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Jul 30 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
.@Africa_In_EN's recent paywalled article says 🇷🇺Russia suspects 🇦🇿Azerbaijani weaponry is delivered to 🇺🇦Ukraine via 🇸🇩Sudan.

They mention the 🇸🇩Khartoum-🇵🇱Rzeszów airlift I identified in April and identify 9 flights by "Green Flag Aviation" 🇸🇩ST-GFL*, mapped here. [THREAD 1/5]
*[image source: Kayra Duyan, Planespotters: planespotters.net/photo/1262882/…]

According to the article, the route of the 🇦🇿Azerbaijani weaponry could be 🇦🇿Baku → 🇸🇩Khartoum (on GNF) → 🇵🇱Rzeszów (on UIA) → 🇺🇦Ukraine (over road?) [2/5]
Over 24 Feb - 30 Jul 2022, I identified 25 "Green Flag Aviation" flights into 🇦🇿+🇹🇷:12 to Baku (GYD) using callsign #GNF301 and 13 to Istanbul (IST) using callsign #GNF980.

Over all of 2021, I found approx. 8 and 8 flights respectively, so there is a clear increase. [3/5]
Green Flag Aviation is interesting in itself. According to @Africa_In_EN, GNF is controlled by the Sudanese General Intelligence Agency.

We previously saw GNF's Il-76 🇸🇩ST-EWX (now known as 🇱🇾5A-EWX) in Libya in 2020 - an airline worth watching! [4/5]
Finally, @Africa_In_EN adds that they are uncertain about who would have initiated this airlift and whether any foreign intelligence agencies are involved.

I may write a blog post about my observations about these flights, but this requires some additional research first. [5/5]

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Jul 29
Not sure why, but sure enough: a 🇨🇬Congo Government Ilyushin Il-76TD (🇨🇬TN-AFS) was spotted at 🇧🇷Aeroporto Internacional dos Guararapes - Recife in Brazil yesterday.

Other pictures confirm photo date is 28 Jul 2022.

Instagram pictures by pocket_alicya: instagram.com/p/CgkWTn4Jxbm/
Additional pictures of 🇨🇬TN-AFS on ground at 🇧🇷Aeroporto Internacional dos Guararapes - Recife in Brazil.

Instagram pictures by pocket_alicya: instagram.com/p/CgkZqkkvw5A/
Here's the MLAT track of Congo Government 🇨🇬TN-AFS flying from 🇧🇷Recife to 🇧🇷Rio de Janeiro in Brazil yesterday. This matches the description of the flight by local planespotters.

First track on Flightradar24 in one year and three months (since 04 Apr 2021).

#0360B2
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Jul 28
⚠️It looks like "Fly Sky Airlines" 🇰🇬EX-76006 #FSQ4921 flew from 🇦🇪Sharjah, UAE to 🇪🇹Harar Meda Military Airport in Ethiopia, the main base of the Ethiopian Air Force.

2021 had >100 flights from 🇦🇪UAE to 🇪🇹Ethiopia, carrying suspected military equipment, most to 🇪🇹Harar Meda. Image
Read all about that airlift here: gerjon.substack.com/p/the-uae-ethi…
🇦🇪UAE Air Force King Air hex 592000 (likely from 🇾🇪Al Mukalla in Yemen) is now also landing at 🇪🇹Harar Meda Military Airport in Ethiopia.

UAEAF King Airs have become a very regular visitor in the past year, and the UAE likely has a permanent presence at the Airfield. ImageImage
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Apr 27
🇺🇦 In late Mar 2022, two Ukraine International Airlines aircraft returned to service: 🇺🇦UR-PSI and 🇺🇦UR-PSL.

Since then, 🇺🇦UR-PSI did *15 FLIGHTS* between 🇸🇩Khartoum and 🇵🇱Rzeszów (🇺🇦Ukraine aid hub), visting the military apron at KRT, and got hidden on tracking sites. [THREAD]
Starting on 19-20 Apr, 🇺🇦UR-PSI is now blocked on all major tracking websites: @RadarBox24, @flightaware and @flightradar24. In contrast, sister aircraft 🇺🇦UR-PSL remains visible.

🇺🇦UR-PSL is based in 🇲🇩Chisinau and flies to other destinations (no 🇸🇩Khartoum and no 🇵🇱Rzeszów).
To me, the fact this particular aircraft became hidden while others remained visible suggests that there is something to hide here, especially combined with the odd route (Khartoum is not exactly a key tourist destination) and the military apron visits.
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Mar 17
Three Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072
A 4th aircraft (using Mode-S - there could be more out there!) appeared now:

Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003

Judging by side windows, all four aircraft should have a passenger configuration.
Five Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow currently:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072
Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B 🇷🇺RA-85039 #RSD071
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Mar 16
Russian Military Il-76MD reg. 🇷🇺RA-78796 flew from deep into Russia (🇷🇺Ulan-Ude?) to 🇧🇾Belarus (?) today: #RFF9923.

Note that tracking websites are unable to see the majority of this sort of flights, and I haven't tweeted all.
Another flight #RFF9923 from far east currently up over 🇷🇺Russia is 🇷🇺RA-78818, now also heading west.
Should I focus on Russian Military flights towards the 🇺🇦Ukraine/🇧🇾Belarus region more, mapping flight segments and adding overviews?
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Mar 14
Some of my observations around @il_kanguru's find:

An aircraft can be seen crossing the 🇷🇺Russia-🇺🇦Ukraine border (white line), proven by a contrail (dashed yellow line), turning left around Khomutove (DPR).

3-4 km further west, 2? fast-moving objects can be seen - Air Defence? Image
We can see that the unknown phenomenon consists of two pairs of RGB lines, so we are looking at white trails.

I think that the sharp end on the east end and the fuzzy end on the west end suggests that the objects are not heading away from the aircraft but rather towards the ENE.
The aircraft is about 3 pixels long (±25-30 m?), making it larger than most fighter jets.

From my earlier Sentinel-2 aircraft finds, I know that these measurements are generally a good indicator of aircraft size.
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