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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2h

(Relatively) new SS100 (RA-)89152 is making another test flight and recently it has been flying with the Red Wings Airline ICAO code RWZ1117. I guess we know who is going to get this aircraft.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 4h

I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I wonder if these flights could be connected?

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 4h

On 26 Oct Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 flew from Moscow (VKO) to Tehran (IKA) IRN and returned to Moscow after a brief stop. On 28 Oct Fars Air Qeshm B747 EP-FAB flew from Tehran IRN to Entebbe UGA. On 30 Oct Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-76846 flew from Entebbe to Ouagadougou BFA.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 7h

This aircraft made a similar trip in Aug this year flying to Caracas VEN, Brasilia BRA, Santa Cruz and Bogota COL, Toluca MEX and Havana CUB. I am really wondering what this aircraft could be delivering/picking up, I mean besides loading up with rum for the trip back.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 7h

After arriving at Caracas VEN on 26 Oct Aviakon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-78765 flew to Havana CUB on 28 Oct and from there to Managua NIC and then back to Caracas on 29 Oct. On 30 Oct it departed and appears to be en route back.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 9h

These flights may or may not be connected with recent events: Russia to provide for needs of Kaliningrad Region under any circumstances — diplomat: tass.com/politics/203...

Russia to provide for needs of Kaliningrad Region under any circumstances — diplomat

"Russia hopes that the Lithuanian side will not resort to such a provocative step," Maria Zakharova stated

tass.com

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 9h

SFS SS100 RA-89040 RSD500 landed at K-Grad (KGD) and is scheduled to return to Moscow later today. RusJet Bombardier Global 6000 RA-73528 also flew from Moscow (VKO) to K-Grad this morning and is scheduled to fly back to Moscow later.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 9h

On 30 Oct SFS SS100 RA-89040 RSD500 took off from Moscow (VKO) and is en route to K-Grad (KGD).

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 9h

I agree that this would be new; however, I am also not a specialist in how this would work. My first thought would be that it could be satellite based, but that could require multiple satellites. Another option could be that someone has hacked FR24 and is manipulating tracks that way. I do not know.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 10h

The first one I looked at was at 18.13367 28.50021. All the others appeared to be in the same place. I am wondering if it is a spoofer or a null point used by FR24?

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 21h

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 21h

The new spoofer is active again on 29 Oct ‘displaying’ aircraft from RUS, the Middle East, Asia and Africa over the Gulf of Guinea.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 21h

On 29 Oct Sanctioned Fars Air Qeshm B747 EP-FAB flew from Tehran IRN to Entebbe UGA. This aircraft also flew to Entebbe on 26 Sep.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 22h

United Aircraft tests Il-114-300’s navigation capabilities in mountainous Siberian terrain: www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/un...

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 1d

(My comment) After eight years this aircraft appears to still be in testing which could mean that the program is not going well! vpk.name/en/597708_th...

The Russian Aerospace Forces received the first IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft in 2022

As reported on April 22, 2022, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC), a branch of PJSC Il - Ulyanovsk Aviastar Plant (part of the Transport Aviation Division of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporat...

vpk.name

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 1d

This aircraft is the first prototype Il-78M-90A MIDAS tanker aircraft (serial 0201) and made its first flight at Ulyanovsk in Jan 2018. The aircraft had 11 months of improvements and made its fourth test flight in Dec 2018, officially credited as the first under the factory flight test program.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 1d

Il-78MD-90A MIDAS tanker RF-78741 returned to Ulyanovsk after a probable test flight. This aircraft has flown using ‘DEFAULT’ on 17 Sep. 21 & 29 Oct (Previous missions were as RFF78741 or 78741). The first flight was about 1 ½ hours; the second about 4 ½ hours and today was approximately 6 ½ hours.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 1d

On 29 Oct Il-78MD-90A MIDAS tanker RF-78741 using CS/FCN DEFAULT is again airborne from Ulyanovsk. This is likely some sort of test flight.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 1d

I was doing a playback and just noticed this: On 21 Oct Il-78MD-90A MIDAS tanker RF-78741 using CS/FCN DEFAULT was airborne from Ulyanovsk and possibly carried out air-to-air refueling. I have never seen ‘DEFAULT’ used before.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

OUCH! Russia Moves to Year-Round Military Draft Amid Wartime Manpower Needs: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/28/r...

Russia Moves to Year-Round Military Draft Amid Wartime Manpower Needs - The Moscow Times

Russia’s lower-house State Duma passed a bill on Tuesday that would move the military toward a year-round conscription model starting next year amid the Kremlin’s efforts to expand manpower for its wa...

www.themoscowtimes.com

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

I am wondering if this aircraft carried personnel associated with the alleged launch of the 21 Oct 9M730 Burevestnik (SSC-X-9 SKYFALL) on 21 Oct? www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/no-...

No radiation measured in Norway after Putin's Burevestnik missile allegedly flew 14,000 km

The Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, told Vladimir Putin on Sunday that a successful test of the Burevestnik missile was carried out on October 21, with the missile flying 14,000 km and i...

www.thebarentsobserver.com

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

SibNIA is a a research institute participating in aerodynamics, avionics testing, full-scale fatigue testing, thermal strength testing, fatigue and loading spectra, and dynamic strength testing.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

On 27 Oct Tu-134AK CRUSTY (RA-)65570 was tracked southbound over northern RUS with a possible flight origin of Rogachevo Airbase on Novaya Zemlya. This aircraft belongs to the Chaplygin Siberian Scientific Research Institute Of Aviation (SibNIA) based in Novosibirsk.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 3d

It is even possible its flights around Africa picked up additional weapons to deliver to VEN. Just a thought.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 3d

It is even possible its flights around Africa picked up additional weapons to deliver to VEN. Just a thought.

Venezuela Declares 5,000 Igla-S Missiles in Nationwide Defense Net to Deter U.S. Caribbean Flights

Maduro claims Venezuela holds 5,000 Russian Igla-S missiles, boosting air defenses and signaling defiance toward expanding U.S. operations near the Caribbean.

www.armyrecognition.com

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