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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 24m

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 · 24m

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 · 25m

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 · 44m

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 · 1h

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 · 12h

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 12h

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 · 13h

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 · 17h

(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...

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 22h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting flights by Aviakon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-78765: On 24 Oct it flew from Moscow to Yerevan ARM later flying to Algiers DZA. On 25 Oct it flew Algiers – Rabat MAR – Dakar SEN -Nouakchott MRT. On 26 Oct it flew from Nouakchott to Caracas VEN.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 3d

More spoofed aircraft locations:

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 3d

There is a new spoofing system: This system ‘grabs’ aircraft and spoof projects them in the Gulf of Guinea for a few seconds. I am wondering if the wide area that this system can cover could mean it is satellite based? I need to keep an eye on this and investigate further.

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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 3d

If the launch took place this aircraft could have returned personnel associated with the launch.

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