Thread by @steffanwatkins

🇬🇧 Some #RAF Logistics in/out of #Afghanistan, August 2021 edition.

2021-08-02 Z
🇬🇧 RAF C-17 #ZZ177 #43C6B8 callsign #NAG09XT flew to Afghanistan, and out again, then back to the UK.

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2021-08-11 Z
🇬🇧 RAF C-17 #ZZ174 #43C174 callsign #NAG23XT flew to Afghanistan.

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2021-08-12 Z
🇬🇧 RAF C-17 ZZ174 43C174 callsign #NAG23XT flew out of Afghanistan,
🇬🇧 RAF C-17 ZZ174 #43C174 callsign NAG24XT flew back in,
🇬🇧 #RAF C-17 #ZZ174 43C174 callsign #NAG24XT flew back out.

(headed back to the UK 2021-08-13)

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2021-08-13 18:00Z
🇬🇧 There is no evidence that #RAF transports are on the last leg to Afghanistan, or on the ground there, at this time.

Variations on the call sign #NAG09XT #NAG24XT #NAG23XT seem to be used for the Afghanistan missions. Is "XT" short for Extract? 🤷‍♂️

~600 troops is pretty close to 582, just sayin.

The MoD seems really far behind on this.

Well, it's nice that they identified the kind of aircraft to watch for. That takes some of the guesswork out of the search.

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🇬🇧🇦🇫 They're sure cutting it close. The Brits may not make it to Afghanistan before The Battle for Kabul.

🇬🇧 Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 (MRTT) "Voyager" #ZZ333 #43C6F6 flew from RAF Brize Norton to Oman to Bahrain 2021-08-13 / 2021-08-14
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#RRR2700 #RRR2701

🇬🇧 Royal Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III #ZZ174 #43C174 returned to #RAFBrizeNorton from Dubai on 2021-08-13 as #RRR6411.

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#RAF

🇬🇧 Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 (MRTT) Voyager #ZZ337 #43C6FA flew from #RAFBrizeNorton to Dubai on 2021-08-13 as #RRR2310.

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#RAF

🇬🇧 Additional #RAF aircraft are constantly flying back and forth to #RAFAkrotiri in #Cyprus 🇨🇾, but it's hard to differentiate any surge for #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 from regular operations.

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