USAF RC135W JAKE11 active over #Ukraine, Never before has USAF Rivet Joint entered Ukrainian airspace.
Since the conflict began in Ukraine only Global Hawks UAVS had operated in Ukrainian airspace but never manned intelligence aircrafts, it's a game changer.
USAF RC135W Rivet Joint JAKE11 currently heading towards the Donbass.
Last MLAT coverage point was near Poltava, current position is estimated.
I may be wrong, but I think that at this moment there is no USAF Global Hawk deployed in Europe, but NATO can operate the RQ-4D Phoenix from Sigonellla, it would have been the most logical move.
It seems more like a demonstration than an intelligence mission.
USAF RC135W JAKE11 currently heading towards the Russian-controlled enclave of Transnistria.
It can be deduced that in the end it´s an intelligence mission and it seems that JAKE11 will orbit over fairly large area.
Full orbit
USAF RC135W Rivet Joint JAKE11 heading back to Mildenhall.
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1. Thread🧵, Some details about the evacuation of western personnel from Khartoum Sudan.
2. The most optimal situation would be a truce agreed by both contenders to organize an evacuation coordinated by the US to manage the international effort. Everything seems to indicate that these guarantees have not been achieved.
3.Organizing a rescue operation without guaranteeing security in Khartoum is a true nightmare. The base of this operation will be at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, approximately 1,700 km away, and it can only be done if a security perimeter can be created at the Khartoum airport.
It seems that an evacuation of Western personnel who is still in Sudan is being prepared, I would say that the US operation will be organized from Djibouti.
The deployment has continued throughout the night.