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Swedish combat pilots to train with Italy from 1 January 2024 for 10 years. Swedish instructors first to Italy for instructions on Italian planes. A part of the training is planned with 61 Stormo on the Galatina airbase close to Lecce and the Decimomannu airbase.The Swedish instructors are send to b...

Russias M-55 high altitude signal intelligence aircraft is on the table again. It should be used as high altitude signal intelligence aircraft against Ukrainan trritory. 20201 M-55 RF-55203 2017 Zhukovsky OKB RF-01552 20202 M-55 RF-55204 2017 Zhukovsky OKB 20203 M-55 RF-55205 1998 Akhtubinsk OKB w/o...

Engels air base hold

3 Tu-160
4 Tu-95
2 MiG-31

My helicopters with 39 VP at Dzhankoj air base, Crimea end of 2021 before the Ukrainan war. On base were around 45 helicopters the same time on Satellite maps. May be other units were collected at base before the war as border units helicopters and special forces heibopters read Mi-8 versions. 14 Ka...

Here is most of Dzhankojs heliport, Crimea, log of Ka-52 before the war with Ukraine. Most of them, not all, are former Kornevo heliport. 05-05 Ka-52 01 blue RF-91105 2019 Dzhankoj VKS 41 red 62 red 06-01 Ka-52 02 blue RF-91106 2016 Dzhankoj VKS grey 42 red Korenovsk 06-03 Ka-52 03 blue RF-91108 201...

Earlier mentioned RF-86900 newly lost on Dushanbe air base participated in the operations against Kzakhstan a couple of years ago.

It is

Il-76MD RF-86900 2022 Kaz Migalovo VGK grey white blue

The aircraft was based at Migalovo air base north of Moscow.

Russian air bases on Ukrainan soil 2023.10.medio. Information from different satellite pictures. Aircraft and helicopters are spred out. Belbek air base, Crimea. 5 Su-35, 3 Su-34, 26 Su-27, Berdyansk air base, Ukraine. Standing before ATACMS bombing. (9 helicopters destroyed on Berdyansk and Luhansk...

Byelorussian Il-76!!

Yes 02-12 Su-34 05 red RF-95806 2011 2021 Voronezh VVS cam ex Mi-8 This aircraft was before the Ukrainan war based at Voronezh. Normally before the war was two squadrons or 24 Su-34 based at Voronezh-Baltimor. Now is 1 squadron or 12 Su-34 based at Voronezh-Baltimor. Total is around 24 aircraft base...

Ukrainan pilots have flown Gripen. The orientation education with Ukrainan pilots and technicals have finished. Everything is going according to plan (Swedish defence minister(. Sweden preparing to faster talk with delivery of 16-18 Gripen to Ukraine. But first menbership of NATO before decision. ht...

Tu-95 and Tu-160 based at Engels transfer to Olenogorsk? air base in Murmansk area. Latest satellite pictures of Engels air base shows that the bombers is much reduced at Engels air base. Pictures of only 4 Tu-95 (4 1/2) and 3 Tu-160 based on Engels air base. Based on Engels are also 2 MiG-31 Foxhou...

The picture of Mi-8AMTSh RF-04428 is taken 2021.10.06. Probably at Domna air base, near Chita.
The Su-25 in the background is based at Domna.
The most of the units Su-25 was transferred from Domna together with Su-25 from Chernigovka to fight Ukraine in the war.

Picture of the defected helicopter red 62. A picture on Twitter shows https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1694330232831119591/photo/2 The helicopter red 62 with green camouflage is not spotted before. RF ID is RF-04428 Nearby spotted is red 63 camouflaged from Chita AB. Mi-8AMTSh 63 red RF-04...

Discussions of two burnedout Il-76 and 4 damaged in the last attack against Pskov-Kresty (Cross) airfield. The operation was to disturb the transport of soldiers from the 76 Parachute Division and the 2 Spetsnaz Brigade. Both are based closed to the air base. There is also a large sigint station in ...

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