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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" ...

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 ...

Are you sure it was a RAF C-130?
picked up CTM1415 departing Luqa at 16.17h (later contacting Awacs on 121.5 to continue in no-fly zone).
http://www.maltaspotting.com/ reports C-130H-30 61-PG/5150 (arr 18th / dep 19th).

Cheers,
Wolbie

Some from this evening (May 18th): 18.52 Luigi63 (?, AMI), sq 1663. 19.17 Roma 128.8 18.57 Nasty33 (F-16 RDAF?) tactical. 21.57 IFR, sq 2433 dir. Sigonella. 22.15 to Catania APP 119.25 (CORRECTION: I assumed earlier these were RNLAF F-16's, Nasty being a wellknown c/s for 322 Sq, but RDAF F-16's aft...

May 16th (Malta ATC live feed down as from 10.25): 08.57 Tyrant63 (confirmed as "Tornado GR4 ZA472"), to Brindisi 264.850 09.20 Mighty05 (Tp.84 SwedAF), 9.32 tactical 09.32 Tiger14 (JAS39 SwedAF), tactical 09.48 Nasty07 (F-16 ?AF) 09.52 Lizard62 (Typhoon? RAF), sq 2462 to Gioia 09.52 Lizard61 (Typho...

Some for May 15th: 18.33 Toxic35 (F-16 RNLAF), tactical 19.07 Thunder15 (Tornado GR.4 RAF) (confirmed), sq 2415 dir. Gioia del Colle 19.20 Toxic33 (F-16 RNLAF), sq 1533, to Decimomannu (confirmed as 2x F16 destination LIED) 19.41 Cosworth?27 (?), tactical 19.56 RA514 (EP-3 USN), 20.35 tactical 19.59...

May 12th: 08.41 Voodoo61 (F-16 RNLAF) tactical, 12.14 IFR to Roma 234.375 09.20 Satan10 (Tornado? AMI), 12.27 IFR dir. LICT (Trapani) 09.38 Dumbo72 (KC-130H Ala 35 EdA), sq 1072 10.07 Shocker56 (Typhoon? RAF) 10.32 Shocker55 (Typhoon? RAF), to Brindisi 264.850 11.10 Vixen?22 (?, FAF), tactical 11.44...

Some for May 11th 10.09 Rawhide01 (C-2A VRC-40) 10.15 Tiger36 (JAS 39 SwedAF) southbound 10.23 Panter?25 (?, FAF) to Athena 124.625 10.55 Phoenix34 (E-8C 116 ACW) 10.56 Pride66 (?) 11.50 Spartan15 (Tornado RAF). 16.00 Roma 234.375 11.53 Asena61 (KC-135R 101 Filo) 11.53 Spartan14 (Tornado RAF), sq 62...

Of interest this evening (May 10th): 19.32 Party?13 (unknown user), 19.32 to Brindisi 264.850 20.01 Daniel27 (?, FAF), 20.11 tactical 20.12 Hellcat11 (?, AMI), destination Trapani. 20.36 to Trapani 119.95 (NEW CALLSIGN, USER ITALIAN AF) 20.31 Jack43 (?, FAF) 20.47 heard this one before, hard to hear...

Of interest this evening (May 8th): 20.23 Raven15 (?, AMI), sq 4025 dir Trapani. 20.44 Trapani APP 119.95 20.55 State77 (?, US) sq 3202 contact Awacs on 121.5. 22.39 IFR dir. ARLOS, 22.53 Athens 124.625 20.56 Shell70 (showing as KC-10A 84-0192 305 AMW), 21.10 tactical 21.19 Dagger37 (CF-18), dir. Tr...