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Nov 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"Aviacon Zitotrans" Ilyushin Il-76TD reg. 🇮🇷RA-76842 #AZS9003 flew from 🇷🇺Moscow Vnukovo to 🇮🇷Bushehr in Iran today - a destination that I haven't seen before.
Oh, I messed up the flags there. 🇷🇺RA-76842 is of course Russian.
Here's a Sentinel-2 satellite image (taken today 07:31 UTC) likely showing Aviacon Zitotrans Il-76TD reg. 🇷🇺RA-76842 "Kandahar" from 🇷🇺Moscow Vnukovo on ground in 🇮🇷Bushehr, Iran, on the shores of the Persian Gulf.

The Il-76TD had landed around 05:45 UTC.

H/t @Istihbarat1800L👍🏻
Aviacon Zitotrans Ilyushin Il-76TD reg. 🇷🇺RA-76842 is now returning from 🇮🇷Bushehr, Iran, after approximately one day on ground. According to Flightradar24, destination should be 🇷🇺Novosibirsk.

#AZS9004

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Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን Profile picture
Nov 8
Apparently Bosaso Airport in Somaliland is frequently being visited by "military aircrafts" (sic).

These aircraft are most likely "Fly Sky Airlines" from the 🇦🇪UAE. Their 🇺🇦UR-FSA* (508359) flew from the UAE to an unknown destination on 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06 Nov 2022. ImageImageImageImage
*Flightradar24 has recently messed up and is now displaying both 🇺🇦UR-FSA and 🇺🇦UR-FSE as 🇺🇦UR-FSE.

According to ADSBx, the flights were in fact done by a hex 508359, which is 🇺🇦UR-FSA in my lists. They are visually virtually identical.

Confused yet?😁
This article from today says "30 C-17 cargo planes have landed, bringing military vehicles, heavy weapons and military equipment (...), as well as foreign forces. mercenaries went to Bosaso."

👉🏻So far, I have found no evidence for 30 C-17A flights.
hadalsame.com/2022/11/08/day…
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Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን Profile picture
Oct 2
Over the past months, there have been major developments at Bosaso Airport, on a strategic location on the shores of the Gulf of Aden in Puntland:

1) a new 75x60 m shelter has been built;
2) the access road is now paved;
3) the runway has been stretched from 2400 m to 3200 m. Image
At this moment I'm not really sure who's behind said developments, since I couldn't find it in any news reports.

The 🇦🇪UAE are known to have previously developed airports in the region.
Correction: the title of the main image should have mentioned Puntland, not Somaliland.
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Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን Profile picture
Aug 27
⚠️New blog post!
🇪🇹Ethiopian Air Force (EtAF) published a whiteboard map of the alleged An-26 shootdown:

1) EtAF story is incomplete;
2) Map seems very realistic;
3) An-26 picture made by Bayraktar TB2, likely in Tigray;
4) further evidence still needed👇🏻
gerjon.substack.com/p/shot-down-or…
Georeferenced map (left) and digitized routes (right) of the 🇪🇹Ethiopian Air Force whiteboard map presented.

Alleged An-26 entered Ethiopia 01:50 h before the incident and may have even landed at Mekele before being shot down after take-off, something that EtAF chose not to say.
My calculations show that the routes drawn by 🇪🇹the Ethiopian Air Force seem very accurate and realistic, suggesting it may be a real event.

Their average speed (An-26: 430 km/h, Su-27: 800) is similar to the reported initial speed (430 and 876 km/h), especially for the An-26.
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Jul 30
.@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]
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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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Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን Profile picture
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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