Month: July 2024
A typical mission over the central Mediterranean
Many times, we only partially track the missions of the Italian Air Force’s ATR P-72A over the central Mediterranean. In some cases, the...
itamilradarJuly 20, 2024
A third Triton arrived in Sigonella
This morning, we tracked a US Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C “Triton” (reg. 169602) arriving at NAS Sigonella after a long flight directly from...
itamilradarJuly 18, 2024
The Varyag left the Mediterranean
We know well that, while the Strait of Gibraltar is well “guarded” by numerous spotters and OSINT, the Suez Canal remains a black...
itamilradarJuly 17, 2024
New Surveillance Missions in the Black Sea Area
There are at least two assets conducting SIGINT missions in the region this afternoon. The first is a USN Boeing P-8A that took...
itamilradarJuly 15, 2024
Chinese flotilla arrived in Casablanca (after passing through the Mediterranean)
In recent days, a Chinese flotilla has transited through the Mediterranean, composed of a Type 52 destroyer (Luyang III-class destroyer), the Jiaozuo (DDG-163),...
itamilradarJuly 13, 2024
Eyes on Libyan coast
Today, we managed to track, albeit partially, a mission of an Italian Air Force P-72A (reg. MM62279) north of Libya. The track is...
itamilradarJuly 12, 2024
Cavour arrived in Australia
The aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C 550) and the frigate ITS Alpino (F594), which departed from Taranto in early June, have arrived in...
itamilradarJuly 10, 2024
Busy Eastern Mediterranean
It had been quite some time (or perhaps it had never happened before) since we saw such a massive presence of U.S. assets...
itamilradarJuly 9, 2024
Spartan flight with aids for Ukraine
On the day when Russia again deliberately targeted civilian objectives in Ukraine, including a pediatric hospital, we recorded a new flight between Italy...
itamilradarJuly 8, 2024
The Italian Air Force Purchases 24 New Typhoons
On July 4th, the Italian Ministry of Defense approved a program for the acquisition of 24 new Eurofighter Typhoons for the Italian Air...
itamilradarJuly 6, 2024
