After the weeks of build up with USAF, RAF, SAC C17s, CMB and other freighters flying in and out of Ukraine and Poland,
the traffic picture has changed.Ukraine obviously appears empty but there is plenty round-the-clock activity at it's borders, mainly in Poland.
Some daily patterns and lists :esjr, Thursday, 03 Mar 2022 @ 15:01
- LAGR K35Rs and their clients
- NCHO USAF KC-10A Extenders
- NATO MMF
- RAF from the UK
- RAF Akrotiri
- Dukes and Chinooks
- AEW&C
- Matériel
- Refugees
LAGR
USAF K35Rs from RAF Mildenhall and Ramstein Air Base, sometimes from Morón Air Base.
Three or four over Poland and one or two over Romania.
We know there's EUFIs from the UK and Akrotiri, F-16s : VIPERs from Aviano, WEASELs over Romania and we were shown an F-35 or two, so plenty of 'clients'.
NCHO
USAF KC-10A Extenders from RAF Mildenhall active in Poland and Romania.
NATO MMF
NATO TOTAL
French K35R, the KC-135FR and C-135FR
RAF
Apart from the transports there are MRTTs and jets from Brize Norton, Mildenhall and Coningsby over Poland and Romania.
RAF AKT EUFI
Like the daily Iraq missions : an MRTT (RRR) and two EUFIs (RFR) from Akrotiri patrol over Romania and Poland.
The MRTT flies a holding pattern over Romania as KAYAK or KK.
Dukes and Chinooks
Blackhawks swarming around mainly in the Rzeszów area near the border with Ukraine.
Chinooks also pop-up in the same areas.
Some Robinson R44s too.
Chinooks also pop-up in the same areas.
Some Robinson R44s too.
AEW&C
The eyes and ears in the sky usually over the Black Sea have moved and now patrol over Poland, Romania and the Balic states :- ARTEMIS from Constanţa : N488CR aka BRIO.
- FORTE Global Hawks from Sigonella.
- HOMER Rivet Joints from Chania.
- NATO Luxembourg E-3A Sentry.
- REDEYE USAF E-8C Joint STARS.
- RAF Rivet Joints mainly from Waddington.
- JAKE USAF Rivet Joints from Mildenhall.
- YANK Guardrails in Lithuania.
- USAF Gray Eagle over Poland.
- Dutch EC-130H Compass Call over Poland.
Matériel
NATO SAC Heavy Airlift Wing: BRK- Belgium
- Canada : CFC422
- Greece
- Israel
- Turkey : the Bayraktar TB2 shines again.
- Cargo