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Tracking U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon Aircraft Missions Across The Mediterranean Regional

April 17, 2019 David Cenciotti 0

VP-9 “Golden Eagles” Poseidons currently deployed to NAS Sigonella, Italy, are quite busy these days. Four P-8 Poseidon aircraft belonging to U.S. Navy’s Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, are currently […]

Analysis: Tracking All The U.S. Intelligence Gathering Missions Over the Black Sea After The Kerch Strait Incident

December 11, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

The United States intensified its ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) presence in the Black Sea after Kerch Strait incident. Here’s an analysis. Following the incident in the Kerch Strait near Crimea in the morning of Nov. […]

Eyes On Crimea: U.S. Intelligence Gathering Aircraft Increasingly Flying Over the Black Sea

April 6, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

Online flight tracking suggests increase in missions flown by U.S. manned and unmanned aircraft near Crimea. It’s no secret that U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) belonging to the 9th Operations Group/Detachment 4th […]

U.S. Intelligence Gathering Aircraft Amass Off Syria As Assad Visits Russian Detachment Near Latakia

June 27, 2017 David Cenciotti 5

U.S. RC-135 Rivet Joint and other spyplanes operating in international airspace off Syria. While a WC-135 “nuke sniffer” flew towards the Black Sea. The White House’s warning about an imminent chemical attack and the visit […]

NATO hunting at least one Russian Navy Oscar II Class submarine that is chasing aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea

December 9, 2016 David Cenciotti 14

Several Maritime Patrol Aircraft are involved in a big hunt: one (possibly two) Oscar II-class submarine that Russia has sent after NATO warships. According to military sources close to The Aviationist, a big hunt is […]