๐บ๐ธN225AX, an Omni Air International (very common U.S. Military transport contractor) Boeing 767-200 passenger aircraft is currently near ๐ฆ๐ซKabul, Afghanistan: #OAE8078
I imagine the crew will remember the flight for the rest of their lives.
U.S. Contractor "Omni Air International" ๐บ๐ธN225AX #OAE8078 has landed in ๐ฆ๐ซKabul, Afghanistan.
Also, a U.S. registered Mil Mi-171E (reg. ๐บ๐ธN510VS) popped up right next to the U.S. Embassy and seems to be going back and forth between airport and embassy.
๐บ๐ธโ ๏ธ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธU.S. Contractors are visting 2 areas around ๐ฆ๐ซKabul, 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/worโฆ
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Part of a long train of KC-135 tankers and C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft is #MOOSE88/๐บ๐ธ07-7173, possibly the one that turned off the lights at ๐ฆ๐ซKabul International Airport, Afghanistan: the last one out.
The end of an era.
It looks like ๐บ๐ธ62-4139/#PYTHN51, a Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint ISR aircraft, is also part of the ๐บ๐ธ military aircraft train leaving Afghanistan. I imagine she may have kept an eye on the situation from high over ๐ฆ๐ซKabul as inventory on ground was blown up and aircraft took off.
Also part of the train: #GRIMM21/๐บ๐ธ60-0026, a United States Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber, part of the usual daily deployment to ๐ฆ๐ซAfghanistan that has been ongoing for months.
Airlines use a callsign/flight number (e.g. to tell ATC who they are).
I found 148* flights NOT using a flight number from/to ๐ฑ๐พ#Libya over 2020, using their reg. as callsign (e.g. 5ALAQ) instead. (THREAD 1/4)
*Libyan Airlines, Libyan Wings and Afriqiyah Airways, excl. 5A-POL
A follower with a history working at Tripoli Mitiga Int'l noticed that Libyan Airlines 5A-LAQ was spotted with a Gulf Pearl Aviation Services support truck attached. This is apparently uncommon: Libyan Airlines has their own ground facilities at Tripoli. (2/4)
These two issues combined raise suspicion. Further research and clarification is needed:
- Why are they sometimes not using their regular callsign/flight number?
- Who operates these flights, and what do they carry?
- Why does a different company handle them on ground? (3/4)
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Here's something that looks like an incident/an encounter between the Russian and Americans over the Black Sea around Crimea earlier today.
I will leave it up to the experts to judge, but here's what I found. It's not gonna fit in one tweet, so a thread.
As many of you must have seen, a United States Air Force RC-135U "Combat Sent" (reg. 64-14847) did a mission around Crimea. Not all that uncommon. It used ICAO 000030, which does not belong to this aircraft, and first appeared on his ICAO 000030 at 07:06 UTC.
Around 09:02 UTC, the RC-135U at 31,500 ft, changed heading from SE to SW, and began a very steep 5,700 fpm descent to 5,000ft.
At the same moment, there was a Russian aircraft (#1F637B) ~7km away, deep below at 8,000 ft. Its last position was at the same moment (09:02:56 UTC).