Contents tagged with Aircraft
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US Navy aircraft carry out reconnaissance missions near the Crimea and Russia's Mediterranean flotilla
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft flew a reconnaissance mission near Russia’s borders in the Black Sea region on Wednesday, Interfax reported, citing websites that track military aircraft. On the same day, another Poseidon carried out a similar mission near Russia’s naval flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea.
A P-8A Poseidon with tail number 168 434 reportedly took off from the Singonella airbase in Siciliy and proceeded to the Black Sea where it circled near the Crimea, dropping its altitude from …
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US Air Force plane again flew close to Russia's border over the Baltic Sea
An RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft from the US Air Force made another approach towards the Kaliningrad region on Monday on a reconnaissance mission, according to sites that track the movement of military aircraft, Interfax reported.
A US military aircraft, with the tail number 62-4139 and call sign WOMP17, reportedly left the Mildenhall airbase in the UK at 9:40 am Moscow time, and approached the border of the Kaliningrad region from the Baltic Sea side at nearly 1:00 pm, while …
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Tu-160 and Tu-95 bombers are being prepared for use in Syria
Crew from the Tu-160 and Tu-95 Russian strategic bombers at Engels airbase, located in the Saratov region in the Russian Federation, are preparing the bombers for combat use, a military-diplomatic source informed TASS on November 13.
According to the source, “currently, engineering staff from the base are setting cruise missiles on planes and preparing missile carriers for combat use. Air strike groups from the airbase are ready to perform tasks including operational launching of cruise …
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U.S. reconnaissance plane circles over Russian Navy's flotilla in the Mediterranean
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance P-8A Poseidon aircraft monitored Russia’s flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea between Cyprus and Syria, Interfax reported, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
The P-8A with tail number 158858 reportedly took off from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and monitored the activities of the Russian flotilla, which is centered around Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov.
The reconnaissance aircraft circled around the flotilla at an …
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Kremlin declines to comment on report that U.S. and Russian aircraft had a close encounter over Syria
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on statements made by Pentagon officials that Russian and U.S. planes had a close encounter over Syria on October 17th, RIA Novosti reported.
When asked to comment on the incident, Peskov said, “It is for my colleagues at the Ministry of Defense."
Earlier on Friday, Lieutenant General Jeff Harrigian, the commander of U.S. Air Force Central Command, described an incident in which a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft and a Russian fighter flew …
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U.S. surveillance aircraft fly near the Crimea and Russia's flotilla in the Mediterranean
U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft flew along the coast of the Crimea on Wednesday, Interfax reported. A separate surveillance aircraft flew near Russia’s warships in the Mediterranean Sea, according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
The first U.S. plane reportedly took off from the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, where it proceeded to fly over the Black Sea south of the Crimean coast.
The second aircraft also took off from Signolla, and flew over the eastern …
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NATO aircraft will make low-altitude patrols over Estonia
The air forces of NATO countries based in Estonia at the Amari air base will conduct low altitude flights over the country’s territory this week. The press service of the Estonian Defense Forces said that the German Air Force is currently based at Amari and that they took over the mission of protecting the Baltic State airspace on the 31st of August.
German Air Force Eurofighter aircraft will fly in pairs at altitudes not lower than 500 feet (152 meters) and away from the settlements during …
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US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft approached the borders of the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions
A U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft approached the borders of the Kaliningrad region and the Leningrad region on Tuesday, as reported by Interfax, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
It is noted that a RC-135W reconnaissance plane departed from the Mildenhall Air Base in the UK, followed a course along the Baltic coast of the Kaliningrad region to Estonia and into the Tartu district, where it also made a flight near the border of the Leningrad Region. A …
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Media: U.S surveillance drone conducted aerial reconnaissance near the Crimea
The RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic unmanned surveillance aircraft of the US Air Force has conducted a reconnaissance flight near the Crimea. It approached the peninsula from the side of Ukraine and the Black Sea. This was reported by Interfax news agency with reference to portals that track the movement of military aviation.
According to the media, the unmanned aircraft departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and flew to the Crimea from the western side of the Black Sea at an altitude of 15, …
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US spy planes observed test launches of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles
On the 12th of October, Interfax reported that two US Air Force RC-135S reconnaissance aircraft were sent to observe the launches of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. These aircraft were sent by the Pentagon to the Russian borders in the areas of the Barents Sea and Kamchatka.
This is according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
According to these sites, the RC-135 modification S aircraft are designed to collect telemetry data on test missile launches. This …