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A Russian Tu-214R Special Mission Aircraft has been operating quite close to Finland’s airspace for the last days. A Tupolev Tu-214SR, used as a communication relay aircraft often dispatched by the Russian Air Force to accompany Putin’s presidential aircraft or other Moscow’s VIPs on their trips, ha...

US F-15C from Baltic scrambled on a Il-20 on friday. Could be the same as the Swedish QRA RF-93610.

F-15C have tested the Ämäri air base, Estonia. NATO plan to use it with several aircraft.

https://twitter.com/oplatsen

Pentagon says Russian jets violate Ukrainan airspace. The US says Russian military aircraft have entered Ukrainan airspace several times in the past 24 hours, amid rising tension in the east of the country. http://www.bbc.com/news/27167187 Visible today in Swedish news several Su-25 flying, maybee a...

Remember that a lot of incidents in area are manipulated.

Around week ago a helicopter was reported shut down in area. But shown pictures were taken from a helicopter shut down in Syria.

Ukrainan helicopter shot down by a RPG. The pilot OK.

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/heliko ... ilitarbas/

Were is certainly several versions of these, as several other incidents in area.

Swedish QRA from Visby met up a Il-76 RA-78805 (Migalovo) and a Il-20 RF-93610 east of Gotland 2 hours ago.

One MiG-31 have shut down a cruise missile from Tu-95 in the exercises. Were is a twitter showing MiG-31 starting from an air base with very close pictures.

Khotilovo are getting MiG-31BM. Kansk and Perm have half of MiG-31BMs.

C-130J RS 8614 from Ramstein?

I saw the 173rd Airborne Brigade also particated in Slovenia with electricty power after ice storm. army.mil

Ship number? To Antwerpen?

The first 150 US troops arrived today in Swidwin, Poland. Soldiers pictured in front of a C-130J. No serials visible, but it must be an RS. The soldiers are a Company of 173rd Airborne Brigade. Further three Companys are to be based in each of the Baltic countries at least a year. The units rotate e...

The aircraft must have sigint capacity. At least a direction finder.

According

http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2014/4/23/2282/

is Russia to order over 100 MiG-35S after 2016.

They need a "lighter" type of fighter.

According Wikipedia is two aircraft active. According Scramble database is it six planes active. But I also belive its two. On one place is it information about a Open Skies version also.

According Scramble database have Ukraine Air Force six active An-30.

Two of them should be used for "reconaissance and mapping missions".

Ukrainan reconnaissance plane hit over eastern city of Slavyansk. Small arms fire has forced a Ukrainan military aircraft to make an emergency landing. The reconnaissance plane, an An-30, was flying over eastern city of Slovyansk, where pro-Russian separatists have taken control. (text after informa...