Air Force Freak

All data 100% open source. Tracking #RUAF transports, bombers, tanks

[Thord Are Iversen @The_Lookout_N]

Dockside footage is here, a quick look:

Damage is significant to the upper parts of the superstructure, between the bridge and aft mast. Main mast have toppled, possibly from the composite itself burning up. Think we see that happening

Repairable, but will take time and money.

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

Nice payload under that Su-34. Not too common to see reccepods

[NATO Air Command @NATO_AIRCOM]

On 2 June, two French🇫🇷 @Armee_de_lair fighters from Baltic Air Policing, scrambled from Šiauliai Air Base 🇱🇹 to conduct several interceptions involving six Russian 🇷🇺 aircraft operating within the Baltic Area of Responsibility:

1 x Su-35 fighter aircraft
1 x Il-76 military transport aircraft
1 x Su-24 and 1 x Su-34 fighter aircraft. The interceptions were conducted jointly with two Swedish 🇸🇪 @flygvapnet Gripen fighters
1 x An-12 and 1 x An-30 reconnaissance aircraft

Under Eastern Sentry, NATO fighter aircraft routinely scramble to maintain the safety, security and integrity of NATO airspace.

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

🔥 Magyar: KRONSHTADT (St. Petersburg), June 3. Birds of the 1st OC SBS hunted down and set fire to the corvette "Boykiy", a carrier of guided missile weapons.

[reconron @thereccelizard]

On 23 May Tu-214R MULLET RF-64514 XAV9022 took off from Kazan and flew northwest. It is now flying north along the RUS – FIN border in what is likely a SIGINT mission. I posted yesterday that I did not know for what or where RUS would use this aircraft; however, today it seems obvious.

[Massimo Frantarelli @MrFrantarelli]

Russia successfully conducted a test launch of the RS-28 'Sarmat' ICBM. The tests confirmed the missile's stated performance specifications.

[Status-6 (War & Military News) @Archer83Able]

Ukrainian drone strikes last night targeted a Russian Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette/small missile ship in the area of the port of Kaspiysk in southwestern Russia, over 1,000km from the current frontline in Ukraine.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the extent of the damage is being determined.

The Karakurt-class corvette is capable of carrying up to 8 Kalibr cruise missiles.

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

🛳️💥 Russian missile ship "Karakurt", patrol boat and another tanker of the shadow oil fleet were hit by SBU, SBS, SSO, GUR and DPSU.

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

@MTVUutiset Fake news. Polish air force (or any other) does not have any authority or legal base to block or deny traffic in international airspace

[Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb]

Angara-1.2 rocket lunches multiple classified satellites from Plesetsk.
DETAILS, UPDATES: https://t.co/3OaOf04CKJ

[Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb]

Soyuz rocket launches multiple classified payloads from Plesetsk: https://t.co/IXcVPbud0G

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Victory Day parade in Moscow may not take place for the first time in 30 years. A decision to cancel or postpone it could be made over fears of strikes by new Ukrainian missiles capable of reaching Russia's capital within 10-30 minutes.

According to Z-blogger Ilya Tumanov ("Fighterbomber"), there are reports that Russian authorities have already canceled the aerial portion of the parade in Moscow and St. Petersburg and are considering postponing or canceling the ground segment.

A day earlier, Peskov gave an evasive answer when asked about a possible cancellation, saying: "We are preparing for the Victory Day celebrations." No further official statements have been made.

Preparations for parades have already begun in some cities - but there have been no such reports from Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Tumanov says that a rehearsal of parade formations was scheduled to take place at a training ground on Sunday, but it was canceled, and the troops were told they would return to their permanent bases "until further instructions." He suggested the parade could be moved to another date, as happened in 2020 due to COVID.

According to him, the reason is long-range Ukrainian missiles. Cruise missiles could reach Moscow in about 30 minutes, while ballistic missiles could do so in as little as 10 minutes.

"Imagine: 'Parade, attention!' - and a missile alert is announced. What would happen on the square and around it? It would be a major blow in media terms, even if nothing actually hits," Tumanov said.

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

@JPihlajamaa And no civilian traffic south - southeast of StPeterburg

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

Multiple planes are once again avoiding the St Peterburg area.

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Airspace around St. Petersburg is once again empty, with no departing flights. Incoming flights are being diverted to other airports.

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

@JaguarAnalytics And how many tankers does Golar have and operate? Zero.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BREAKING 🔴

The Iranian Moudge class frigate IRIS Dena is SINKING a few miles off Sri Lanka after a U.S. Navy strike.

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister says 30 of the 180 sailors on board have been rescued so far.

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

BREAKING: A sanctioned Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, is on fire off the coast of Malta and Libya. The vessel was attacked by unknown naval drones.

[Air Force Freak @AlRFORCEFREAK]

@karabaye14 IA. Hope the train is ok

[Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb]

Soyuz rocket launched classified payload from Plesetsk, opening Russian orbital launch count of 2026.
DETAILS, UPDATES: https://t.co/I5sqz1kshu

[Massimo Frantarelli @MrFrantarelli]

[Feb. 1]
Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette "Stoykiy" arrived at the port of Victoria(Seychelles).
https://t.co/Ho5cy7sjXl