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#USAF RQ-4B global hawk tracked on the flight radar throughout the day, circa 17 hour flight from sigonella NB - uav drone passing through france and germany, before operating to the north of poland and baltic states, returning a long eastern european borders, 53.5K~ feet altitude. #FORTE10 #AE5421
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon with a flight over the black sea earlier this afternoon, completing back and forth passes to the south of crimea peninsula. #AE6831 #BlackSea
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#USAF looking back at flight radar activity from late yesterday off the coastline of venezuela - 3x unknown aircraft, potential AAR or intelligence air assets and RC-135W rivet joint. #ALBUS39 #LION12 #PARTY11 #FELIX12 #Venezuela
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#USAF RC-135U combat sent seen on the flight radar with a flight out over the black sea close to Crimean Peninsula and russian coastlines, aircraft departure from mildenhall uk. #JAKE37 #AE01D4
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#RAF MQ-9B protector RG MK1 seen on the flight radar having departed from RAF akrotiri, uav drone circling and operating over the east mediterranean sea. #RFR7331 #43C972
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Sweden 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 linkoping sweden. #SVF680 #4A81F8 #Finland
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#AAE french air force beech king air 350ER / beech king air 350ER/ALSR seen on the flight radar operating to the west coast of the black sea close to romania, departures from bucharest OTP. #BlackSea
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar operating and completing back and forth passes over the black sea to the south of crimea and close to the russian coastline, departure from sigonella naval station. #AE688A #BlackSea
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#USAF RQ-4B global hawk with an evening flight currently operating to the north of poland at the border with kaliningrad russia, 53K~ feet altitude, departure from sigonella. #FORTE10 #AE5421
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#AAE french air force beech king air 350ER / A330 MRTT / dassault rafale B seen on the flight radar over the black sea close to the romanian black sea coastline. #FAF7232 #3B75D2 #BlackSea
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#RAF P-8A poseidon (MRA1) / KC2 voyager tanker / eurofighter typhoon seen on the flight radar this afternoon over the uk northern coastlines. #TRTN39 #REBEL54 #THNDR01

comes with reports of russian intelligence vessel yantar in the area of northern uk waters having shined laser at aircraft. #Yantar
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#Sweden 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 linkoping sweden. #SVF680 #4A81F8 #Finland
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#NATO #Luftwaffe #USAF nato tanker aircraft seen on the flight radar circling over poland, looking to be on AAR duties for aircraft operating in the area over the baltic states/sea - 3x KC135 stratotankers / luftwaffe A400M. #PRIMR62 #Poland #BalticSea
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#NATO E-3A sentry awacs / A330 MRTT seen on the flight radar earlier this morning over eastern poland, the pair supporting operations and nato nation border patrols with western ukraine receiving heavy bombing throughout the evening. #NATO05 #MMF19 #Ukraine
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#NATO A330 MRTT seen on the flight radar circling to the north east of poland close to the baltic sea and kaliningrad, aircraft circling at 23K feet altitude looking to be on the AAR duties for aircraft in the area, departure from cologne. #MMF15 #480C44
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#RAF updated look at RAF poseidon MRA1 seen on the flight radar operating over the north east of poland close to borders with belarus and kaliningrad russia, briefly passing over the baltic sea, departure from RAF lossiemouth scotland. #43C91A #Poland
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#USArmy US Army contracted CL650 ARTEMIS BRIO ISR aircraft seen on the flight radar having departing from constanta romania, aircraft having made its way north and circling / completing laps around kaliningrad russia, over the baltic sea and passing through the suwałki gap. #BRIO66 #A0EC98
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#RAF RC-135W rivet joint seen on the flight radar over the black sea, 33K feet altitude completing back and forth passes to the south of crimea, departure from RAF waddington. #RRR7218 #43C39D
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#DeutscheMarine german navy P-8A posedion seen on the flight radar circling northern germany to the east of rostock, aircraft having arrived in germany about two weeks ago, aircraft operating out of nordholz naval airbase. #GNY4521 #3EA427
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#RAF poseidon MRA1 seen on the flight radar operating over the east of poland close to borders with belarus and then kaliningrad russia, departure from RAF lossiemouth scotland. #43C91A

always an interesting flight with this being a maritime patrol ISR aircraft being used and operating over land.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#RAF KC2 voyager seen on the flight radar arriving at flughafen münchen this afternoon, aircraft only in munich for around 1.75 hours before returning heading back home to RAF brize norton - aircraft last seen in munich just over a week ago. #RRR2136 #43C6F9 #München
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#Luftwaffe 2x A400M's seen on the flight radar operating in and of rzeszow poland this afternoon, flights out from wunstorf air base and rostock. #GAF136 #GAF234

rzeszow RZE known as an airport and supply route for cargo and movements intended for ukraine.
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#USNavy P-8A poseidon seen on the flight radar, aircraft circling and operating over the baltic sea, currently circling over the coastline with lithuania. #AE6814 #BalticSea
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#USArmy US Army contracted CL650 ARTEMIS BRIO ISR aircraft seen on the flight radar having departing from constanta romania, aircraft having made its way north and circling / completing laps around kaliningrad russia, over the baltic sea and passing through the suwałki gap. #BRIO66 #A0EC98
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 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 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM