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Today, June 5th: 17.58 Vendetta20, sq 3432 dir. Aviano, confirmed as F-18 destination LIPA, so indeed EA-18G. also of interest: 16.28 Rawhide01 (C-2A 162143/171 VRC-40) going tactical. 19.02 IFR, SENTI-> MEGAN-> TRP, destination LFTH (Hyeres) 20.08 Prius57 flt (KC-135 351 ARS), Lucky25 flt in tow, 2...

also, besides all the usuals, of interest today: 10.52 Icon34 (?, RAF) 11.10 tactical 11.03 Icon35 (?, RAF), 11.10 tactical 11.15 Wolf68 confirmed as 3-ship AV8 (MMI), sq 4062 69 mi SE of LORED, direct CDC, destination LIBG (Grottaglie-Taranto) 11.48 Wolf66/67 (AV-8 MMI) sq 4066 direct CDC (separati...

Snafu wrote:Anyone know the ID of the aircraft callsign Thunder 36, 37, 39, 40 heading in to Sigonella?

'Thunder' should be MV/CV-22's from the USS Bathaan.

Some new ones from this evening:
19.14 Duster?21 (? ,AMI) sq 4021 dir Trapani. 19.32 Trapani 119.95
20.44 Jason62 (?), contact Roma (also heard May 30th)
22.04 RG01 (?, USN/USMC??) dir ABRAM

Snafu wrote:Wolbie, Did you hear what sounded like Holder? 26 going tactical at 11.25 BST?

yes, sounded to me like Hogan26 (?, US)

May 2nd:
11.31 CTM1330, identified himself as an EC725 from carrier Charles de Gaulle, on it's way to Luqa AP.
Reason for visit: bringing personnel to repair a french military aircraft at the airfield.

12.01 Hammer62 (?) departed from ship. 12.14 proceed south to the mothership.

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 31th) as ...

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) 14.32 Pa...

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, confirmed as "C17" ...