🇺🇸N225AX, an Omni Air International (very common U.S. Military transport contractor) Boeing 767-200 passenger aircraft is currently near 🇦🇫Kabul, Afghanistan: #OAE8078
I imagine the crew will remember the flight for the rest of their lives.
U.S. Contractor "Omni Air International" 🇺🇸N225AX #OAE8078 has landed in 🇦🇫Kabul, Afghanistan.
Also, a U.S. registered Mil Mi-171E (reg. 🇺🇸N510VS) popped up right next to the U.S. Embassy and seems to be going back and forth between airport and embassy.
🇺🇸⚠️🕵🏻♂️U.S. Contractors are visting 2 areas around 🇦🇫Kabul, Afghanistan: 1. Green Zone/U.S. Embassy. 2nd is more interesting: CIA Black Site known as "Salt Pit". Wikipedia:
"The Salt Pit (...) an isolated clandestine CIA black site prison and interrogation center in Afghanistan."
Interesting article about the site.
Now the usual question: did both of us happen to watch the same site, or were my tweets their inspiration? nytimes.com/2021/09/01/wor…
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I am puzzled about this flight track - IRGC-linked "Pouya Air" EP-PUS always tracks poorly on MLAT and suddenly pops up on full ADS-B, departing Crimea(!) with a super good signal, to later disappear around Moscow?
No tracks on other tracking websites make it extra suspicious>
The track tweeted by @space_osint looked like a legit MLAT track at first - he checked with me before tweeting, so I don't blame him for anything. But it was ADS-B.
No positions on e.g. ADSBexchange or Radarbox.
Also, callsign "EPPUS" is not what we normally see used by EP-PUS.
Shortly after the destruction of the An-225, a fake track popped up on Flightradar24.
Although many found this amusing, it showed to me that it pro-🇺🇦 folks are able to produce fake flight tracks on Flightradar24. Was today's EP-PUS flight another one?
To make this happen, I believe 🇮🇷Iran must have set something up in 🇲🇱Mali and 🇧🇫Burkina Faso, allowing them to register aircraft there, which allowed them to fly towards Iran.
TC-JDM, TC-JDN, TC-JIH, TC-JII were apparently re-registered as 2-AVRA, 2-AVRB, 2-AVRC and 2-AVRD. They recently became the Burkina Faso aircraft mentioned above.
The aircraft were stored in Johannesburg back in Mar-Apr 2019, and have resided there for the past 3.5 years.
I think it's very suspicious that they disappear over Iran. I would not be surprised if these aircraft are now on their way to Iran to become part of an Iranian airline.
What I can say about this article is that the "exclusive" "scoop" because of "An investigation by i" contains a lot of data identical to my earlier blog post and tweets, which I have been updating since late May 2022 (almost half a year ago) (thread)
⚠️My earlier doubts about the role of "Mahan Air" Boeing 747-400 in the 🇮🇷Tehran to 🇷🇺Moscow airlift are justified:
These flights are available through Mahan's booking system, suggesting they are indeed passenger flights. Price is around 1,300-1,500 EUR one-way in economy class.
The return leg from 🇷🇺Moscow back to 🇮🇷Tehran is even more expensive, with rates around 3,000 EUR (!) for a one-way economy class flight. Business class is around 5,800 EUR.
Even 🇮🇷 Iran is a refuge for Russians now?
Mahan Air's website matches exactly what's shown by Flightradar24:
To 🇷🇺Moscow Vnukovo on Tue and Thu as W5084, to 🇷🇺Moscow Sheremetyevo on Sun, Mon and Wed as W5098, with aircraft type Boeing 747-400.
(Next week Wed and Thu should again be aircraft type Airbus A310)
Apparently Bosaso Airport in Somaliland is frequently being visited by "military aircrafts" (sic).
These aircraft are most likely "Fly Sky Airlines" from the 🇦🇪UAE. Their 🇺🇦UR-FSA* (508359) flew from the UAE to an unknown destination on 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06 Nov 2022.
This article from today says "30 C-17 cargo planes have landed, bringing military vehicles, heavy weapons and military equipment (...), as well as foreign forces. mercenaries went to Bosaso."