@viper13.bsky.social
Marine - Cobras, Huey's, Howitzers and 4th grade teacher.
Occasional aircraft tracker and aviation safety nerd
🇺🇦 🇬🇪
Occasional aircraft tracker and aviation safety nerd
🇺🇦 🇬🇪
Reposted
This story has been 100% ignored by aviation media and I don't understand why. There are plenty of established industry publications that should have been asking for months what the heck happened with Alvin Brown and they have hardly said a word.
Former #Florida mayor says President Convicted Felon forced him off the National Transportation Safety Board as part of a broader ouster of Black leaders from independent federal agencies. www.jacksonville.com/story/news/p...
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This story has been 100% ignored by aviation media and I don't understand why. There are plenty of established industry publications that should have been asking for months what the heck happened with Alvin Brown and they have hardly said a word.
Reposted
✈️❗️7 TU-95/Tu160 aircraft heading for launch
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
✈️❗️7 TU-95/Tu160 aircraft heading for launch
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C appears to be on the way home. Its flight path is a bit erratic, but they did go 'off camera' for a while so we don't know their actual flight path.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C appears to be on the way home. Its flight path is a bit erratic, but they did go 'off camera' for a while so we don't know their actual flight path.
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C, 169804 is passing just north of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. A bit different path from 3 days ago when it flew west across the Florida peninsula. That mission spent most of its time surveiling the waters off Veracruz, Mexico.
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C, 169804 is passing just north of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. A bit different path from 3 days ago when it flew west across the Florida peninsula. That mission spent most of its time surveiling the waters off Veracruz, Mexico.
SVF680 Swedish Air Force Gulfstream IV ISR aircraft is working the Baltics again today.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
SVF680 Swedish Air Force Gulfstream IV ISR aircraft is working the Baltics again today.
That's awesome news!
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
That's awesome news!
Cool catch
The plot on this launch thickens.
USAF WC-135R Constant Phoenix 'Nuke Sniffer' RTB'ing to Kadena AFB, Okinawa from a collection mission in the Sea of Okhotsk, likely sampling the atmosphere following yesertday's test launch of a RS-28 SARMAT ICBM. The launch happened during Witkoff's visit to Moscow
USAF WC-135R Constant Phoenix 'Nuke Sniffer' RTB'ing to Kadena AFB, Okinawa from a collection mission in the Sea of Okhotsk, likely sampling the atmosphere following yesertday's test launch of a RS-28 SARMAT ICBM. The launch happened during Witkoff's visit to Moscow
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cool catch
Fuckin russians can rot in hell
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia are being sent to military camps in North Korea. Legal expert Rashevska told U.S. Senate that a 12-year-old from Donetsk and a 16-year-old from Simferopol were taken to Songdowon camp, 9,000 km from home, exposed to militarized training and propaganda.
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fuckin russians can rot in hell
A French Beech King Air 350ER/ALSR ISR aircraft has just completed their surveillance mission in the Black Sea. Slava Ukraini
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A French Beech King Air 350ER/ALSR ISR aircraft has just completed their surveillance mission in the Black Sea. Slava Ukraini
A US Navy P-8A out of Reykjavik is operating in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea, and along the Finish border with russia.
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A US Navy P-8A out of Reykjavik is operating in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea, and along the Finish border with russia.
FORTE10 RQ-4B out of Sigonella is passing the Polish border with Ukraine and belarus.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
FORTE10 RQ-4B out of Sigonella is passing the Polish border with Ukraine and belarus.
SVF680, Swedish Gulfstream IV ISR aircraft is working the Baltics along the russian border.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
SVF680, Swedish Gulfstream IV ISR aircraft is working the Baltics along the russian border.
Reposted
Looks like there are indications USS Ford may be pulling out to sea, there are OSINT indicators of tugs showing up alongside.
That is a short visit and may indicative of an order to go into position. May shorten timeframe for operations. Super fluid and things change by the day.
That is a short visit and may indicative of an order to go into position. May shorten timeframe for operations. Super fluid and things change by the day.
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Looks like there are indications USS Ford may be pulling out to sea, there are OSINT indicators of tugs showing up alongside.
That is a short visit and may indicative of an order to go into position. May shorten timeframe for operations. Super fluid and things change by the day.
That is a short visit and may indicative of an order to go into position. May shorten timeframe for operations. Super fluid and things change by the day.
OVRLD01 MQ-4C 169804 is operating in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. But, wait - wasn't 169804 in the Gulf of Mexico just yesterday? Thinking that the MQ-4C in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday might have been a case of mistaken identity.
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
OVRLD01 MQ-4C 169804 is operating in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. But, wait - wasn't 169804 in the Gulf of Mexico just yesterday? Thinking that the MQ-4C in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday might have been a case of mistaken identity.
RAF RRR7202 RC-135W RIVET JOINT aircraft out of Waddington is approaching the Latvian coastline.
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
RAF RRR7202 RC-135W RIVET JOINT aircraft out of Waddington is approaching the Latvian coastline.
BLKCAT6, MQ-4C, 169659 out of Jacksonville has been drilling a tight circle just east of Jacksonville.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
BLKCAT6, MQ-4C, 169659 out of Jacksonville has been drilling a tight circle just east of Jacksonville.
Reposted
U.S. Marine Corps Activates 3 New Companies at Japan Base as Part of Force Design 2030 — USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/12/01/u...
news.usni.org/2025/12/01/u...
U.S. Marine Corps Activates 3 New Companies at Japan Base as Part of Force Design 2030 - USNI News
The U.S. Marine Corps recently activated three new companies at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, as part of Force Design 2030 and a greater effort to defend the first island chain, the service announced...
news.usni.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
U.S. Marine Corps Activates 3 New Companies at Japan Base as Part of Force Design 2030 — USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/12/01/u...
news.usni.org/2025/12/01/u...
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C is extremely interested in southern Mexico. Interesting 🤔
US Navy MQ-4C, BLKCAT5, 169804 out of Jacksonville is operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan peninsula. As of 16 days ago 169804 was still operating in the Persian Gulf. This is the first time I've seen a MQ-4C operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
BLKCAT5 MQ-4C is extremely interested in southern Mexico. Interesting 🤔
US Navy MQ-4C, BLKCAT5, 169804 out of Jacksonville is operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan peninsula. As of 16 days ago 169804 was still operating in the Persian Gulf. This is the first time I've seen a MQ-4C operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
US Navy MQ-4C, BLKCAT5, 169804 out of Jacksonville is operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan peninsula. As of 16 days ago 169804 was still operating in the Persian Gulf. This is the first time I've seen a MQ-4C operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Reposted
Reposted
Ten hours left to vote.
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Horror of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Horror in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ten hours left to vote.
Four E-6B Mercury aircraft are up again today.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Four E-6B Mercury aircraft are up again today.
Reposted
US Navy E-6B Mercury doing its spirally thing off the New Jersey coast.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
US Navy E-6B Mercury doing its spirally thing off the New Jersey coast.
Reposted
Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones struck two sanctioned vessels, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea. The joint SBU counterintelligence and Ukrainian Navy op hit the tankers en route, empty, to load oil in Novorossiysk.
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones struck two sanctioned vessels, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea. The joint SBU counterintelligence and Ukrainian Navy op hit the tankers en route, empty, to load oil in Novorossiysk.