USAF
Highly active day of surveillance missions unfolds in the Black Sea region
Extremely intense day in the Black Sea area. We have tracked two U.S. missions: a U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3E (reg. 156517) took off...
itamilradarAugust 10, 2023
A “short” mission for FORTE
When we track Global Hawk missions over the Black Sea, we are used to recording flights lasting 24 hours with missions then lasting...
itamilradarAugust 3, 2023
A “deeper” mission for FORTE
On 30 July, at 02:35 a.m., a USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 11-2046 – c/s FORTE12) left NAS Sigonella bound for the Black...
itamilradarJuly 31, 2023
Different and unusual flights to/from Libya
Yesterday afternoon, we recorded various traffic to and from Libya. Two flights, an Italian Air Force Leonardo C-27J (reg. MM62214) and a USAF...
itamilradarJuly 27, 2023
Busies skies over NATO’s eastern flank
Today we mapped out a major NATO engagement on the Alliance’s eastern flank. in particular the northern part is affected by numerous air...
itamilradarJuly 21, 2023
Monitoring eastern flank
This morning, there have been at least three surveillance missions on the eastern flank of NATO. Two of the missions were conducted by...
itamilradarJuly 17, 2023
New close encounter between Reaper and Sukhoi
“Russian military aircraft engaged in unsafe and unprofessional behavior Thursday, 9:30 A.M. local time, while interacting with U.S. MQ-9 drones carrying out our...
itamilradarJuly 7, 2023
Oops, They Did It Again
On 14 May, a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 crashed a USAF drone MQ-9 “Reaper” following a series of hostile manoeuvres. Yesterday in...
itamilradarJuly 6, 2023
Constant Phoenix leaving Mediterranean theatre
After 5 days the USAF Boeing WC-135 “Constant Phoenix” (reg. 64-14836) leaves Souda Bay AB and the Mediterranean theater. As far as the...
itamilradarJuly 5, 2023
An (almost) usual mission
Working Sunday for an USAF Global Hawk (reg. 11-2046 – callsign FORTE12) based at NAS Sigonella. The aircraft, which took off around 07:00...
itamilradarJuly 2, 2023
