Constant Phoenix 64-14831 is headed OCONUS as Cobra-31. The last flight in this direction was by 64-14829 and they flew a quick round robin to Eielson AFB on August 28th.

Aborted take-off roll for Cobra Ball 61-2662. It achieved about 85 knots before decelerating and exiting the active runway.

Second try is the charm. No harm no foul.

A third OCONUS deployment today for the 55th Wing. Cobra Ball 62-2662 outbound for.... We'll see. There hasn't been an aircraft at Kadena for nearly two months now but the Russians might want to test some missiles during Okean 2024.

Rivet Joint 62-4125 returning from a mission into the Caribbean. This was a fairly short day as I saw them on the ground at Offutt as Snoop-52 prior to departure approximately 12 hours ago. They've been flying these missions semi-covertly now for almost two years.

Another day trip for the Constant Phoenix in Alaska. After ~ 4 hours on the ground, 831 is outbound for Offutt. Makes me wonder if they were ferrying personnel up to support operations out of PAED for the near future. Cobra Ball is landing and 64-14845 arrived earlier today.

Rivet Joint 62-4126 outbound from Offutt as Lurch-26. It's using the same callsign as the last mission Sept. 9th when it headed to the Pacific off the West coast of Baja before dropping track. It's following a similar heading today.

US Navy E-6B Mercury #AE041B as OSLO61 has launched from Travis AFB, CA. In an E-6 oddity, only #AE040E, #AE041B and #AE041C have been active since 9/2. From 8/18-9/1 #AE0412, #AE0417 and #AE041A were the only 3 airframes active.

It looks like Elmendorf was the final destination for Rivet Joint 64-14845. It's up today with no callsign (boring) in a holding orbit near PAED. Unknown if it is an aircraft issue or tanker support issue. The last RJ deployment to PAED for operations was July-Sept last year

Popping up off the tip of Baja.

RAF RC-135 ZZ665 buzzing by Ukraine as it deploys to NSA Souda Bay. The US has yet to deploy to Souda this year for Rivet Joint Operations while this is the second trip for the RAF.

There has been a gradual but marked shift in orbits for the RAF Rivet Joint over the last couple of missions flown to the Black Sea area. Compare the Aug 12th mission with the Acft orbiting over the Black Sea off Constanta. This has been their typical orbit ever since they

Rare (as of lately) tracking on Rivet Joint 62-4132 out of Kadena and headed Northward. 132 is the sole RC-135 airframe at Kadena these days and has been for weeks.

RAF Rivet Joint ZZ666 Back out on the normal track over water today. I'd still like to see a freedom of flight route out over the Black Sea proper.

RAF Rivet Joint ZZ666 has wrapped up its mission off Romania and will recover at NSA Souda Bay. ZZ665 recovered there yesterday following its mission in the same area and this will mark the first time both aircraft are deployed to Souda at the same time.