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#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar over the black sea, departure from sigonella naval station italy. #AE6831 #BlackSea
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#USAF updated look at USAF B-52H stratofortross seen on the flight radar for the second time this week conducting simulated strike mission's over estonia and the baltic states, departure and now returning to moron air base spain. #AE58B0 #Estonia #BalticStates
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#USNavy MQ-4C triton seen on the flight radar over the gulf of oman, strait of hormuz and persian gulf, operating at 46K feet altitude, departure from al dhafra AB uae. #AE7815

UK office of maritime trade operations (UKMTO) is reporting a possible “incident” in the area near the strait of hormuz.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#NATO #Estonia looking at nato nation aircraft seen over the baltic sea / states and specifically estonia.

USAF B52H stratofortross / RAF KC2 voyager tanker / NATO E-3A sentry awacs / swedish S102B korpen (raven) / swedish saab S100D argus (AEW&C). #C604 #4A8220 #NATO01 #RRR9915 #AE58B0 #BalticSea
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#NATO #RAF #USAF B-52H stratofortross / RAF KC2 voyager tanker / NATO E-3A sentry awacs seen on the flight radar, the three operating over estonia. #NATO01 #RRR9915 #AE58B0 #Estonia
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#USAF lockheed U-2S dragon lady seen on the flight radar having departed RAF fairford, this looks to be the return flight to beale air force base. #AE0949 #Fairford
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#Luftwaffe luftwaffe KC130J seen refueling eurofighter typhoons for the first time - images shared by luftwaffe.

franco german C130J squadron is said to be integrating AAR capabilities with the refuelling of six luftwaffe eurofighters over neubrandenburg last week - 6,000m altitude, 440km/h speed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#Finland finnish air force sharing images with finnish F/A-18 hornet escorting USAF B-52H stratofortress - this as part of bomber task force europe 26-1, B52 operating from morón air base spain. #BomberTaskForce #USAF #NATO
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#AAE french air force 2 x dassault rafale B / beech king air 350ER/ALSR seen on the flight radar over the centre of the black sea earlier this afternoon - 3x A330 MRTT's included here aswell to the west. #FAF7101 #FAF7101 #BlackSea
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#NATO nato nation aircraft visible on the flight radar earlier this afternoon - USAF RC135U combat sent over finland.

B-52 stratofortress, KC2 voyager & eurofighter typhoon, E3 sentry awacs over estonia - luftwaffe A400M and US army contracted ARTEMIS II seen over latvia. #NATO #Estonia #Latvia
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#USAF B-52H stratofortress seen earlier today, here joined by RAF eurofigher typhoon, NATO E-3A sentry awacs also included. #AE58B0 #43C6FA #RRR9911 #NATO #Estonia

multiple nato nation aircraft seen in the area on the flight radar throughout the day, known aircraft present aswell but not visible.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#NATO RQ-4B global hawk seen at high altitude to the east of finland at the border with russia, through the evening seen to the north of poland close to kaliningrad russia, 53K feet altitude, departure from sigonella naval base. #FORTE10 #AE5421
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#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
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon ISR flight seen on the flight radar with an evening flight over the baltic sea, departure from keflavík iceland. #AE6814 #BalticSea
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by wip.
Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) a floating, self-propelled, mobile active electronically scanned array early-warning radar station coming into Pearl Harbor under tow - November 7, 2025 SRC: INST- kellynewburgh
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#RAF RC-135W rivet joint seen on the flight radar, aircraft operating and completing back and forth flights to the east of finland at the border with russia, departure from RAF waddington. #RRR7210 #43C39D
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Swedish swedish S102B korpen (raven) having departed linkoping sweden, ISR aircraft seen on the flight radar operating to the north and eastern polish borders; close to kaliningrad russia, belarus and ukraine. #SVF680 #4A81F8
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#NATO 2x A330 MRTT's seen on the flight radar circling and operating to the north of germany close to the coastline with the baltic sea, departures from cologne germany and eindhoven netherlands. #MMF21 #MMF22
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar operating over the black sea to the south of crimea, departure from sigonella naval station. #AE67E9 #BlackSea
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#RAF KC2 voyager with an interesting and satisfying low altitude flight over the east coast of the uk yesterday afternoon, departure and return at brize norton. #COMET52 #43C6F9

screenshot included here from RAF brize norton, confirming this as a low altitude training flight. ##ZZ336 #BrizeNorton
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#USAF U-2S dragon lady seen on the flight radar over the north sea with a departure from RAF fairford, either operating over the north altantic close to iceland / west of the faroe islands, or returning to beale AFB. #AE0949 #U2DragonLady
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#RAF KC2 voyager with an interesting and satisfying low altitude flight over the east coast of the uk this afternoon, departure and return at brize norton. #COMET52
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#NATO E-3A sentry awacs seen on the flight radar circling over lithuanian close to the suwalki gap, departure from geilenkirchen AB germany. #NATO01 #4D03CE
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#USAF RC-135U combat sent seen on the flight radar with a flight to south east of finland at the finland russia border close to the gulf of finland - aircraft used to collect intelligence on enemy radar and electronic systems. #JAKE37 #AE01D4
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#NATO #Luftwaffe 2x A330-243MRTT and a collection of luftwaffe aircraft seen on the flight radar circling to the north of germany - looks like luftwaffe training / testing with departures from rostock, then potential nato AAR's for aircraft in the area. #MMF22 #GRZLY41 #MMF21 #GRZLY41
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM