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In the past we’ve tracked USAF Global Hawk making SIGINT missions over eastern Mediterranean Sea but this is the first mission that we’ve the track made by an USAF General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. The drone is departed from NAS Sigonella watching Mig-29’s at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria (see the article here) prior to their transit to Libya. The flight was made at an altitude of […]

U.S. Africa Command statement : “U.S. Africa Command assesses that Moscow recently deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground there. Russian military aircraft are likely to provide close air support and offensive fires for the Wagner Group PMC that is supporting the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) fight against the internationally recognized Government of […]

In these minutes a Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130E (63-3188) departed from Istanbul is entered into Tripoli FIR. Some minutes ago another Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130E (71-01468) left Istanbul southbound. The destination of both flights is Misrata, Libya. We’ve tracked 6 flights from Istanbul to Misrata in the last three days. Source link

Flightradar24 is tracking an aircraft marked as Kenyan Air Force Alenia C-27J (222) departed from Istanbul southbound. But its hexcode (C9D52F) is this one of a Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130, the aircraft that made the flight Istanbul-Misrata-Istanbul on Thursday and Friday. So in all likelihood this aircraft is the Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130E (71-01468) and probably is making a new flight to Misrata. UPDATE […]

Yesterday we’ve published a post on the arrival of Russian Mig-29 in Libya. Today we’ve more informations about. Indeed, some MiG-29s arrived in Libya in the last days: a satellite photo of May 19 shows one of them at al-Jufrah AB. In the photo you can see a Mig-29 while you can also see some Mig-2s5 (which however are no longer in flight conditions). According to […]

Preliminary remark: this news needs more evidences to be defined 100% true, at the moment it is a simple rumor. The Italian newspaper “La Repubblica” in an article published today reports that according to the Minister of the Interior of the Tripoli government, Fathi Bishaga, Russian Air Force had moved to eastern Libya six Mig-29 and two Sukhoi Su- 24 from Syria. The aircraft are departed […]

Today around 10:00 CEST a French Air Force Boeing E-3CF (204) left Avord AB southbound. We’ve tracked the flight of this AWACS until off western Sardinia, then the signal is disappeared. Now, around 12:00 CEST, the aircraft is tracked again somewhere over the central Mediterranean Sea by a Malta receivers We don’t know the exact position of the aircraft because it’s tracked by Mode-S. In the […]

An USAF Lockheed U-2S “Dragon Lady” (68-10336) is in flight over eastern Mediterranean Sea northbound. The aircraft will land in RAF Akrotiri Cyprus. The spy plane made in these days different missions over the Middle east. Source link

Yesterday, GNA forces captured the LNA’s most important air base in western Libya, al-Watiya AB. It is interesting to observe the aircraft that have been found inside the air base because it seems to take a step back in time. From the photos that have circulated on social networks we see some Dassault Mirage F.1, Sukhoi Su-22 and Mi-24 “Hind-A” (the first version of the famous […]

This night (around 11:00 PM CEST) we’ve tracked an interesting flight: a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD (reg. RA-86906 – flight n° RFF8054) was in flight from eastern Libya to Latakia AB, Syria. We dont’ have more data about the airport of departure (Benghazi, Al Abyda, Khmeimim AB?) or about the nature of the flight. (thanks to Sergio Scandura) Source link

We’re tracking two Turkish Navy  Bayraktar TB.2 making two similar patrol mission along the seaborder between Turkey and Greece. The first one (TCB801) is departed from NAS Canakkale and the second one (TCB808) from Dalaman. Both flight are made into Turkish FIR. Source link

The tweet account of Oded Berkowitz published a serie of photos from a “LNA video showing another purported UAV that was shot down near al-Watiyah Airbase“. The image are strange because they seem to show a Wing Loong UAV, a drone used by LNA and not by GNA. A case of friendly fire? Or maybe it could be a TAI Anka drone (in this case use by […]

This morning we’re tracking a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (13-001) departed from Konya AB, central Turkey, making a surveillance mission near Aegean Turkish coast. The Boeing E-7T is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry, and has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one. Source link

This morning an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (160764) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya. The mission is still progress in these minutes over western Libya. We haven’t more data to indicate the exact position. 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 […]

The official Twitter account of the Libyan National Army spokesman reports that the LNA air force has now 4 “new” fighters. There are four old airplanes put back into flight by LNA technicians. We haven’t other informations about the type of these fighters (Mirage F.1, MiG-21, Mig-23, … ?) and there aren’t photos or other evidences to confirm the news. Our veteran technicians managed to repair […]

Today the news that two French Rafale fighters and a tanker would be spotted over Misrata has been shared by different social media’s accounts. We’ve not tracked any French Air Force tanker in flight over the central Mediterranean today (not even in recent times). And we’re not the only ones. At this point my only remark is that suspected involved aircraft (French Air Force A400M reg. 0019/F-RBAG […]

This morning at 06:52 CEST an Italian Air Force ATR P-72A ( reg. MM62279, callsign IAM4101) left Sigonella AB to make a SAR mission over the area of the crash of the Canadian Armed Forces Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone. Contact was lost after the CH-148 took off from the frigate HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) during a Nato exercise yesterday evening. In the area there were, at least the Italian […]

Interesting flight this morning from Chania, Greece, to Benghazi, Libya: a Phoenix Air Gulfstream III (N197PA) left the Greek airport (which host also Souda Bay AB) at 09:42 CEST and i s landed in Benghazi around 10:40 CEST. The nature of the flight remains unknown. Source link

Canadian Armed Forces official statement on RCAF helicopter crash in the Ionian Sea: “Today, the search and rescue efforts of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) officially transitioned into search and recovery efforts, following Wednesday’s tragic accident involving a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-148 Cyclone helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea. At this time, one member, Sub-Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough, a Marine Systems Engineering Officer, originally from Toronto, Ontario, […]

This morning an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (160764) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya. The mission is still progress in these minutes over 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 System” . Source link

This morning we’re tracking an intense Italian Air Force activity over southern Tyrrhenian Sea. In the area there are a Boeing KC-767A (MM62227), a Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (MM62293) departed both from Pratica di Mare AB and at least two Eurofigther F.2000 departed from Grosseto AB. Interesting that an Eurofigther was trackable also via Flightradar24 (with the callsign 00EF2000). In these where the civilian traffic is considerable […]

Today we’re tracking a new exercise of Italian Air Force over the Tyrrhenian Sea, this time over the northern Tyrrhenian. This morning are departed from Pratica di Mare AB a Boeing KC-767A (MM62229) and a Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (MM69293). In the area there also some Eurofighter Typhoon departed from Grosseto AB. We don’t exclude also that some USAF F-16 from Aviano AFB are participating in the […]

Greek media released a video showing a dogfight between an Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000-5EG Mk.II of 332 Mira, departed from Skiro AB, and a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 over central Aegean. According to Greek sources on 3 May two Turkish F-16s were harassing a Greek Army NH-90 that was transporting the Minister of National Defence Nikos Panagiotopoulos and General Konstantinos Floros around the […]

Italian aircraft carrier “Cavour” (C550) left today the Arsenal of Taranto after a lengthy refit to host Lockheed Martin F-35B. The carrier entered into the Maritime Military Arsenal of Taranto on 18 december 2018 and the works started at the end of July 2019. The Cavour aircraft carrier will face a preparatory training period for the next departure for the United States in the summer, where […]