Contents tagged with Reconnaissance aircraft

  • F-35 fighters arrive in Estonia accompanied by NATO reconnaissance aircraft

    On April 25th, two US F-35A fighter aircraft and a 100 ARW KC-135 Stratotanker arrived at the Ämari Air Base in Estonia, accompanied by NATO RC-135 air reconnaissance aircraft, according to the Estonian newspaper Postimees.

    “When the fighters entered Estonian airspace, there were three NATO reconnaissance aircraft, which is unusually high,” the newspaper noted.

    The purpose of the NATO planes was to collect data on the activities of Russian radar systems tracking the arrival of the F-35s, the …

  • NATO and Swedish air forces conducted reconnaissance near the borders of the Kaliningrad region

    On Monday, NATO and Swedish Air Force reconnaissance aircraft conducted flights near the Russian border in the south of the Baltic Sea, according to Western websites that monitor flights of military aircraft, Interfax reported.

    According to their information, the E-3A AWACS airborne early warning and control aircraft departed from the Geilenkirchen NATO base in Germany and approached the southern borders of the Kaliningrad region. Initially, it conducted a reconnaissance flight along the …

  • Three western aircraft carried out reconnaissance missions near the borders of the Kaliningrad region

    Russia's Interfax news agency reported citing western websites that track the flights of military aircraft that on Tuesday, February 28, three military aircraft from the United States, Sweden and NATO were conducting reconnaissance at the Russian border in the south of the Baltic.

    According to the agency, operational tasks near the coast of the Kaliningrad region were carried out by the U.S. Air Force’s RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft, NATO's E-3A AWACS airborne early warning and …

  • US aircraft conducted reconnaissance mission over Russia's Baltic Sea territory

    On Monday, a US Air Force plane conducted a routine reconnaissance mission near the Russian border at Kaliningrad, according to western sites that track the flights of military aircraft, Interfax reported.

    According to the information, US Air Force Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft RC-135W, tail number 62-4138 and call sign DERN40, took off from an airbase in Mildenhall, England and approached the reconnaissance mission from the southwest over Poland. Flying at an altitude of 30,800 ft (9,400 …

  • Two U.S aircrafts performed aerial reconnaissance mission over the Baltic and near the Crimea

    Two U.S military aircraft performed reconnaissance flights near the Russian border in the southern Baltic and near the Crimea, Interfax reported with a reference to Western websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

    It is reported that an RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Air Force that took off from Mildenhall airbase in the United Kingdom circled along the southern border of the Kaliningrad region, in Polish airspace. In addition, a U.S. spy satellite flew …

  • US, Swedish and German aircraft conducted reconnaissance missions near Russia's borders

    According to websites that track the flights of military aircraft , planes of the U.S. Air Force, Swedish Air Force and the German Navy conducted reconnaissance missions near the sea borders of the Kaliningrad region on January 18, as reported by Russia’s Interfax news agency.

    According to their information, an RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Air Force with tail number 62-4138 and call sign LAVIC45, took off from an air base in Mildenhall, UK. It approached the coast of …

  • U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft circles over Russia's Tartus base in Syria

    A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft once again flew over Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria, Interfax reported, referencing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

    A P-8A with tail number 168 761 reportedly took off from the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, and circled over the Syrian coast near Tartus

    On Thursday, two P-8As were active near Russia’s naval flotilla, which is en route to the Syrian coast where it will presumably participate in military …