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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 4 min read
Geolocation of this #CSTO video by @mod_russia indeed points at a very foggy 🇰🇿Almaty Airport in #Kazakhstan.

Aircraft shown:
🇷🇺RF-76553
🇷🇺RA-78762
🇷🇺RF-76572
🇷🇺RF-86907

📍: 43.344207°, 77.014621°
🗺️: goo.gl/maps/urQdkyPzQ… Image
This video by Russia Today shows three of the four Ilyushins Il-76 seen in yesterday's Russian MoD video at 🇰🇿Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan:
(🇷🇺RF-76553)
🇷🇺RA-78762
🇷🇺RF-76572
🇷🇺RF-86907
📹: ImageImage
Another aircraft involved in the 🇷🇺Russia to 🇰🇿Kazakhstan airlift is 🇷🇺RF-86897, an Ilyushin Il-76MD.

"Transfer of the main forces of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan" (automatic translation)

russian.rt.com/ussr/article/9… 09 Jan 2022 11:07 MSK. Image
Another aircraft identification: I think this Ilyushin Il-76MD (with a distinctive red star tail) in 🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan is 🇷🇺RF-76779.

This is Il-76 #11 in quoted tweet. I didn't quite get her orientation right.

📹: Image

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30 Aug 21
Part of a long train of KC-135 tankers and C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft is #MOOSE88/🇺🇸07-7173, possibly the one that turned off the lights at 🇦🇫Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan: the last one out.

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15 Aug 21
🇺🇸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. Image
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.
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12 Jul 20
Notorious Syrian Cham Wings passenger aircraft YK-BAG from 🇦🇪#Sharjah, UAE to #Libya (est. 🇱🇾#Benghazi) once more.

In contrast to freighters, he flew via 🇮🇶#Iraq and 🇸🇾#Syria instead of 🇸🇦#SaudiArabia.

#SAW353
YK-BAG #SAW353 is not listed on departure boards of 🇦🇪#Sharjah International Airport:
YK-BAG #SAW353 from 🇦🇪#Sharjah is currently landing at 🇱🇾#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 🇱🇾#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
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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.

#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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