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New c/s heard this morning:
9.39 Gold31 (KC-10A 305 AMW) dir. ARLOS (confirmed as C10 with 6 F16's), 10.10 to Athens 124.625

My guess is Norwegian, haven't heard the Greek being involved in the air-operations, but you never know, to my surprise several Turkish AF flights showed up on the scene yesterday evening... Anyway, another callsign tracked down: 21.50 Kodak66, confirmed as 2 Tornado's (AMI), squawk 1667, direct Tra...

12.26 FAF7201, squawk 2313, destination LFKS (Solenzara).
Malta ATC: type of aircraft? FAF7201: 2 fighters
12.30 FAF4001 (C-135FR), squawk 6001, type of a/c confiremd as "K35R"
12.36 RA519 (EP-3E 156519), IFR to Navy Sigonella

Mission16/AS16 is BN-2B Islander AS9516 Air Wing AFM, not related to the operations

12.04 Herky748 C130J 37 AS

10.44 Chelby15 flt (? FAF), dest. LFKS (Solenzara) 10.47 Blue08 (KC-135 121 ARW), dir. DEMAG, 10.49 to Athens 124.625 11.15 Blast31 (F-16 RNLAF) 11.25 Mace43 (unknown user, c/s spelled out), flight of 2. 11.40 tactical 11.25 Blue18 (KC-135 22 ARW) 11.45 Titan21 (EF2000 AMI), direct TRP (Trapani) 11....

TUAF70, just left the tactical area, direct ARLOS, destination [unreadable..], Turkey

Heard several Turkish AF flights on Malta ATC this evening:
19.52h TUAF68, 19.58h TUAF67, 20.15h TUAF70 flt and just a couple of minutes ago:
22.36h TUAF002 3-ship, KC-135? with 2 F-16's.

so I guess they are taking part

22.36 TUAF002, 3-ship, 2 F-16's (confirmed) & KC-135?. To Athens 124.625 23.22 TUAF70, leaving tactical area, direct ARLOS, destination [unreadable..], Turkey. 23.38 to Athens 124.625 23.29 Aurora3 (CP-140), to Brindisi freq. 00.19 TUAF72, continue operational 00.27 Mobil43, IFR again, changing ...

19.01 FNY5026, departure Malta, to LICZ (Sigonella), squawk 5240 19.06 FNY5622 (ATL2), a/c confirmed as ATLA, back to Sigonella AB, squawk 3667 19.28 HZ101, B737 RSaudiAF (not related to the airoperations) (also on flightradar24) 19.31 Agip06 (KDC-10 RNLAF), earlier on Malta ATC as NAF06 (18.39h) 19...

Just picked up a new callsign at 0.18h: Viking41, squawk 2455, direct ARLOS Considering the c/s and ARLOS being a nav.point SSW of Crete my guess is Norwegian F16's? 0.42h to Athens 124.625 Two more (civvie but nonetheless) interesting logs from today: 9.34 UN288 (Lj35 UN), destination Benghazi (Lyb...

18.15 Kodak65B (? AMI), 18.26 tactical
18.18 Titan71 (? RAF), 18.22 tactical
18.24 Legacy40 (MV-22 USMC) dir. LORED climbing to 11000ft
18.25 PS311 (P-3C USN?)
18.57 Titan67 (EF2000 AMI), identified himself as flight of 2 Eurofighters, direct to Trapani

12.10 Titan63 (EF2000 AMI) IFR again, direct LICT (Trapani)
13.10 Titan65 (EF2000 AMI) IFR again, direct Trapani, squawk 1561

11.56 UN228 contact Tripoli 120.9
UN228 reports no contact on 120.9, 12.08 Malta ATC: contact Coalition C2 on 121.5

RA325 is EP-3 USN
Titan63 is EF2000 AMI
PS303 probably P-3 USN
UN228 no idea
Cycle61 is E-8C USAF (95-0121),

Also heard this morning:
9.53 Fang67, Tornado RAF direct Gioa
10.22 Fang71 flight, 2x Tornado RAF