Live ATC Malta Logs

[Wolbie]

22.36 TUAF002, 3-ship, 2 F-16's (confirmed) & KC-135?. To Athens 124.625
23.22 TUAF70, leaving tactical area, direct ARLOS, destination [unreadable..], Turkey. 23.38 to Athens 124.625
23.29 Aurora3 (CP-140), to Brindisi freq.
00.19 TUAF72, continue operational
00.27 Mobil43, IFR again, changing c/s to RCH25U (KC-135), squawk 5644
01.02 TUAF03, 1 tanker + 4 F-16's (F-16's TUAF72 flight), RTB, dir. ARLOS, squawk 4043. 01.23h to Athens 124.625

[Wolbie]

10.44 Chelby15 flt (? FAF), dest. LFKS (Solenzara)
10.47 Blue08 (KC-135 121 ARW), dir. DEMAG, 10.49 to Athens 124.625
11.15 Blast31 (F-16 RNLAF)
11.25 Mace43 (unknown user, c/s spelled out), flight of 2. 11.40 tactical
11.25 Blue18 (KC-135 22 ARW)
11.45 Titan21 (EF2000 AMI), direct TRP (Trapani)
11.45 Sting41 or Swing41 (?), tactical
11.47 FAF7002, squawk 2411, LUMED -> DIGOS. To LFKS (Solenzara)
Malta ATC: Rafales or Mirages? FAF7002: Negative, 2 fighters.

[wweasel]

Mace 43 is Belgian AF (10 Wg) F-16's

[Wolbie]

12.04 Herky748 C130J 37 AS

[wweasel]

TITAN 21-22 EF-2000 4 St back Trapani
FAF7002 to LFKS self id as 2 Mirage 2000
FAF7210
Mission 16; later as AS16; id?

[Wolbie]

Mission16/AS16 is BN-2B Islander AS9516 Air Wing AFM, not related to the operations

[wweasel]

oke thanks Wolbie for the update

[Wolbie]

12.26 FAF7201, squawk 2313, destination LFKS (Solenzara).
Malta ATC: type of aircraft? FAF7201: 2 fighters
12.30 FAF4001 (C-135FR), squawk 6001, type of a/c confiremd as "K35R"
12.36 RA519 (EP-3E 156519), IFR to Navy Sigonella

[wamovements]

Todays E-8 is flying under CYCLE42

[Vinny]

Callsign Rhino37 self ID as F-16's rtb Souda.So now it could still be Norwegian or Greek,

[Wolbie]

My guess is Norwegian, haven't heard the Greek being involved in the air-operations, but you never know, to my surprise several Turkish AF flights showed up on the scene yesterday evening...

Anyway, another callsign tracked down:
21.50 Kodak66, confirmed as 2 Tornado's (AMI), squawk 1667, direct Trapani

[Wolbie]

New c/s heard this morning:
9.39 Gold31 (KC-10A 305 AMW) dir. ARLOS (confirmed as C10 with 6 F16's), 10.10 to Athens 124.625

[Alvaro]

The Viking41 c/s could be from the Swedish Grippen that arrived on Saturday.

Let's see if they go out today.

[Wolbie]

No match there: The Swedish arrived on Sigonella on April 2nd, Viking41 was picked up April 1st, direct ARLOS (near Crete) switching to Athens freq.

[AK01]

New c/s heard this morning:
9.39 Gold31 (KC-10A 305 AMW) dir. ARLOS (confirmed as C10 with 6 F16's), 10.10 to Athens 124.625

Marco,
Gold 31 had nothing to do with Libia.
As far as i can see Gold31 was the tanker for Mazda81/86 (Mazda87 was spare, and returned to Aviano. Both Gold and Mazda are wellknown ferrycallsign's for US deployments to the USA, mideast /afgahanistan etc.
I also heard Mazda 97 just returning to Aviano, so there was a 2nd cell of Mazda91/96 going the same way as Gold31, this was supported by Gold41.
Gold41 is at this moment switching from Athina control to Cairo control, so they are heading to the middle east.
Grtn Pieter

ps I thought all the Vikings came from Norway many many moons ago.