ADSB 2024
Highlights of ADSB sightings 2024 which I as also able to capture as picture.
Besides these aircraft as alway many common aircraft could be seen on ADSB and overhead: KLu PC7's, Apaches, Cougars, Chinooks, NH90's, C130H's and A330MRTT's; US C17's, C5's, KC135's, KC46's, C130's, RC135's and many more; Belgian A400's and F16's, RAF A400's and A330's, civilian Airbus Beluga's are all common.
Very rare aircraft flying overhead and identified by ADSB, but not able to photograph were a Turkmenistan government Bombardier CRJ700, Oman C130, Pakistani government BD700, Dubai Air Wing B747 and a Brasilian A330.
USMC KC130J 170279/BH "Otis 11".
Oman Royal Flight Gulfstream V A40-AE.
The almost daily "Jake 17" flight, this time the RC135V 'Rivet Joint' 64-14841/OF 55RW. Flying from Mildenhall towards Kaliningrad and back again.
Airbus A319 2801 of the Czech government.
A civilian Azerbijani cargo B747 of Silkway - readable from underneath the front fuselage!
Portuguese C295M 16704 on Eindhoven airbase approach.
A flight of 4 US Army CH47F Chinooks passing by Bastogne - Belgium. 15-08174, 13-08433, 13-08138 and 16-08478 of B/2-227AVN.
Not on ADSB but flying low temporarily operaring out of Eindhoven airbase a PD Air Operation PZL M28 Skytruck.
Moroccan B747 CN-MBH, which normally transfers between Morocco and Paris seen here enroute to Hamburg.
A French navy Breguet Atlantique 2 crosses the sky returning from a NATO patrol mission over the Baltic Sea. These aircraft can be seen monthly.
A flight of 4 German TLG51 Tornado's (three seen in this photograph, the fourth was trailing behind) returning from CONUS Red Flag exercise.
When 5 stripes adorn the sky this can only mean one thing: Jets!!! In this case 5 Spangdahlem USAF F16's returning from CONUS.
Other interesting 2024 ADSB observations:
Japanese Coastguard Gulfstream PH-AQI flying from EHWO to do A LOT of test patterns over a large area.
Egyptian C130 Hercules which always flies around with a wrong set transponder altitude - most of the time it can be seen 'flying' around FL 500/ 600.
A Turkish (NATO!) KC135 crossing the centre of Iran!
One of the bussy C17/ AMC days - many US transports can be seen over Europe; most of them crossing Dutch airspace.
To the right: Russian transport aircraft flying the small airspace corridors between St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad.
An US RQ4 Global Hawk crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe/ Sigonella.
The Israel-Gaza conflict of 10-2023 resulted in extraordinary Evacuation and Combat movements over Israel and the Mediterranean.
Israeli combat movements.
Dutch and Italian transport evacuation flights.
Israeli combat movements.
French, Dutch, Brasilian and Spanish transport evacuation flights.
A C2A Grreyhound exposing the presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
Canadian, Dutch, German and Danish transport evacuation flights while a RC135 flies patterns.
Mildenhall based RC135 flying a Homer ELINT sortie of the Israeli coast.
Mexican trasnport evacuating people amidst the Israeli combat aircraft.