@viper13
Marine - Cobras, Huey's, Howitzers and 4th grade teacher. Occasional aircraft tracker and aviation safety nerd 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
Busy in the Gulf is an understatement. At least 13 tankers are working at present. 9-KC-135Rs and 4-KC-46As.
QID99, KC-135R, 59-1475 out of Las Vegas is squawking 7700 north of London, descending below 10k.
MAULS20, MQ-4C, 169307 out of Okinawa is in a surveillance pattern near Tsushima Island. Likely monitoring traffic in the strait.
Turkish Airlines, THY4DL, A330-343 out of Istanbul squawking 7700 and apparently diverting to Baku.
BLKCAT5, MQ-4C, 169805 out of Jacksonville is operating off the coast of the Yucatan.
Busy day. By my count at least 10 tankers up in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. 7 - KC-135Rs and 3 KC-46As.
RSD420, TU-214PU (airborne command post), RA-64531 out of Moscow is heading for Tehran.
The Chelan Hills Fire east of Lake Chelan, WA has grown to over 15,000 acres. Douglas County sheriff says that over 100 homes may have been lost so far. The SEWAIMT Team 1 arrived at the incident on the evening of July 4, 2026.
Busy afternoon in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. An E-3B, four KC-135R/Ts and two KC-46s showing up on radar at present.
NATO21, E-3A Sentry is operating on the Romanian coast just off the Black Sea.
A RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft and an E-3B ISR aircraft are working the Persian Gulf just off Abu Dhabi.
B-52H, 61-0018 out of Sigonella is crossing Saudi Arabia at 31K. Expect more attacks on Iran. There have been threats on power plants and bridges.
E-3B Sentry, 75-0556 out of the UAE is operating in the southern Persian Gulf.
VVPE661, MQ-4C, 169161 is out of Jordan heading west possibly back to Sigonella. 169661 has been operating out of Jordan for a while now.
VVPE172, MQ-4C, 169172 out of Jacksonville is joining the flock at Sigonella.
The war criminal is flying back to moscow to greet some drones. RS151, RSD608 and 327 are airborne heading northwest.
MAZE701, MQ-9B GUARDIAN, CBP113, US Customs and Border Protection drone is out of Balboa heading north into the Gulf of Mexico, currently adjacent to Cancun. I don't remember seeing one of these on my screen in this area.
A P-8A out of Okinawa is surveilling the DMZ this afternoon. I haven't seen too many P-8A's performing this mission lately.
US Navy MQ-4C, 169307 is returning to Okinawa after completing their mission over the Yellow Sea.
RONIN02, E-3B SENTRY, 75-0558 is out of Okinawa heading northeast along the southern Japanese coast. It is being trailed by a P-8A.