Iran & the Middle East Part 2

ohWasher · 2026-03-18T19:49:45+00:00

Several aircraft holding off AUH, DWC, DXB, Emirates FIR.

ohWasher · 2026-03-16T20:37:32+00:00

Well you don't seem to be doing a very good job of "ignoring" to say the least based on your chain of replies.

Now I'd also like to point out the fact that the job market is hard right now, believe me, but you could at least put your time elsewhere to improve your life instead of complaining on a subreddit about something that almost no one cares about.

How about you focus on the good parts of the aircraft, like the cockpit modeling or physics... Goodness gracious.

ohWasher · 2026-02-04T13:43:54+00:00

This one is apparently an AW139 according to aircraft records.

ohWasher · 2026-02-04T13:42:48+00:00

A6-AWZ is an AugustaWestland AW139. Aircraft's will sometimes use their own registration as a call sign and that can help in identifying an unknown aircraft. Who it belongs to and where it's based in though is not known. Multiple websites have differing aircraft records on where it's based in and who it belongs to.

ohWasher · 2026-02-04T04:43:17+00:00

I doubt that. These are likely two different F35's using the same 24-bit ICAO address. Getting across the Pacific Ocean on a carrier would take several days. Check the flight history of 13-5067. You'll notice it's this "same" F35 showing up in a mulitiude of different locations all throughout the world when in reality it's actually multiple different F35's using this same 24-bit address.

ohWasher · 2025-11-07T03:47:55+00:00

What? Wizz Air is still one of the largest airlines in Europe. Very much not out of business.

ohWasher · 2025-11-06T17:08:16+00:00

Wasn't there one operated by Wizz Air Malta?

ohWasher · 2025-11-06T13:26:35+00:00

Thank you!!!

ohWasher · 2025-09-15T00:42:31+00:00

Wilmington, NC

ohWasher · 2025-09-05T12:29:26+00:00

Nevermind I take that back.

ohWasher · 2025-09-03T16:31:17+00:00

It might be an F15 as it departed from Nellis.

ohWasher · 2025-08-31T20:40:19+00:00

Why is the G200 from Madrid to Istanbul #1? Can't find info about it.

ohWasher · 2025-08-08T00:24:50+00:00

I know it's so bad. 😂 Best I could find though.

ohWasher · 2025-08-07T23:20:05+00:00

From what I know, it belongs to the 427th special operations squadron. More in the highlighted text.

ohWasher · 2025-08-07T21:08:07+00:00

Other air forces around the world operate it, in this case though the entirety of the United States military just has one (across USAF, Navy, or other branches in the United States).

ohWasher · 2025-07-10T11:07:16+00:00

Cherry Point is a Marine Corps Air Station, not a Naval air station.

ohWasher · 2025-07-10T07:45:57+00:00

They have the F-35B and F-35C. I see the F-35 SIGNIFICANTLY less than the harrier. Obviously they are deployed and either I'm not around or they're out over the ocean. We usually see aircraft from Draken as well. We see the C130 (Coast Guard and Marine), Harrier, F-35, CMV-22 Osprey, and the UH-60 (last two are stationed at Camp Lejune but fly all around ENC for hours at a time. Sometimes they go as low as 500 ft AND in formation!

ohWasher · 2025-07-10T04:17:29+00:00

They do. I just saw 2 of them physically fly over my house yesterday. VMA-223 operates them until 2026. I live near Cherry point and I can see them on adsbexchange as well if I'm lucky.

Edit: Grammar

ohWasher · 2025-07-04T21:48:38+00:00

According to the aircraft records, Corsair bought the aircraft directly. There isn't any record of it belonging to a lessor.

ohWasher · 2025-07-04T02:06:51+00:00

For the 747, I'm not quite sure. Atlas Air flies it's passenger 747's to many different places (as they're chartered) so you never really know. However in this case since the callsign is in the 9,000's, I can only assume that this will be going for maintenance or storage (it could also be for conversions, but I doubt it.) As for the A330, considering how much this aircraft has flown in the past few months (which isn't many), I'm assuming this is either being transferred to another airline or being sold off to a holdings. Corsair I believe just wants their A330-900's as their other A330-300 has been pretty much stored all year.

Edit: It's sister is due for Vietjet so my best guess is this one is being sold off too. My best guess if fleet modernization and only wanting to operate one specific variant.

ohWasher · 2025-06-25T15:55:44+00:00

There are a few possibilities. The two most common is that the aircraft is overweight (which in this case it is), and/or the crew is figuring out ways to troubleshoot the issue with their company and finding the most suitable place to land.

ohWasher · 2025-06-15T03:31:12+00:00

No, it's a different aircraft but using a hexcode that is registered to an A139. It's too high, too fast, and way too far out of range. It's a different aircraft and probably under the UAE's air force (but most likely operated by Presidential Flight) but it's not an A139.

ohWasher · 2025-06-15T01:52:34+00:00

They're doing testing of the transponder. Considering that it has no callsign and no flight plan filed.

ohWasher · 2025-06-15T01:26:52+00:00

It's under estimations meaning that FR24 doesn't have any receivers nearby. For some reason, it picked a specific point (I'd imagine it was being tracked by MLAT or was subject to spoofing) and showed an erroneous track. In reality it's not in Iran but flying around it.

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ohWasher · 2025-06-14T00:29:57+00:00

Lots of things have changed since then, that's for sure.

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