Yesterday evening we’ve tracked a Russian Air Force An-124 (RA-82103) in flight over eastern Mediterranean Sea westbound. When the aircraft entered into Egyptian FIR the ADS-B transponder was switched off (around 23:45 CEST). Russian Air Force Antonov An-124 (RA-82014) from #Syria in flight over eastern Mediterranean sea westbound. Some minutes […]
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The Arleigh Burke class, guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), a P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) from Patrol Squadron VP-47 (from NAS Sigonella ), four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, KC-135 Stratotankers from the 100th Aerial Refuleing wing, Mildenhall, England, and an MQ-9 Reaper […]
Yesterday we’ve tracked a part of a new IRINI mission when a Swearingen Metroliner SW-4 (N919CK) departed from Sigonella AB making an usual patrol mission off eastern Libya. The aircraft left Sigonella AB around 12:30 CEST and after an half hour switched off its ADS-B transponder. The transponder was switched on […]
Interesting flight landed this morning around 09:30 CEST: a GainJet Aviation Boeing 757-200 (SX-RFA) is departed yesterday from Washington Dulles Int’l airport at 22:17 CEST. After a short stop in Dublin the aircraft is departed southbound landing in Benghazi around 09:30 CEST. The 757 rest in Libya for less than […]
In the past few days, the Italian Air Force exercise “Proof of Concept Expeditionary” was held at the Pantelleria air base. Took part in the exercise a Lockheed KC-130J, an Alenia C-27J (MM62214), a General Atomics MQ-9 drone and, above all, a Lockheed Martin F-35B (MM7453), short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) […]
On Wednesday a fourth NATO Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix remotely piloted aircraft is landed in Sigonella after taking off from Edwards AFB in California, US, following a 22-hour journey. The arrival marks another step towards the completion of Nato AGS Force’s fleet of five total aircraft. The third Phoenix was […]
This morning we’re tracking a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (13-0002) departed from Konya AB making a surveillance mision south west of Cyprus. In the same area yesterday we’ve tracked a similar mission made by an Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C. As you can see from the map in […]
Naval aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) conducted day and night precision-guided munition and live ordnance strikes on the Greek Karavia Range in the Mediterranean Sea, July 25-26, 2020. In addition to the expenditure of unguided and guided rockets, laser training rounds, and other ordnance on the Karavia Range, […]
A French Air Force Airbus A330MRTT (reg. 042, callsign FAF4063) departed from Istre AB, southern France, is in flight over eastern Mediterranean Sea. The aircraf is flying with the first batch of five Bharatiya Vayu Sena (Indian Air Force) Dassault Rafales took off from Bordeaux/Merignac (France). The aircraft will make […]
An Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (757) is returning to Elefisis AB after a surveillance mission over eastern mediterranean Sea. The aircraf is departed around 08:00 CEST from the airbase located near Athens where is returning after 3 hours mission. In the area of the mission, off western Cyprus, […]
In these minutes (20:00 CEST) at least three Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 (flight numbers RFF8050, RFF8051, RF8062) are in flight from Latakia AB, Syria, to Al-Khadim AB, eastern Libya. And it doesn’t look like they are stopping soon. RuAF IL-76 flights RFF8050, RFF8051 and RFF8062 currently all airborne between […]
Turkish drill ship Yavuz is stalking a drilling block licensed to the French and Italian oil companies Total and Eni — a commercial agreement that Ankara views as invalid- off Cyprus. This morning an AgustaWestland AW139 (TC-HVK) made a round trip from Antalya to Yavuz while a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T […]
According to Greek media, this morning around 13:23 CEST a couple of Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s flew over Greek islands of Kastellorizo archipelago at an altitude of 12,500 feet. They were intercepted by Hellenic Air Force F-16s. Turkish resource surveys to the south and east of the Greek […]
This night we’ve tracked a new USAF flight departed from Ramstein AB, Germany, and directed to Libya. The aircraft, a Boeing C-17A (07-7183) left the German airbase at 20:30 CEST. The aircraft follow one of usual routes used for flight to Libya and the signal was lost (ADS-B transponder switched […]
On 15 July for the first time a French Navy Dassault Falcon 50 (reg. F-ZWMM – callsign FNY5010) made a surveillance mission as IRINI asset. The aircraft is departed at 09:10 CEST from NAS Lorient and made a stop in NAS Hyères. The Falcon left Hyères at 11:54 CEST. The […]
New Turkish Air Force flight to Libya: this time a Lockheed C-130E (71-1468) departed from Konya AB is landed in Al Watiya AB, south of Tripoli. Around 08:30 CEST the aircraft left the Libyan airbase and now is in flight to Turkey. In last two months Turkish Air Force made, […]
This morning we’ve tracked a new arrival in Sigonella AB: a Northrop Grumman RQ-4D (callsign “MAGMA”) for NATO is landing in the sicilian airbase after a long ferry flight across the Atlantic (20 hrs) directly from the USA (probably from Edwards AFB). In these minutes (12:50 CEST) the drone is […]
This morning a French Navy Breguet Atlantic (reg. 27 – callsign FNY5118) left NAS Lorient, in the northern France, to make a surveillance mission (ISR) over central Mediterranean Sea, probably off Libya. The aircraft switched-off its DS-B transponder off southern Sardinia but in these minutes (12:00 CEST) the Atlantic is […]
As you know aircraft operating in IRINI operation switch off their ADS-B transponder when they arrive over the area of operations (central Mediterranean sea). Today we had a surprise when our friend Sergio Scandura tracked a Swearingen Metroliner SW-4 (N919CK) departed from Sigonella AB making all its mission with the ADS-B transponder […]
Today we’ve tracked a new flight of an Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J (MM62180) to Misrata, Libya. The aircraft, departed from Pisa San Giusto Ab is landed in Misurata around 14:00 CEST and left the Libyan city around 17:00 CEST. 6⃣ 2020-07-121606z ⏱️ 18:06 CEST 🛩️ Italian Air Force 🇮🇹 […]
Leonardo delivered on friday the first of two UH-169B (Italian military designation of the AW169) basic training twin engine helicopters to the Italian Army during an official ceremony held at the 2nd Rgt. AVES ‘Sirio’ based in Lamezia Terme in the presence of representatives from the operator and industry. The […]
For the first time we’ve (almost) the entire track of a mission of Operation Shader made by a Royal Air Force Airbus KC.2 (ZZ331) and two Typhoon FGR.4 (ZK312, ZK313). The aircraft are departed (and returned) from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. The tanker waited the two Typhoons making an air strike […]
Today we’ve tracked a new Turkish flight to Libya but with an unusual itinerary: the flight, operated by an Airbus A400M (17-0080) departed from Gaziantep, near the Syrian border. In this video you can see the aircraft before the departure. The aircraft left Turkey around 12:00 CEST following the usual […]
Intersting military traffic over eastern Mediterranean Sea: a Turkish Air Force Boeing E-7T (13-002) departed from Konya AB is making a surveillance mission off western Cyprus while a USNavy Boeing P-8A is back to NAS Sigonella after an ISR mission made off Syria. Source link