F-UJCI – callsign FAF4061) is making an aerial refueling between the island of Crete and the Peloponnese. The aircraft si departed at 09:00 CET from Giza AB, Egypt, near Cairo. Probably are involved both Greek and French aircraft. 4 rafals are to land today in Tanagra, Greece for excersizes with HAF — bolzano (@bolzano76882535) February 2, 2021 Source link

New central Mediterranean Sea patrol mission for this Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (reg. 757 – callsign OURAN41) departed from Elefsis AB, near Athens, around 08:15 CET. The aircraft is in flight west of Crete near the Athens FIR border. We don’t know the exact nature mission but the Hellenic Air Force EMB-145 AEW&C is an asset of IRINI mission and it used to monitor the naval […]

Today a Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M (reg. RA-85042 – callsign RFF413) departed from Latakia AB, Syria, at 00:33 CET landed somewhere in eastern Libya (probably at the Al-Khadim air base). The signal was lost around 02:32 CET when the aircraft was descending. The aircraft had originally taken off from Moscow and made a stopover in Damasco. At the moment the aircraft does not seem to be taking […]

A Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (reg 13-004 ) departed from Konya AB, central Turkey, is orbiting from 08:04 CET east of Izmir, near Aegean coast itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea. This website uses cookies to improve your […]

An Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A (reg. MM62228 – callsign IAM1411) left this morning at 08:12 CET Pratica di Mare AB eastbound. The aircraft is now in flight over central Turkey eastbound probably on route to make an aerial refueling near Iraqi or Syrian border. Interesting that the aircraft didn’t enter into Greek airspace. Source link

The Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C550), left on Thursday Naval base Taranto for reach Naval Station Norfolk to start F-35B STOVL aircraft qualifications with the U.S. Marine Corps. For six weeks after its arrival in the United States, ITS Cavour will be trained by a USMC detachment that will be embarked, to become an aircraft carrier qualified with the F-35B. The “Ready For Operations (RFO)”, as […]

For the third time this year, U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” aircrews assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., successfully completed a presence patrol in the Middle East today. This long-range, short-duration defensive mission was intended to demonstrate the U.S. military’s ability to deploy airpower anywhere in the world to deter potential aggression and showcase the U.S. commitment to regional security. The […]

This morning at 07:49 CET a Turkish Navy ATR C-72MPA (reg. TCB-751 – callsign MARTI93) left its home base of Izmit (NAS Cengiz Topel) for a patrol mission over Aegean sea. The aircraft arrived over the sea at 08:45 then turned off its ADS-B transponder. The ATR reapperared at 11:24 south of the Greek island of Mytilene following a similar route to Izmit where it’s landed around […]

New day trip for a Turkish Air Force aircraft in Libya. This morning a Turkish Air Force Airbus A400M (reg. 16-0055 – callsign TUAF221) depared from Al-Watiya landed in Ankara. The aircraft was arrived in Libya from Turkey this morning. Meanwhile a USNavy Lockheed EP-3 “Aries II”(161410) departed from Souda Bay AB was in the area (off western Libya) making a surveillance mission: 161410 AE1D98United States […]

Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, and Theodoros Lagios, Director General of Armament and Investments of the Greek Ministry of Defense, signed in Athens, in the presence of Mrs. Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, and Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Greek Minister of National Defense, two contracts respectively for the acquisition of 18 Rafale aircraft and for the associated logistic support. The order […]

Today we’ve received a new video of a Mig-29 in flight over Al Juffra, central Libya (the video was recorded on friday). According to information from various sources there active 5/6 second-hand Belarusian Mig-29s; they are not Russian Air Force planes but they will be used directly by the LNA Air Force and they are based in Al Juffra AB. Source link

This morning, around 12:30 CET, an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (161410) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya. We don’t know the exact position of the aircraft but it’s sure that it was operating off western Libya. The data available were: 161410 AE1D98United States Navy United States MilitaryLockheed P-3C Orion P3Altitude: 7178 mDuration: 27:42Transponder: Mode-S The same aircraft made a […]

This morning a Turkish Navy CASA CN-235 MSA (reg. TCB-655 – callsign TURNA25) is making a patrol mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Cyprus. The CASA is based in NAS Izmit. Meanwhile an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB 145 AEW&C (reg. 374 – OURAN11) left Elefsis AB to make a surveillnce mision in the ame area, vor the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Turkey confirms to continue with its […]

The first of 84 Greek Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to be upgraded to the F-16V Viper standard took to the skies on January 17. Greece’s minister for national defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, announced the news on Twitter. Το πρώτο ελληνικό #F16 που αναβαθμίζεται στην εκδοχή #Viper στην #ΕΑΒ έκανε την παρθενική του πτήση σήμερα, με απόλυτη επιτυχία. Tέλος του μήνα θα βρεθεί στις εγκαταστάσεις της #LockheedMartin.Η αναβάθμιση […]

We have tracked USAF flights to Libya several times. The Italian ones to Misrata (in support of the Italian military hospital) are now routine as wellthe Turkish ones to western Libya or Russian flights to eastern Libya. However, it is the first time that we have tarcked a RAF flight to Libya. Last night a RAF Boeing C-17A (reg. ZZ175 – callsign RRR6703) took off at […]

On Twitter appeared several photos, and a video, of some Mig-29s flying over Al Juffra, central Libya. The photos are interesting and because you can see the aircraft with Libyan markings. According to information from various sources there active 5/6 second-hand Belarusian Mig-29s; they are not Russian Air Force planes but they will be used directly by the LNA Air Force and they are based in Al […]

An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (reg. 374 – callsign OURAN11) made a surveillance mission over eastern Mediterranean Sea. We don’t know exaclty where because the ADS-B transponder of the aircraft was switched off during the mission. The Embraer landed in Elefsis AB around 11 CET. Source link

An Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A (MM62228 – callsign METAL12) departed from Kuwait city Int’l is making an AAR (air-to-air refueling) mission over northern Iraq near Kirkuk. The aircraft is arrived in Kuwait on 20th December. itamilradar Most important site monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and Mediterranean Sea No Result View All Result © 2020 ItaMilRadar – Monitoring military aircraft (and more…) movements over Italy […]

In the context of Operation Desert Storm, Italy deployed 8 Tornado fighter of 6th, 36th and 50th Wings to the Persian Gulf since September 1990. Their first mission was to defend Italian Naval Forces that were operating in the region, enforcing the international embargo put in place by UN resolution 661/1990. On the night between 17 and 18 January 1991, eight Italian Panavia Tornado IDS left […]

This morning an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (161410) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya. The signal (without exact position) was lost around 13:30 CET when the aircraft was operating off western Libya. The Lockheed EP-3 is the signals reconnaissance version of the P-3 Orion, operated by the United States Navy. The aircraft is known by the acronym ARIES, or “Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic […]