USAF
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
USAF WC-135 “nuclear sniffer” deployed to the Mediterranean
Today, at around 13:45 CEST, a USAF Boeing WC-135 (reg. 64-14836) landed at Souda Bay AB, coming directly from the USA. This is...
itamilradarJuly 1, 2023
FORTE is back
It had been a few days since we had seen any drone missions (USAF or NATO) over the Black Sea. The last appearance...
itamilradarJune 30, 2023
New day, new missions
This morning we record two mission of two NATO assets in the Black Sea theatre. The first is a French Air Force Beech King...
itamilradarJune 15, 2023
Lancer over the Black Sea
For the first time we record the flight over the Black Sea of, at least, a USAF Rockwell B-1B ‘Lancer’ (reg. 85-0064). The...
itamilradarJune 14, 2023
