๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธN225AX, an Omni Air International (very common U.S. Military transport contractor) Boeing 767-200 passenger aircraft is currently near ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul, Afghanistan: #OAE8078

I imagine the crew will remember the flight for the rest of their lives. Image
U.S. Contractor "Omni Air International" ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธN225AX #OAE8078 has landed in ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul, Afghanistan.

Also, a U.S. registered Mil Mi-171E (reg. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธN510VS) popped up right next to the U.S. Embassy and seems to be going back and forth between airport and embassy.
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U.S. registered Mil Mi-171E (reg. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธN510VS) from the airport landing in ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul's Green Zone just now. ImageImage
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธU.S. Military Contractors assisting in the evacuation of ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul's Green Zone. ImageImage
Common U.S. Contractor "Omni Air International" ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธN225AX just departed ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul, Afghanistan.๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป Image
A so far unidentified Lockheed 382G-44K-30 (civil C-130 Hercules) active on ground at ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul, Afghanistan.

Many of these are in use by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธU.S. Government/ "CIA" contractors, like the one quoted below.
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš ๏ธ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธU.S. Contractors are visting 2 areas around ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul, 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." Image
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?
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30 Aug
Part of a long train of KC-135 tankers and C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft is #MOOSE88/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ07-7173, possibly the one that turned off the lights at ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul International Airport, Afghanistan: the last one out.

The end of an era. ImageImage
It looks like ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ62-4139/#PYTHN51, a Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint ISR aircraft, is also part of the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ military aircraft train leaving Afghanistan. I imagine she may have kept an eye on the situation from high over ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซKabul as inventory on ground was blown up and aircraft took off. ImageImage
Also part of the train: #GRIMM21/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ60-0026, a United States Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber, part of the usual daily deployment to ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan that has been ongoing for months.
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12 Jul 20
Notorious Syrian Cham Wings passenger aircraft YK-BAG from ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช#Sharjah, UAE to #Libya (est. ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ#Benghazi) once more.

In contrast to freighters, he flew via ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ#Iraq and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ#Syria instead of ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ#SaudiArabia.

#SAW353
YK-BAG #SAW353 is not listed on departure boards of ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช#Sharjah International Airport:
YK-BAG #SAW353 from ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช#Sharjah is currently landing at ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ#Benghazi Benina International Airport, #Libya.
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22 May 20
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 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ#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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21 Aug 19
โš ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš ๏ธ
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.

#potn #avgeek
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).
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