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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 13h

#Irish #IAC irish air corps freshly delivered C295 seen yesterday arriving at casement aerodrome dublin - the third and final C295, this being the standard transport variant, the other two previously delivered geared for maritime surveillance - images shared from airbus and IAC. #C295 #Airbus

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 13h

#Irish #IAC irish air corps freshly delivered C295 seen yesterday arriving at casement aerodrome dublin - the third and final C295, this being the standard transport variant, the other two previously delivered geared for maritime surveillance - images shared from airbus and IAC. #C295 #Airbus

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 14h

#NATO E-3B sentry awacs seen on the flight radar throughout the early hours of this morning, circling to the east of poland close to borders with ukraine and belarus. #NATO05 #4D03C1

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 15h

#RAF #Swedish #USArmy #NATO swedish S102B korpen (raven) / RC-135U combat sent / ARTEMIS II seen on the flight radar yesterday afternoon over the baltic states and baltic sea close to kaliningrad & russia borders. #JAKE37 #SVF680 #BalticSea

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 15h

#Swedish swedish S102B korpen (raven) seen on the flight radar completing flights and operating to the east of finland at the border with russia, departure from tampere finland. #SVF680 #4A81F8

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 1d

not at my desk to see it myself, but it's a fan favourite!

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 2d

#AtlasAir 747-45EF seen on the flight radar coming in for approach and landing at frankfurt HHN germany, aircraft arrival from lublin poland, previously from dover air force base. #GTI9468 #A603B0

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 2d

#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar operating over the baltic sea earlier today, KC-135R AAR seen over the north of poland, departure and RTB at keflavik iceland - this being a fairly daily and standard baltic sea patrol route at this point. #AE687C #BalticSea

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 2d

#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar earlier today over the black sea, aircraft concentrated to the south of crimea and russian black sea coastline, departure from sigonella naval station. #AE67AC #BlackSea

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 3d

#USNavy MQ-4C triton seen on the flight radar over the persian gulf, flight circling and operating at 48K feet altitude, close to the iranian coastline, departure from al dhafra air base uae. #AE7815 #PersianGulf

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 3d

#KalittaAir #AtlasAir 2x 747 freighters seen on the flight radar this weekend with flights going from dover air force base delaware to lublin LUZ poland - LUZ known as a route for supplies intended for ukraine. #CMB320 #CMB319

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 3d

#NATO #RAAF yesterday evening with a complete military black out - later broken in the early hours by RAAF E-7A wedgetail departing 32nd AB poland. #MGPE01 #7CF8F2

F-35, likely dutch RNASF, was also seen briefly have taken off from 31st AB poland, i was unable to track this. #F35LTNG2

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 3d

#USArmy contractor bombardier ARTEMIS II seen on the flight radar completing back and fourth flights and operating to the east of romania, close to border with moldova, ukraine and black sea coastline, departure from constanta romania. #BRIO66 #A0EC98

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4d

🇩🇪 Drones circling Munich airport and Bundeswehr facilities were military reconnaissance drones, - BILD

A police helicopter tried unsuccessfully to find the drone operator, police report says.

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 4d

#FlughafenMünchen looking back at messe münchen panoramic captures from friday evening.

between 20:00 & 21:20 lines of lights can be seen in the distance - again, normally my first thought for this would be a starlink train or distant aircraft passing in shot, however wanted to share. #München #MUC

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 4d

#FlughafenMünchen looking back at messe münchen panoramic captures from thursday evening, located in east munich - interestingly, thursday 20:20 & 21:20 a line of light dots in the sky can be seen - normally my first thought for this would be starlink train. #München #MUC

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#FlughafenMünchen final few diversions seen on the flight radar with the closure of munich airport, diversions here include frankfurt, prague and stuttgart. #München #MUC

precautionary measure due to unconfirmed drone sightings near the take-off and landing runways, the second time in 24 hours.

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#FlughafenMünchen munich airport one again with an evening closure due to unknown drone activity in the area, inbound flights diverting, selected flights here specifically to stuttgart, airport currently expected to reopen 05:00 after curfew. #München #MUC

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

wholesome. :)

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#RCAF CC130J hercules re routing to manchester MAN with landing at prestwick cancelled due to poor landing conditions, ryanair flight included here with the same route. #CFC2955 #StormAmy

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 5d

BILD has mapped all the known recent drone sightings over 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇩🇰 Denmark.

m.bild.de/politik/ausl...

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar operating over the baltic sea, KC-135R AAR seen over the north of poland, departure and now RTB at keflavik iceland. #AE681C

#Finnish AR-5 uav included here, drone provided by the EU for security and routine baltic sea patrols. #AR5

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#ChallengeAirlines 747-409F seen on the flight radar touching down at lublin LUZ poland, arrival from washington IAD - LUZ known as a route for supplies intended for ukraine. #CHG592 #Lublin

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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 6d

After reported drone sightings over Munich Airport earlier this evening the airport remains closed until 0259 UTC this morning. 14 flights were diverted. See the current status for flights in Munich at flightradar24.com/airport/muc

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wip. @altw.bsky.social · 5d

#RAF KC2 voyager / 2x eurofighter typhoons seen on the flight radar passing over israel and jordan, flights returning to RAF akrotiri cyprus - flights part of daily operations as part of the UK's 'operation shader' over the middle east. #RRR9956X #RRR9958 #RRR9957

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