Thread by @ameliairheart

Today, at least 7 US ISR aircraft flew sorties over Europe: US Army RC-12X (YANK01, YANK02), ARTEMIS (BRIO68); USAF RQ-4 (FORTE10), RC-135W (JAKE11), RC-135U (HOMER69), E-8C (REDEYE6). 1/6

There was also an eighth aircraft, another USAF RQ-4 with bogus hex #000001. This aircraft is flying over Greece at the time of posting. 2/6

I covered FORTE10's flight in yesterday's map, but it is worth noticing the similarity in location of the RQ-4 with the E-8C and RC-135W. With the distance it is flying from Kyiv, it's possible that this adjustment could be in response to nearby IADS.

https://twitter.com/ameliairheart/status/1494887920385277955

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I quickly threw together this graphic, showing a hypothetical S-400 inside Belarus, showing the 40N6E at 400km range and the 48N6E3 at 250km range. I do not have any evidence to suggest there is a system of this type at this location. Thanks to @vcdgf555 for her help on this. 4/6

An interesting note is the lack of P-8 flights today. The RC-135U was looking at the Lebanese coast instead; on the same path as she flew last December. (In the attached map, the blue path is today's HOMER69 and the purple path is December's HOMER11.)

https://twitter.com/LebUpdate/status/1470305314515918848

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YANK01 88-00325 #AE515E
YANK02 91-00516 #AE1208
JAKE11 62-4134 #AE01CE
REDEYE6 95-0121 #AE1491
HOMER69 64-14849 #AE01D5
BRIO68 N488CR #A60693
FORTE10 #AE541A
#ADSB
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