#BREAKING: A Be-200ChS Amphibious aircraft of the #Russia Navy with 20 YELLOW bort number (RF-88450) crashed during a fire-fighting mission in #Turkey. This is the moment when the airplane hit the mountain. Five Russians & three Turkish nationals who were on-board are dead.
#BREAKING: This is the place of impact of the airplane with the mountain. This Be-200ChS Amphibious aircraft (20 YELLOW) was 1 year old as it was first flown on 14 February 2020. It was one of the three in service of #Russia Navy's 859 TsBP i PLS at Yeysk.
The crashed B-200ChS of #Russian Navy with 20 YELLOW b/n & RF-88450 register had been delivered the 859 TsBPiPLS at Yeysk on 14 July 2020. It was named "Aleksandr Mamkin" after a distinguished Soviet WWII transport pilot.
Sad scene here. That's the burning wreckage of B-200ChS of #Russian Navy with 20 YELLOW b/n & RF-88450 register filmed from inside a helicopter.
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#BREAKING: Since morning, 7 C-17As of #USAF have been involved in evacuation of #US citizens & troops as well as #Afghan civilians from #Kabul, #Afghanistan. They are 00-0176, 02-1108, 02-1109, 04-4132, 04-4133, 08-8190, 10-0215. Each airplane is now evacuating 500 to 800 people!
#BREAKING:The busy airbridge between #UAE & #Afghanistan now.02-1109, a C-17A of #USAF's 62nd Airlift Wing with 500 to 800 Afghans on-board is about to land in Al-Dhafra. Next to that a #US State Department Dash-8 is coming from #Kabul while a #USAF's B-52H bomber is going there.
A C-17A heavy transport aircraft of #RoyalAirForce with ZZ171 serial number is now headed toward #Kabul, #Afghanistan to evacuate #British citizens. If I don't mistake, that's fifth or sixth of such a flight. That means, #RAF C-17s are also evacuating Afghan nationals.
#BREAKING: Shocking scene from #Kabul Airport. Several Afghans who had grabbed landing gear of a #USAF's C-17A transport aircraft to flee from #Afghanistan dropped from air as the airplane took off! This is why #USArmy wants to keep them away from the C-17As!
This video well show how two or three Afghan civilians were seating on the landing gear bay of a #USAF's C-17A trying to flee from #Afghanistan under rule of #Taliban. They fell to the ground once the airplane with
02-1109 serial number took-off from #Kabul airport!
Civilian crowd around #Kabul airport have found the corpses of the three men who fell off the landing gear bay of the #USAF's C-17A which departed from the airport & was involved in the evacuation operation of #Afghanistan.
#BREAKING: As the final hours of the fall of #Kabul to #Taliban is coming up, the evacuation of #US Citizens & troops from #Afghanistan has now speeded-up. 14-5797 which is one of the four AC-130J Gunships of #USAF's 73rd SOS on deployment at Al-Dhafra, #UAE is among the convoy!
#BREAKING: A #USAF's C-17A heavy airlifter accompanied by an AC-130W Stinger II gunship left Al-Dhafra & are headed toward #Kabul to pick-up last American citizens & troops still in #Afghanistan. The AC-130W will protect the C-17A during its landing at the airport.
57-1438 and 62-3554, two KC-135R tankers of #USAF left Al-Dhafra and are headed toward #Afghanistan to refuel the AC-130Ws, AC-130Js and B-52Hs already airborne over #Kabul.
#BREAKING: Three KC-135R tankers of #USAF flown from McConnell AFB are on their ways to #Afghanistan to join three other KC-135RTs in the operation for evacuation of thousands of #US citizens, troops & #Afghan Nationals who once helped the #ISAF. #Kabul might fall in 72 hours!
The fourth KC-135 is joining the three others on their ways to #Afghanistan. They are 58-0011, 58-0124, 60-0313 and 60-0362, all of them are KC-135RT from 22nd ARW of #USAF.
#BREAKING: 97-0046, 05-5143 & 10-0219, three of the C-17A Heavy airlifters which #USAF has dedicated for the evacuation operation in #Afghanistan have now left #Germany & #Italy & together with four KC-135RTs of the 22nd ARW are headed toward Middle East.
#BREAKING: The weapon storage sites of #Hezbollah terrorist organization which are targeted by #IsraeliAirForce minutes ago are in #KafrKila or #Kfarkela in South of #Lebanon. Here is an screenshot of the footage showing the storage facility on fire after the airstrike.
#BREAKING: At-least three different #Hezbollah weapon storage facilities including one at Kafr Kila in South #Lebanon are destroyed by #Israel Air Force. #IDF is on high alert & ready to counter possible rocket barrage of #Hezollah terrorist group at #Haifa & #TelAviv.
#Hezbollah is capable of firing over 5,000 rockets at #Israel during any possible war which might last to maximum six weeks starting from tonight. #Israel Air Defense Command is well prepared to counter the threat of rockets & missiles fired by #Hezbollah at #Israel.
#BREAKING: #IRGC Navy is behind the attack "GOLDEN BRILLIANT" oil tanker near the port of #Fujairah. Golden Brilliant is heavily damaged by a mine planted by the #IRGCNavy near port of #Fujairah. In addition to that, an asphalt carrier ship named Kamdhenu is also damaged.
#BREAKING: A C-295 MPA of Royal #Oman Air Force is now flying over the burning ship to assist in Search and Rescue operation. It is not known how many crew members are injured or killed but the "GOLDEN BRILLIANT" oiler is reportedly is heavily in fire due to #IRGC attack.
#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports about that the "Golden Brilliant" is still underway & not on-fire but a third ship, an oiler named "ASPHALT PRINCESS" is also damaged by the mines of #IRGC Navy in #Oman Sea!