Mike Yeo 杨启铭

Defence reporter. Military plane spotter. Scale model builder. Writer of books. Sometimes my worlds collide. Personal account. May be unserious.

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

Visit to Da Nang for the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters of the Không Quân Việt Nam, because these Cold Warriors won't be around forever.

Everything from the inlet and shock cone design to the periscope for the Su-22UM3K backseater, just screams "1970s Soviet aircraft design"

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

Apparently it’s “Come and Get It”

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

Two of the five F-15C Eagles of the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing (Bayou Militia) currently in Singapore for Commando Sling carry nose art. The famous triple MiG killer 85-0102 “Gulf Spirit” on top and 86-0166 below

Anyone know the name on 166’s nose art?

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@sethrobson1 Just been told it’s “Come and Get It”

[Doc Strangelove @DocStrangelove2]

Every time I see a Kookaburra, I can’t help but think of when Steve Irwin broke up a fight between two of them,

[Alex Luck @AlexLuck9]

I have some comments on the Australian Army establishing its new Littoral Manoeuvre Group in this coverage by @TheBaseLeg, outlining how operation of the new LCM/LCH fleet may transform the service for significant reach into maritime spaces.
https://t.co/ohy5fsczkv

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

As they say in Russia, appetite grows while eating.
Russia’s top negotiator Medinsky says in Abu Dhabi that Moscow’s demands extend to all of Europe, far beyond Ukraine.
“The security system in Europe works very badly. The entire organism is sick. Ukraine is just an abscess that burst. The organism must be cured as a whole, a band-aid will not be enough.”
Dr Putin to the rescue of poor sick Europe…
The more Trump seeks to mollify Putin, the more megalomaniac the Russian demands become.

[MODERN ANZACs @ModernAnzacs]

The Australian Department of Defence has negotiated a contingency option to build a fourth 06FFM Upgraded Mogami in Japan if the Western Australia naval shipyard construction schedule slips. Details, program, systems, weaponry, pix https://t.co/67ezJG8tF5

[AlexAftermarket @AlexAftermarket]

An F-4 Phantom shoots down a North Vietnamese MiG-17

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@eamonhamilton How is the box that big given the size of their 1/144 P-8, KC-135 and E-3 boxes?

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@eamonhamilton Man I can’t wait to get my grubby mitts on that one (or five)

[Thenewarea51 @thenewarea51]

This is a real thing. About 10 years ago, I told my GF we need to take a vacation and how about Virginia Beach? She say’s great idea! We arrive at the hotel and it’s non-stop F-18s piercing our eardrums. She says to me, did you know there was a US Naval airbase next to our hotel before booking this vacation? My reply, “No honey, that’s crazy and what a coincidence!” 😈

[Filip Hric @filip_hric]

To all my friends and colleagues learn the damn difference!!! 🇸🇰🇸🇮

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@SR_Planespotter It's appalling

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result

[Abigail Hauslohner @ahauslohner]

Netanyahu has called for a US-Israeli campaign so intense that it leads to the collapse of the regime. Every military analyst I spoke to, including a former defense secretary and CENTCOM commander, was skeptical another air campaign can achieve that. A more expansive campaign does not accelerate the risk to the US and its allies. https://t.co/Hb1kgH4qJt

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@MCCCANM Anyone with "eth" in their username or bio is an automatic red flag in my book

[MODERN ANZACs @ModernAnzacs]

Three extremely advanced US govt agency tracking aircraft have flown into Australia over the weekend, hinting at some very high end missile flight trials underway. Details, aircraft, known hypersonic and strike programs, pix by Dean Sperandio/Airman 94 https://t.co/67ezJG8tF5

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

PLA exercise ongoing in the area. Which means US ISR assets and tankers will also be busy

[Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555]

PLANAF/PLAAF showing what it could look like if they tried to kick the door down through the Luzon Strait. Drones. AEWs. EW/C3s.

First, a PLA Wing Loong II MALE UAV conducting maritime ISR through the Balintang Channel.
🇨🇳 YILO4300 is using hex code #7A2DCC

Following 20 minutes later is a KJ-500(A?) AEW, likely from 20th Air Division, 60th Regiment.
🇨🇳 JUN31115 is suspected KJ-500(A) 31115 #7A442A

Right behind the AEW are previously suspected H-6G EW/C3 bomber conversions from 8th Bomber Division, 23rd Aviation Regiment out of Guiping/Mengshi AB, Guangxi Province. The H-6G formation splits and passes through the Bashi and Balintang Channels simultaneously. FR24 lists them as HY-6 tankers. I had previously said that was a possibility, but I had doubts.
#7A2EAB #7A2EAD #7A2EAF

Lastly, a Y-20 is seen following the H-6G Balintang Channel formation. I suspect this to be a tanker, but I don't know which variant.
#7A3350

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

Interesting day over the Bashi Channel. Omega DC-10 tanker dragging unknown receivers while 3x PLA(N) H-6s are in the vicinity

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

And a Y-20 and another unidentified aircraft have joined the party

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@vcdgf555 Nice. Thank you!

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

@RupprechtDeino @type36512