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June 1st (June 2nd really..):
01.14 Knight71 4-ship, west of ARLOS, dir Souda. RNoAF F-16's judging accent/destination

What sounded like Stork 61 has just left Luqa....FAF Mirage 2000 http://www.maltaspotting.com/aviationinmalta.htm shows Mirage 2000-5F's 74/102-MK and 68/102-ER, with, of course, a Stork on the tail, so "Stork" being M2000-5F's from GC01.002 was a good guess! 74/102-MK left yesterday (May...

Nice job Dre! some additions/corrections: 16.35 I1154 from Sig to GZO-LMML sqwk2164. Cleared proceed direct Luqa / 128.150 16.51. -> AB212 AMI 16.29 I1486 continuing to the ship, had to report Malta before landing. / 3 minutes to landing on mothership 17.06 -> EH-101 MMI 17.03 Chain41-44 checking in...

Today May 26th: 18.29 CET vvLN451 (P-3C VP-45?) dir. ARLOS. 19.16 switching Athens 18.40 CET Villain41 (?) tactical. 23.19 IFR sq 2441 dir Sigonella (Danish or Swedish judging accent/destination) 19.29 CET Poison43 (?). 22.50 IFR to Sigonella (Danish or Swedish judging accent/destination) 21.29 CET ...

Today, May 25th: 19.21 CET Luigi63 flight of 3, 19.44 CET tactical. At 21.05 CET IFR again, flight consists of Luigi63 (sq 1464) and Devil21/22. Devil 21/22 are returning to LIPL (Ghedi) (6 St Tornado's), Luigi 63 is returning to LIRE (Practica di Mare). So could 'Luigi' be one of the KC-767's (14 S...

Some from yesterday evening (May 24th): 19.30 Titan15 (EF2000? AMI) inbound Trapani 19.33 Oranos33 (?) sq 1616 IFR to LGSA (Souda) (heard this one few times before, still no clue what..) 19.58 Mobil36 (KC-135 USAF) with Thunder15 and 16 (?). 20.02 Vixen31 with Kestrel33 (Typhoon and/or Tornado RAF) ...

Pod is reported as USMC C130J This is a different flight, the KC-130's (Sigonella based) use the (Pod)31/32/33 range, these are aircraft operating out of Aviano. The use a callsign which sounds like Pod, but not 100% sure if it actually is Pod: 18/5 Mobil32 with Pod07 flt 22/5 Pod01 dir. Aviano 23/...

May 23rd: Red720 is indeed a Redcross flight. http://www.maltaspotting.com/ reports the RAF Tornado (RFR7181) at Luqa AP as ZD707. Some more from this afternoon/evening: 14.31 Pod?21 (?) dir. Aviano (hear this callsign earlier last week, also as receivers of a "Mobil" KC-135, not ID-ed yet...

Finally, today May 23th: 14.40 PS231, confirmed as "P3C", destination Sigonella. 14.47 Brindisi 264.850 Now on Malta ATC: 15.03 RFR7181, to Luqa AP, minimum fuel. 15.32 Malta ATC mentions a "backtracking Tornado" to another flight Two other confirmations of today: 15.25 Lahob240,...

Addition to yesterday, May 22th: 11.38 Lahob240 (C-17A A7-MAA Qatar Air Force), ARLOS -> RASNO. Contact Awacs 121.5 for indentification in no-fly zone. 13.24 Lahob240 proceeding RASNO -> ARLOS, destination LGSA (Souda Bay). 13.28 Athens 124.625 16.37 I5026 (SH-3D? MMI) navy helicopter, destination n...

Today May 22nd:
14.50 Nomad53, confirmed as 1 French Mirage and 1 Qatar Mirage, dest. Souda Bay.

Cheers,
Wolbie

Some additions for today (May 21th): 19.18 Crossbow35 (CF-18?) tactical. 21.21 IFR sq 2435 dir. Trapani (CF-18's judging accent / destination) 19.18 Gangster33 (?) tactical. 22.00 IFR sq 2433 dir Sigonella 19.21 CTM1430 confirmed as C160 (FAF), sq 3202. 22.50 back with Malta ATC, destination LFOJ (O...

Interesting Dre, Just did the same, a bit of internet research on Pasha: common Turkish surname / a high rank in the Ottoman Empire and even more interesting: The Turkish Air Force was founded on June 1, 1911 by the order of Mahmut Şevket Pasha , Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Empire That, and d...

Well, these identifications are the fun part of logging all these flights ;-) Lots more to go! Some additions for today (May 20th): 18.04 Tiger36 (JAS39 SwedAF). 18.18 Catania APP 119.25 18.27 FNY5040 (Falcon 10 MER 133 57S) climbing 5000ft -> FL 140 18.33 Thunder36 flt (MV-22 USS Bathaan) continue ...

Heard the Blizzard flt as well , Mode-s logs showed ‘BD11’ as Tornado GR.4 ZD793 Others from May 19th: 13.17 Blizzard12 (Tornado? RAF) sq 2412, dir Gioia 13.20 Blizzard11 (Tornado? RAF), sq 2411 13.26 Luigi63 (3-ship ?, AMI). 13.55 tactical. 13.27 Spice?07 (?) to Souda Bay. Switching Athens 124.625 ...