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RC-135 ops, ICBM tests, Hypersonics, Missile Defense. USAF V/W/S model crewdog. DMs welcome.
Joined February 2019
My thanks to @MT_Anderson for providing this Planet Labs imagery and allowing me to publish it with comments. As is readily apparent, the RS-28 Sarmat test was a complete failure. The missile detonated in the silo leaving a massive crater and destroying the test site. The
Data points still coming in for the launch site and I'm beginning to think this is an ongoing fire started by the launch activities. NOAA-20 and the SUOMI NPP satellites have two detections as they cross the area in their orbits. No way to tell from this data alone if the fire
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There are only enough receivers around Niigata to calculate an MLAT track for Cobra Ball. Still on station looking for that missile.
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Can a KC-767 get much further South? Italian Air Force KC-767 up out of Ushuaia.
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Why do we continue to think carriers are survivable assets in the near future? They're great in non-peer engagements, let me revise, they're great if not fighting China, but that's supposedly who they are planning for. We can't fund a proper Navy at this point.
U.S. Navy “Eagerly Awaiting” After Senate Saves F/A-XX in Budget Approval. Vice Admiral Daniel Cheever, Commander of the Naval Air Forces, stressed the need for a naval sixth generation carrier-borne jet distinct from the Air Force’s F-47. Story:
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Day three. Another early morning launch for Cobra Ball as it heads to the Sea of Japan, still on the hunt for that missile. Today, they're flying as Swift-89. 61-2662 #AE01D8.
Second day in a row, Cobra Ball is on patrol looking for a North Korean missile launch. KC-135T 58-0050 has refueled them over the Sea of Japan enabling a long orbit time. Having been refueled yesterday, 662 flew an almost 13 hours mission. I expect a similar profile today
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Second day in a row, Cobra Ball is on patrol looking for a North Korean missile launch. KC-135T 58-0050 has refueled them over the Sea of Japan enabling a long orbit time. Having been refueled yesterday, 662 flew an almost 13 hours mission. I expect a similar profile today
Nine hours into a mission to monitor a potential North Korean Ballistic Missile launch, Cobra Ball 61-2662 continues to fly an elusive orbit in the Sea of Japan. Tracking is certainly intermittent. @ryankakiuchan
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Nine hours into a mission to monitor a potential North Korean Ballistic Missile launch, Cobra Ball 61-2662 continues to fly an elusive orbit in the Sea of Japan. Tracking is certainly intermittent. @ryankakiuchan
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KC-135T 60-0342 arriving back at Okinawa after refueling Cobra Ball 61-2662 over the Sea of Japan. 662 is flying as Patty-28 tonight, but isn't being tracked much. The Ball mission was a favorite of mine. A backgrounder by Robert Hopkins.
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KC-46A 22-46104 delivering today from Boeing to Travis AFB as Wyvrn-01 (I don't recall Wyvern being used before, that would be a good one to have stick). The ICAO used was previously assigned to a T-38. @flightradar24 hasn't updated their database yet. #AE63D4
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E-4B NAOC 73-1676 as Spice-98 is up on its second test flight following programmed depot maintenance at Lackland AFB, aka Kelly Field. It arrived in September of 2024 and the first flight was 5 days ago.
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Rivet Joint 62-4125 as Hoover-25 is RTB to Offut and wrapping up a monthlong deployment to Elmendorf AFB. They flew often, but practiced pretty good Opsec and flew untracked, or just around Elmendorf itself. It's unclear how many were operational versus exercise related.
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Rivet Joint 64-14841 outbound from Offutt as Snoop-41 and is headed OCONUS to Mildenhall. Typical evening launch for these movements.
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Yesterday, Rivet Joint 64-14844 flew down to Greenville to begin its programmed depot maintenance. The last maintenance and upgrade cycle lasted 2 years, from August '19 thru August '21.
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Yesterday's imagery at the main SSBN/SSGN base on the Russian East Coast.
🔎🇷🇺Rybachiy Sub Base - Pacific Fleet.A look at Rybachiy Submarine Base on August 25 reveals a concentration of assets. In port are:.4x Borei-class SSBNs (3x at the piers, 1x across the bay).3x Oscar II-class SSGNs.1x Akula-class SSN.1x Delta III Class SSBN (Decommed). Also,
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Cobra Ball 62-4128 as Shiner-40 is Southbound headed for Greenville. I'm not sure why, as it was the last Cobra Ball to complete programmed depot maintenance. It returned to the fleet July 15, 2024. just last July.
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B-52 60-0035 on a long flight today. It launched at 10:40 so we're closing in on 10 hours and running. They must be up to something fun, typical CONUS flights are much shorter.
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Rivet Joint 64-14844 out for a second training flight this evening as Topcat-84. It flew earlier today as Topcat-44. Typically they reverse their callsign on the second flight. Buuut, that's a bit problematic for -844.
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