September 11th, 2001 - Boeing E-4B NAOC callsign ADDIS77 scrambled from Andrews AFB. While ATC was calling them โVENUSโ which is a typical callsign used at Andrews, you can hear the urgency of the pilot wanting to get airborne. The E-4 orbited over Washington DC for a whileโฆ
Nederland heeft met Zweden ๐ธ๐ช een intentieverklaring ondertekend voor de aanschaf van een Saab GlobalEye. Dit is een geavanceerd militair verkenningsvliegtuig.
Lees meer ๐ https://t.co/KrsH1yKNMr
Vandaag starten we met de jaarlijkse oefening Falcon Leap. 2 weken lang verzorgen wij samen met internationale partners het luchttransport & trainen we het droppen van vracht en parachutisten. Via X geven wij dagelijkse updates van ons vliegprogramma!โ๏ธ๐ช #watvliegter#falconleap
Video obtained by Iran International, filmed aboard a nearby vessel, captures the US military's radio warnings to the Iranian oil tanker STARK 1 before it was struck near Kharg Island.
Three warnings are audible over the VHF channel. In the first, a US military aircraft tells the tanker: "Motor Tanker STARK 1, this is the United States military aircraft. I am preparing to fire at your stern. You have 3 minutes to clear the crew from the stern of your ship. Over."
The second cuts that to one minute. The third is final: "This was your final warning... get into your lifeboats and abandon the ship immediately."
Between the warnings, crew members can be heard talking in Persian and Urdu. One asks whether the captain and his deputy are at their posts. He is told the captain is still asleep.
Iranian media reported on Saturday morning that a tanker had been hit by US forces six miles off Kharg Island, without naming the vessel. STARK 1 was carrying Iranian oil and was first sanctioned by Washington in 2018.
USAF C-40 #SERVO17 (N972BJ) working Santa Maria HF 8906 on their way over to Naval Station Rota, after which they'll head on to RAF Fairford as #GENA17.
E-6B #NAME55 outbound from Ramstein AB for NAS Patuxent River after playing in Wednesday's SKYMASTER exercise, working Shanwick 123.950 for oceanic clearance.
164410 / #AFEAD1
Seven B-2s calling SEVILLE CONTROL on VHF over the Straight of Gibraltar on their way back from Iran this morning after refueling over the Mediterranean Sea.
BATT 11 flt (x4 B-2) - advises ATC destination Barksdale AFB
BATT 21 flt (x3 B-2)
1340z CHIRO 11 flt x3 USAF B-2/a Spirits's
Departed from Diego Garcia #FJDG
Checking in with San Francisco (SFO) HF on 5574 khz After Completing AAR with #DEED11-14 Flt
Cleared to Whiteman AFB #KSZL Via Flightplan Route.
#CHIRO11#CHIRO12#CHIRO13#B2
Sounds like that's all the last of the Coverage from me!๐
02:27z #SPICY11 flt PosRep, Passing 144E Will Contact Tokyo Control on (VHF) 124.500.
(Will have already passed these waypoints now)