New USNavy mission off Libya
This morning an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (reg. 159887) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya. This...
itamilradarApril 22, 2023
A case of AIS spoofing
Yesterday, the OSINT community was surprised by a trace that appeared on the maritime tracking website Marine Traffic indicating that the Russian cruiser...
itamilradarApril 21, 2023
Unusual Russian visitors
A pair of Russian transport planes is flying in the Mediterranean theatre. The first is a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-96 (reg. RA-96023)...
itamilradarApril 21, 2023
NATO’s eyes central Mediterranean Sea
It’s quite normal to see, as is the case this morning, a Hellenic Air Force Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C (reg. 374) orbiting west of...
itamilradarApril 20, 2023
Handle with Care
Very interesting the flight of this USAF Boeing C-17A (reg. 09-9210) this afternoon. This C-17A belongs to the 62nd Airlift Wing, based at Joint...
itamilradarApril 19, 2023
New RAF showdown over the Black Sea
A RAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. ZZ664), departed from RAf Waddington, carried out this afternoon a surveillance mission over the Black Sea. After what happened...
itamilradarApril 19, 2023
Changing of the guard
On Feb. 17 an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62292) was based in Constanta, Romania, after it operated surveillance missions mainly...
itamilradarApril 18, 2023
Intense activity in the Black Sea area
Intense surveillance activity this morning in the Black Sea theatre. At least three NATO assets are at work these minutes. An Italian Air Force...
itamilradarApril 17, 2023
Focus: NATO carriers in the Mediterranean
On Wednesday, the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) left the Mediterranean after a 230-day deployment in the area. Bush’s departure means there will not...
itamilradarApril 15, 2023
New FORTE mission (but not over Black Sea)
New surveillance mission by a USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 11-2046 – callsign FORTE10) but new surveillance mission over Romanian territory (not the...
itamilradarApril 14, 2023
