Thread by @ameliairheart

Today, at least 8 US and Ukrainian ISR aircraft flew sorties over Europe: USAF RC-135W (JAKE12), RC-135V (HOMER71), WC-135W (JAKE21), RQ-4s (no callsign [possible FORTE12?], FORTE11); USN P-8A (PL20x); Ukrainian TB2 (12345688); NATO RQ-4D (UAVGH000) 1/8

Again we see an overall lighter day, with few P-8s in the eastern Med but with a P-8 observing the Gibraltar Strait. Two Rivet Joints providing coverage of the Belarus-Ukraine border and of Crimea, with 24-hour RQ-4 coverage of the same areas, this time with an added TB2. 2/8

Per @CSIS, the area focused on by the TB2 can be shown to be busy with Russian ground forces: 3/8

https://twitter.com/CSIS/status/1495433468519620619

One of the RQ-4s in flight was running a bogus hex code, which we saw on the FORTE11 flight on the 17th. It is possible this was the same airframe, used again. 4/8

https://twitter.com/ameliairheart/status/1494504431961919506

@Gerjon_ covered the TB2 flight along the UA-RU border in more detail, here:

https://twitter.com/Gerjon_/status/1495428699574968321

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We have not seen much (if any) P-8 coverage since the 12th near Syria. It is possible this is due to recent GPS jamming efforts in the area. This graphic from @lemonodor shows areas (in red) where at least 9 aircraft reported a degraded GNSS signal, from the 16th to the 19th. 6/8

We saw another background calibration flight by the WC-135W Constant Phoenix again today. This time, covering the area near and above the Norwegian Sea.

https://twitter.com/CSM_INT/status/1495480318484258826

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No callsign #000001
HOMER71 63-9792 #AE01CA
12345688 #001103
JAKE12 62-4134 #AE01CE
JAKE21 61-2667 #AE0941
PL20x #AE6854
FORTE11 #AE541A
UAVGH000 MM-AV-SA0017 #33FD5E
#ADSB
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