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Satellite Intelligence of Airbases. A place for military and civil aviation enthusiasts.
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🎉 AviVector is now on Patreon! This will be the first ever way to support us financially. Today, we also published our first article on the Russian A-50Us, offering an in-depth look at their operations along with exclusive, high-quality information. ⚡️ Subscribe today for just
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 11, 02:56 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 2 Il-78M (Midas) and 2 Il-22 (Coot-B). One Tu-95MS departed Ukrainka Air Base at approximately 02:50 UTC, first relocating to Engels-2 Air
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Today, December 9, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted joint large-scale exercises involving strategic bombers in the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Around midnight UTC, four Russian
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Today, during a test flight after routine maintenance at the 308th Aircraft Repair Plant (308 ARZ) an An-22A (RF-08832) crashed shortly after takeoff. After takeoff, the crew reported a malfunction and the failure of one of the systems during the initial turn. Shortly
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Vladivostok Airport as of December 7, 02:08 UTC The military section of the airport housed A-50U (Mainstay), 2 Tu-142 (Bear-F), 1 Tu-134 (Crusty), 1 An-26 (Curl), and 1 L-410. On December 6, an A-50U (RF-50606, Red 51) arrived from the European part of
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 7, 02:57 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 1 Il-78/76 (Midas or Candid) and 2 Il-22 (Coot-B). Yesterday’s combat mission involved: – 5 Tu-95MS from Belaya Air Base that had previously
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 4, 02:30 UTC The airbase housed 38 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 2 Il-78M (Midas), and 3 Il-22 (Coot-B). ❕ Today at 03:13 UTC, two Tu-95MS were observed on the taxiway in the western part of the base while
🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 5, 02:53 UTC The airbase housed 35 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 1 Il-78M (Midas), and ~2 Il-22 (Coot-B). Three Tu-95MS took off from Ukrainka Air Base during the night and headed toward the European part of
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 5, 02:53 UTC The airbase housed 35 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 1 Il-78M (Midas), and ~2 Il-22 (Coot-B). Three Tu-95MS took off from Ukrainka Air Base during the night and headed toward the European part of
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of December 3, 02:36 UTC The airbase housed 38 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 7 Tu-160 (Blackjack), 1 Il-78M (Midas), and 3 Il-22 (Coot-B). During late November and early December, seven Tu-160 flights were conducted between Engels-2 Air Base
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Belaya Air Base as of December 1, 04:30 UTC The airbase housed 3 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 43 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 3 Il-78M (Midas), 1 An-12 (Cub), 1 An-26 (Curl), 4 An-30 (Clank), 1 Il-22 (Coot-B), and 24 MiG-31 (Foxhound). After a training mission over the
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📍 Report on Russian Strategic Bomber Deployment as of 2 December As of today, most Russian Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers are located in the Russian Far East. In the European part of Russia, the usual numbers remain, not ready for a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine.
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@jembobineuse, @Etienne_Marcuz, this might be of interest to you.
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🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Yasny ICBM Site as of November 29, 07:31 UTC Yesterday, on November 28, during a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from Yasny Site, the missile exploded in the air and fell near the silo. The satellite image shows the crater from the
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❗️ According to satellite imagery, as of 05:27 UTC, a record number of strategic bombers were present at Engels-2 Air Base: 10 Tu-95MS and 1 Tu-160. The last time approximately this number of bombers was present here was in June. This is significantly more than what had been
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One of the three Tu-22M3s involved in yesterday’s training mission, armed with a Kh-22 anti-ship missile, was captured through the lens of a JAS 39. ❗️ This is a modernized or overhauled Tu-22M3 that has not appeared publicly before. Russia has also obscured the tail number on
🇸🇪 Swedish QRA identified 🇷🇺 Tu-22 Bombers escorted by Su-35 fighter jets over the Baltic Sea yesterday. Mission carried out in close cooperation with Baltic Air Policing. #NATOAirPolicing
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Today, three Tu-22M3s from Olenya Air Base, after a transcontinental flight from Belaya Air Base, carried out a five-hour training mission over the Baltic Sea. One of the Tu-22M3s acted as a relay aircraft between two other Tu-22M3s and the command posts. The bombers were
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