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[brocola]

Saw this again this morning but the image does now not appear .

Looks like a RC135 Rivet Joint out of Mildenhall might have taken over the day shift. Perhaps the Rivet Joint has sensors better suited for day time nosiness..

 

[brocola]

And FORTE10 on its way home, I’m guessing to Sicily via Romania

 

[brocola]

Not seen this before. Boeing E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, (Joint STARS) seems to be on its way to Ukraine.

 

[Peter and Julie]

Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker heading over at the moment from Mildenhall! Ref 59-1470

 

[brocola]

Couple of monster Antonov AN124s currently over Turkey, one looks Russian and the other Ukrainian.

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[Dan and Jan]

Interesting flying pattern over Ukrainian airspace.

 

[PhilandMena]

Its now at 53000 ft with a ground speed of only 126 MPH. Could this be a U2 in glide mode ?
After anouther look its flying back and forth along the Donetsk boarder. Got to be looking at the Russian military build up.

 

[brocola]

I'd think it's more likely a Global Hawk, they're pretty slow?

 

[PhilandMena]

I'd think it's more likely a Global Hawk, they're pretty slow?

Yes! Makes perfect sense.

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[brocola]

RAF boys and girls in a RC135W Rivet Joint busy in Poland keeping watch on the Belarus border

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[monzer]

We'll see less military aircraft activity now some oligarchs have been locked out there Kensington homes

Ain't war a b*tch?!

 

[Diabalo]

This is stuff we can see, whats up there we can't?

 

[brocola]

I agree. It’s only the ones they want us to see which show up e.g. the overt surveillance planes, drones and tankers

Been watching a USAF KC135 tanker out of Mildenhall which is now doing circuits over Romania. I’m assuming it’s refuelling some planes which are choosing to be more covert

 

[brocola]

Or this NATO gas station just off Netherlands. Convenient for flights between the UK and Eastern Europe…

 

[brocola]

Been watching a USAF KC135 tanker out of Mildenhall which is now doing circuits over Romania. I’m assuming it’s refuelling some planes which are choosing to be more covert

Same tanker LAGR222 still doing circuits over northern Romania near the Ukraine border 3.5 hours later.

Must some very thirsty invisible planes in the area...

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[brocola]

2 x A4 Skyhawks over northern Germany. It looks like they might be contract aggressors ("Top Aces") out to play with someone

 

[monzer]

So obviously military aircraft would like to conduct some activities on the quiet so I presume its entirely up to them to avoid any other aircraft that might be in their vicinity?

 

[PhilandMena]

Looks like we have anouther Global Hawk back in the area at 56,000 ft.

 

[brocola]

Possibly what the tanker over Romania earlier was waiting for - it’s a thirsty trip for a Global Hawk all the way from their base in Sigonella, Sicily

 

[Jamesh]

Possibly what the tanker over Romania earlier was waiting for - it’s a thirsty trip for a Global Hawk all the way from their base in Sigonella, Sicily

Can a global hawk inflight refuel??

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[Jamesh]

2 x A4 Skyhawks over northern Germany. It looks like they might be contract aggressors ("Top Aces") out to play with someone

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You'd hope so unless the F35 are in the sea and the typhoons are down for maintenance?

Are there any tornados mothballed somewhere?!

 

[brocola]

Can a global hawk inflight refuel??

I believe so, has to be from a “normal” tanker, but could be mistaken.

If the KC135 wasn’t refuelling the Global Hawk, I’d be fascinated to know what else it was refuelling and what they were doing

The next trick is refuelling using drones as tankers and refuelling other drones. I believe the US Navy had been trialling refuelling F/A18s and F35s from a MQ25 Stingray drone off a carrier, so not far off.

 

[brocola]

Closer to home - Army Air Corps WAH-64 circling near Stowmarket

 

[brocola]

If the KC135 wasn’t refuelling the Global Hawk, I’d be fascinated to know what else it was refuelling and what they were doing

Turns out the KC135 was apparently supporting 2 x F16s patrolling over Romania (according to Twitter). So maybe the Global Hawk can’t inflight refuel.

 

[PhilandMena]

Possibly what the tanker over Romania earlier was waiting for - it’s a thirsty trip for a Global Hawk all the way from their base in Sigonella, Sicily

I looked up some of their performance detail and they can gly for up to 30 hours. The one I saw earlier this afternoon was heading away in the direction of Poland and suspect that is where yhey have one based. I don't think they can refuel in the air.

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[PhilandMena]

You'd hope so unless the F35 are in the sea and the typhoons are down for maintenance?

Are there any tornados mothballed somewhere?!

Germany still uses them.

 

[PhilandMena]

All quiet this morning ! This is better than waiting to see what happens to Meena in Emmerdale.

 

[sonar]

FORTE11 is on its way back out .​

always interesting flight pattern .

 

[brocola]

A few interesting flights this morning, too many for screenshots

Poland
RAF Voyager Tanker RRR9110
USAF Rivet Joint JAKE12
US Army Beech C12 DUKE63

Latvian Coast
Swedish Gulfstream IV SVF622 doing strange circuits

Germany
NATO Boeing E3 Sentry NATO02

Netherlands
RAF Rivet Joint RRR7218

Think these next ones are Belgian or Dutch F16s?
OMEGA2
GRZLY22

Belgium
MACE81 F16?
RAF Chinook + Army Air Corps AH1 Apache

 

[PhilandMena]

FORTE11 is on its way back out .​

always interesting flight pattern .

Looks like this has departed from the Indian sea ? I wonder if it has been carrier launched.

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