B-4026 is a Boeing 737-76D #7BB0E1, part of Central (PLAAF HQ) Command's 34th Transport Division, 100th Air Regiment out of Beijing.
Back tracing the origin of the flight, FR24 coverage only began as it left Myanmar, but that is not where it came from. Briefly, 2 hours ago, the flight was spotted on ADSBx over Thailand. This is also NOT where it originated from.
So, Wei Fenghe, Defence Minister of China, is in Dhaka today.
Interesting. This explains the gap in coverage of the Dhaka B-737 flight. CCP Defence Minister Wei Fenghe visited, and agreed with, Vietnam on strengthening bi-lateral ties & defense cooperation.
eng.chinamil.com.cn caption: "Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe pays tribute to Chinese martyrs died in assisting Vietnam in the battles against French and American aggression at a cemetery in Gia Lam District of Hanoi on April 25, 2021."
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Considering how quiet things have gotten this last little bit, I want to take the time to make a few points.
- 1st round seems to be over, at least for the Caracas area.
- Given how many airbases and military targets there are, this is frankly somewhat of a light 1st round.
1/
(cont.)
- Whatever was going on with the helicopters...
(A) Given social media these days, if something went terribly wrong, we likely would see it pretty quick
(B) Where did they come from??
(cont)
- In terms of assets we've seen build up.
(A) Rather light in terms of airstrikes, either from bases in the region, bombers from elsewhere or from the flattops.
(B) We are NOT maintaining air presence over Venezuelan skies. No sounds of fighters overhead.
3/
Fantastic film. Perhaps the best of the modern era in terms of nuclear war fiction. Invoking the plot lines of a number of many prior films without actually drawing them to their full conclusions.
That said, I felt there were several major problems.
First, the whodunnit.
The scenario is made possible by a certain amount of ambiguity as to whether the DPRK, PLA or Russia launched the initial missile, made possible by a failure of detection by an early warning satellite in a region in which all 3 nations share interests.
SAR imagery confirms destroyed airframes at the locations in part 3.
Adjusting suspected one Tu-22M location (52.901642, 103.575327) to 52.900303, 103.574194.
Adding third suspected Tu-22M: 52.895627, 103.582776