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Deactivated | ✈️ Aircraft Tracker | 🛰️ Image Analyst | 🛬🔥 Ilyushin Il-76 fan | 🌍Focus on 🇦🇪UAE, Africa | Quoted by 🇺🇳, Washington Post, BBC, NY Times

Mar 17, 2022, 9 tweets

Three Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072

A 4th aircraft (using Mode-S - there could be more out there!) appeared now:

Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003

Judging by side windows, all four aircraft should have a passenger configuration.

Five Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow currently:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072
Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B 🇷🇺RA-85039 #RSD071

8 Russian Gov aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow:

Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072
Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003
Su 100-95B 🇷🇺RA-85039 #RSD071
Il-96-300PU 🇷🇺RA-96021 #RSD074
An-148-100E 🇷🇺RA-61716 #RSD073
#141E16 #RSD080

RSD 3LD according to the FAA:

SPECIAL DETACHMENT - RUSSIA, FEDERAL STATE BUDGET INSTITUTION /RUSSIAN FEDERATION / STATE AERO / RSD

Note that the behaviour of #RSD080 and #RSD074 is a bit different compared to the others.

Most of the Russian Special Detachment (RSD) flights from 🇷🇺Moscow are now landing at various destinations in 🇷🇺Russia, including 🇷🇺Omsk, 🇷🇺Ufa, 🇷🇺Novosibirsk and 🇷🇺Tyumen.

#RSD003 🇷🇺RA-64058 for 🇷🇺Kogalym, just North of 🇷🇺Surgut?

Four Special Flight Detachment aircraft seem to be returning to 🇷🇺Moscow already:

🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
🇷🇺RA-89039 #RSD071
🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072

Some of the Special Flight Detachment aircraft are already back over 🇷🇺Moscow.

🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079 from 🇷🇺Omsk;
🇷🇺RA-89039 #RSD071 from 🇷🇺Tyumen.

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