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been away for a few days.
picture here of lufthansa D-AIMB at MUC - this wasnt my flight, but lovely to see up close!
#RAF poseidon MRA1 seen on the flight radar with a flight over the baltic sea and a long the finnish eastern border with russia, currently RTB a long the norweign coastline, departure from lossiemouth scotland. #RFR7045 #43C91F
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#NATO E-3A sentry awacs seen on the flight radar circling to the north of germany close to the border with denmark and baltic and north sea coastlines, departure from geilenkirchen air base germany. #NATO01 #4D03C2
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
#IrishSea LAGO DI COMO IMO 9674361 - liberia flagged bulk vessel seen hovering around the irish sea close to anglesey wales for over one week.

yesterday UK coast guard seen looking at the vessel from above - not sanctioned however this does raise a flag and interesting to see. #SRD203B #407DCA
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM
#USAF #Europe uptake in USAF C-17A / C-5M galaxy movement across europe and the middle east this evening.

16x airframes included here, with 9x seen at one moment, this is about 4 hours of picking out airframes as i see them. #RCH857 #RCH1878
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
#Israel israeli governmental 767-338(ER), the wing of zion, heading to washington USA with netanyahu on board. #XA001 #7386C0 #Netanyahu
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
#RAF general atomics MQ-9B protector RG MK1 seen on the flight radar earlier today heading over israel and tracked partially over syria. #RFR7331 #43C972

this looking to be part of daily operations as part of the UK's 'operation shader' over the middle east.
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
#USAF RQ-4B global hawk seen on the flight radar operating to the north east of poland and passing through the suwalki gap to lithuania, 52K feet altitude close to kaliningrad russia, departure from sigonella naval station. #FORTE10 #AE541A #Kaliningrad
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
#USNavy MQ-4C triton / P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar over the gulf of oman and strait of hormuz region close to coastlines of iran. #AE6783 #AE7814 #Iran
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
#USAF 4x KC-135R stratotankers seen on the flight radar with departures from al udeid AB qatar, these heading west looking to be providing AAR support (dragging) for fighter aircraft.

specifically believed to be 12x F-15E SE's returning to the US from muwaffaq aalti AB Jordan. #AE04E8 #AE07C2
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
#Poland polish air force F-16D fighting falcon seen on the flight radar with a departure from 31st air base poznan poland, aircraft tracked over the east poland, callsign alien. #ALIEN01 #48D8A5
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
#VPOTUS US vice president JD vance having departed armenia, now having touched down at heydar aliyev international airport baku azerbaijan. #AF2 #SAM915 #Baku
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
#RAF RC-135W rivet joint seen on the flight radar over the east of the black sea, 33K feet altitude close to the russian coastline. #RRR7209 #43C39D

#NATO E-3A sentry awacs seen circling to the east of poland, close to ukraine border and black sea coastline. #NATO07 #4D03C0
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
#RAF general atomics MQ-9B protector RG MK1 seen on the flight radar over the east medeteranian sea, currently circling to the south of cyprus at 16K feet altitude, departure from RAF akrotiri. #BOBCT51 #43C972
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
been away for a few days.
picture here of lufthansa D-AIMB at MUC - this wasnt my flight, but lovely to see up close!
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
#USAF post relating to my previous USAF movement post - seeing here the USAF traffic coming in and out of ramstein and spangdahlem air bases, germany - also full list of hex codes, callsigns and aircraft type details. #SPM #RMS #Iran #Europe
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#USAF heavy USAF aircraft movements over europe throughout today - 14 hours seen here, 34 individual aircraft tracked, multiple aircraft with multiple movements between bases. #SPM #RMS #Iran #Europe
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
#NATO E-3A sentry awacs seen on the flight radar circling to the north of poland close to the baltic sea, departure from geilenkirchen air base germany. #NATO01 #4D03C0
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
#USNavy MQ-4C triton / P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar over the gulf of oman and strait of hormuz region close to coastlines of iran. #AE6783 #AE7814 #Iran
February 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#CAEAviation #NATO #Sweden swedish air force gulfstream IV-SP (S102B korpen) / CAE aviation saab 340B ISR seen on the flight radar over the baltic states and baltic sea. #SVF680 #4A81F9 #HOOPA01 #A54ED7
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar over the black sea, departure and current return at sigonella naval station italy. #AE6889 #BlackSea
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
#Belgian #RAF #BAF belgian air force 2x F16's / RAF 2x eurofighter typhoons seen on the flight radar to the east of poland close to the ukraine border - tanker aircraft in the area providing AAR support. #BAF442 #44F1A2 #BAF441 #44F0C9 #RRR9930X #43C73F #RRR9931X #43C70D #DKNGT12X #Poland
February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM
#NATO #RAF NATO nation aircraft seen on the flight radar earlier this afternoon operating to the east of poland - RAF ISR assets (P8/RJ), multiple AAR tankers, french E3 sentry awacs. #MMF20 #RRR9920 #VALIANT9 #FAF902 #HOOPA01
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
#USArmy US military contracted ARTEMIS II ISR aircraft / swedish air force S102B korpen seen on the flight radar operating either side of the gulf of finland close to russian borders. #BRIO66 #A0EC98 #SVF680 #4A81F9
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
#SAF swedish air force S102B korpen seen on the flight radar, aircraft operating to the east of finland a long the border with russia, 41K~ feet altitude, departure from tampere finland. #SVF680 #4A81F9
February 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
#Qatar #USAF 2x callsign noident unknowns seen on the flight radar over qatar and the persian gulf. #NOIDENT #NOIDENT2 #A98ACB #N7139F #BC614E
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM