Live ATC Malta Logs

[Wolbie]

Finally, today May 23th:
14.40 PS231, confirmed as "P3C", destination Sigonella. 14.47 Brindisi 264.850

Now on Malta ATC:
15.03 RFR7181, to Luqa AP, minimum fuel. 15.32 Malta ATC mentions a "backtracking Tornado" to another flight

Two other confirmations of today:

15.25 Lahob240, confirmed as "C17" (A7-MAA Qatar Air Force), sq 2046 RASNO -> ARLOS. destination OTBD (Doha Int, Qatar). 15.37 Athens 124.625

16.36 Devil17, confirmed as 2 Tornado's, destination LIPL (Ghedi).

[strikestar01]

A few logs from today the 23rd this morning Dutch local time.

08.20 RED720 departing from Luqa. Left Direct ELIMO. / 130.975 Malta. 08.52 Positive contact 121.500 for identification with NATO. Malta mentioning callsign as RED730, pilot as RED720. Civil, Red Cross ??
08.24 PS221 req IFR pickup back to Sigonella. Climbing FL135 for FL140. / 264.850 Brindisi 08.44
08.29 FAF9001 FL380 ETA ASKOT 06.46. Sqwk ident. Cleared to proceed to ASKOT.
08.31 Mobil23 going tactical.
08.36 FNY5625 sqwk 3667, FL220 request to proceed direct Sigonella./ Brindisi 264.850 09.05.
08.43 Prius60 checking in.
08.48 Mity05 had to report when going tactical.
08.56 Camber128 cleared direct SUBOK.
09.04 Spicy01 direct RASNO. At 09.13 request to go tactical. (FAF)
09.06 Tyrant67 sqwk 2467 request direct Gioia. Squawking ident with a flash.
09.07 Tyrant68 sqwk 2468 request maintain FL360 direct Gioia./ Roma 123.225 09.17, but no contact/ UHF 234.375 or 133.250 Rome (normally for civil aircraft).
09.10 Tiger14-15 direct LORED FL300. Cleared rtb Sigonella./ 264.850 Brindisi 09.22.
09.12 Exxon21, we are 21 miles north of VENIM. Switching tactical 09.16.
09.12 Vampire34 (Sentinel 5 sq ZJ693 RAF)
09.25 Shaheen05 checking in, FL270. Switching tactical 09.38.
09.28 Asena61 FL330
09.28 Mobil24 req FL250.
09.33 Petrol16 sqwk 1472 direct Trapani FL230.
09.34 Pixel32 heading 170 due to weather. Heading 140 at 09.40. At 09.46 switching tactical. (FAF)
09.35 Mobil27 checking FL330 requesting lower FL250.

Gr Dre

[Malcolm Bezzina]

15.03 RFR7181, to Luqa AP, minimum fuel. 15.32 Malta ATC mentions a "backtracking Tornado" to another flight

it is an RAF tornado was planned to malta for fire familiarization.Tomorrow due 2 Rafals possibly from the carrier for training as well.

[Wolbie]

May 23rd:

Red720 is indeed a Redcross flight.

http://www.maltaspotting.com/ reports the RAF Tornado (RFR7181) at Luqa AP as ZD707.

Some more from this afternoon/evening:
14.31 Pod?21 (?) dir. Aviano (hear this callsign earlier last week, also as receivers of a "Mobil" KC-135, not ID-ed yet)
14.32 Party11 (?), procced NELDA. 14.49 Catania APP 119.25 (to Sigonella)
14.34 I2183 (C130J MM62179 50Gr). 21.06 back with Malta, dest. LIRE (Practica di Mare)
14.41 Nomad41 (FAF or/and QAF) Athens 124.625
14.44 Asena61 (Kc-135 101 Filo) dir. NELDA. 14.57 Catania 119.25
15.05 Diamond21 (? FAF) tactical. 19.34 IFR sq 2421, dir PLH -> Souda.
15.14 Blizzard23 (Tornado GR.4), 15.24 tactical. 19.52 IFR sq 2423 dir Gioia
15.18 Knife41 (?, AMI) 1528 tactical
15.25 Blizzard24 (Tornado GR.4) tactical. 19.49 IFR dir. Gioia
15.25 Shell65 (KC-10 60 AMW) tactical. 22.22 IFR dir. SENTI
15.34 CNV6614 (? USN)
15.36 FNY5418 (?, Aeronavale) 15.58 good contact with ship, cancel IFR
15.51 Pod33 (KC-130J VMGR252). 17.03 IFR sq 1675 to Sigonella
15.55 FNY5614 (?, Aeronavale) good contact with ship, cancel IFR
16.02 FNY5040 (Falcon 10 MER 33 57S) to Luqa AP. 19.04 departure. Switching Catania 119.25
16.12 Hitman15 (CF-18) dir Trapani
16.14 Luigi63 (? AMI) sq 1663 dir MEGAN
16.34 Stork?45 (? FAF) sq 1545 proceed dir Souda
16.56 Hellcat03 (? AMI) tactical. 19.44 IFR sq4003 dir LICT (Trapani)
17.08 I1484 (EH101? MMI) from/to LICC (Catania) sq 4041
17.11 Gangster24 (?)
19.19 Knife51 (AMI) dir Trapani
19.56 RA514 (EP-3 USN)
20.17 Gangster25 (?) sq 2425 inbound Sigonella
20.25 Cyclops61 (CP140) to Sigonella
20.28 Nasty27 (F-16 RDAF?) sq 2427 dir. Sigonella
21.29 Crossbow31 (CF-18?) sq 1474 dir. Trapani
21.30 Jeans?25 (? US) sq 7062 dest. LGSA (Souda Bay)
21.55 CTM1330 (Puma FAF) departure Luqa AP, VFR to the aircraftcarrier, in 1 hour landing on the ship
22.10 Shell66 (KC-10? USAF)
22.19 Knife55 (? AMI) proceeding Trapani
22.25 Vulture04 (E-8C 116 ACW) confirmed a/c type as "B703". dir ARLOS. 22.33 Athens 124.625
22.26 Flash41 (F-16 RNoAF?) RASNO. 22.34 tactical
22.27 RCH021 (C-17A 08-8201 62 AW), dir. UPLIT. 23.37 Roma 128.8
22.47 PS232 (P-3C USN) operational
23.01 Tazer43 (?) SENTI -> LUMED 23.18 tactical
23.03 Diamond45 (? FAF) proceeding RASNO, tactical
23.27 Spicy51 (?) ARLOS -> RANSO 23.37 tactical
23.34 Sting?61 (?) flt tactical
23.45 Vixen73 (Tornado Gr.4 RAF), 23.56 tactical
23.52 Vixen75 (Tornado Gr.4 RAF), 23.56 tactical

[strikestar01]

May 23rd:

1) Red720 is indeed a Redcross flight.
2) 21.30 Jeans?25 (? US) sq 7062 dest. LGSA (Souda Bay)
3) 23.34 Sting?61 (?) flt tactical

1) Thanks !
2 and 3) Had it also written as Jeans25 and Sting61 without the callsigns being spelled.

Gr, Dre

[Malcolm Bezzina]

16.02 FNY5040 (Falcon 10 MER 33 57S) to Luqa AP. 19.04 departure. Switching Catania 119.25
serial133 da10


21.55 CTM1330 (Puma FAF) departure Luqa AP, VFR to the aircraftcarrier, in 1 hour landing on the ship

was a puma

[Snafu]

Pod is reported as USMC C130J

[Wolbie]

Pod is reported as USMC C130J

This is a different flight, the KC-130's (Sigonella based) use the (Pod)31/32/33 range, these are aircraft operating out of Aviano. The use a callsign which sounds like Pod, but not 100% sure if it actually is Pod:
18/5 Mobil32 with Pod07 flt
22/5 Pod01 dir. Aviano
23/5 Pod21 dir. Aviano

Cheers,
Wolbie

[Snafu]

Ok Wolbie, I'll keep listening out for them

[Snafu]

A very quiet start to the day in Malta after news reports that there were big bombing raids over night

06.51 Mobil 44 fl340 > Senti
06.53 Papa Sierra 232 climbing 195 to 230 south of Ernam
07.13 Papa Sierra switching to Brindisi 121.075
07.17 FAF 9001 (E-3F) direct to Askot
08.14 Prius 52 flight plan route
08.27 Saif 41 fl220
08.27 Tyrant 65 fl 240 > GDC
08.29 Mobil 24 fl 330
09.18 Prius 76 fl340 > Senti
09.20 Prius 51 fl 330
09.24 India 1145 departing for the west coast
09.30 Leaf 07 fl200
09.47 French Navy 5625 cleared for tactical in 100 miles fl 170
09.50 Hitman 13 fl270 > Lumed
09.50 Controller change of heart FNY 5625 now tactical
10.08 Mobil 25 fl 330
10.08 Hitman 13 tactical
10.56 Stork 51 follow flight plan route
10.56 Mobil 26 fl 300
10.59 Stork 51 tactical
12.15 Nato 02 fl290
12.16 Simba 11 GZO>Indot
12.18 Crossbow 11 > Trapani
12.19 Exxon 17 tactical
12.24 Prius 51 fl340 >Senti
12.25 Simba 12 tactical
12.42 Mobil 32 fl 245
12.42 Spicy 27 fl 240
12.45 Steel 74 fl 250 >Abram
12.47 Manta? 02 30 miles from GZO
12.53 Spicy 27 tactical
12.54 Mobil 32 tactical
12.58 Mobil 24 fl380>Senti
15.19 Mobil 31 fl330 to fl 380
15.19 India 2264 > LPD
15.27 Exxon 17 turn left to Senti
15.28 Manta 03 >LPD at 2000 feet and will return to Catania
15.28 Rafair 7181 is leaving Malta taxiway Lima 1...cleared GZO Delta, squawk 5272 and initially 5000 feet
15.38 Rafair 7181 cleared for take off
15.39 Shell 63 (KC10) fl280>Abram
15.41 Mobil 31 to Roma 128.8
15.42 Rafair 7181 fl 220 > Adexi
15.43 FNY 5625 heading to Sigonella
16.27 Shell 64 tactical
16.27 Pasha 13 tactical
16.28 Diamond 35 fl 350 > Rasno
16.28 Total 02 tactical
16.48 Vixen 32 rtb GDC fl380 Pilot confirms a/c is a Typhoon

[Snafu]

Just heard what sounded like Carbon 73 and 74...RAF. Anyone else heard this and can confirm please?

[Wolbie]

Some from yesterday evening (May 24th):
19.30 Titan15 (EF2000? AMI) inbound Trapani
19.33 Oranos33 (?) sq 1616 IFR to LGSA (Souda) (heard this one few times before, still no clue what..)
19.58 Mobil36 (KC-135 USAF) with Thunder15 and 16 (?).
20.02 Vixen31 with Kestrel33 (Typhoon and/or Tornado RAF) sq 2436. 2022 Brindisi 264.850
20.07 TCX13PX (“Kestrel13PX”) informs Malta ATC about his flight, callsign Kestrel, a A321 (Thomas Cook). Vixen31/Kestrel33 reports it’s a military flight. TCX13PX:”I used to be military..”
20.06 Fang43 (? AMI) tactical
20.15 Pasha13 (?) sq0013, 2 aircraft destination Sigonella. Malta ATC: "confirm 2 Mirages 2000?" Transmission unfortunately gets intermitted by another flight, so no answer heard. Sort of undermines my Pasha = TUAF F-16 theory, maybe UAE after all? We'll keep listening!
20.19 Knife25 (? AMI) 20.41 tactical. 00.10 IFR inbound Trapani
22.37 Shaheen57 (F-16 UAE? ) tactical. 23.57 IFR RTB Sigonella
23.03 Knife31 (? AMI), 23.21 tactical
23.21 PS241 (P-3C USN) confirmed aircraft type as “P3”. sq 6275, later changing IFF code to 3010.
23.28 Memphis45 (F-16 BAF, shows as FA136) dir. Araxos. 23.42 Athens 124.625 (NEW CALLSIGN BAF F-16)
23.29 Slammer63 (F-16 BAF?), sq 2464 proceed Araxos. 23.45 Athens 124.625 (NEW CALLSIGN BAF F-16?)
23.30 Fist43 (?) sq 2443 to Sigonella. 23.43 Brindisi 264.850
00.06 Thud?15 (2-ship ? US), sq 4015. Malta ATC: “confirm 2nd aircraft is Thud?16”. Could this be the same flight as the one accompanying Mobil36 at 19.58, Thunder15/16 (did they shorten their callsign)? Think these are actually the “Pod” flights from Aviano I heard earlier this week/month.

[Snafu]

07.11 FAF 9001 Indot fl 380 pilot confirms a/c type as E3F
07.28 Papa Sierra 241 direct to Sigonella
07.32 Tyrant 71 fl 240 > GDC
07.38 Mity 05 fl 170
07.40 Mobil 23 fl310
07.48 Mity 05 tactical
07.48 Tyrant 71 to Brindisi 133.425
07.59 Mobil 24 fl330
07.59 Mobil 23 tactical
08.06 Diamond 05 tactical
08.36 Petro 15 passed to Trapani 119.95
08.39 Carbon? 73 and 74 RAF Tornado ...74 > Dodel and 73 hand over to Brindisi (always associated Carbon with 100Sq Hawk)
08.43 Prius 56 tactical
08.50 Mobil 25 fl 330
09.04 Spicy 07 fl 250
09.04 Mobil 25 fl 250
09.24 Total 01 fl270
09.28 India 2264 climb fl80 to fl120> Londi
09.29 Focus 12 in the block 290-300 > Lumed
09.39 Focus 12 tactical
10.11 Icon 25 > Sigonella....mode-s shows this as an RAF Tornado..US pilot to Sigonella...may be not....
10.13 Mity 05 > Lored
10.54 Tiger 26 fl 310
10.55 Mobil 23 to Roma 128.8
11.16 FNY 5023 > Runway 31
11.24 Mobil 27 fl 330
11.30 Prius 55 to Roma 128.8
11.36 Mobil 24 cleared IFR level fl340
11.36 FNY 5023 fl 150 ILS approach
11.36 Mobil 30 tactical
11.38 Hitman 11 fl 340 > Trapani
11.40 Loren? 02 US pilot follow flight plan route
11.42 Mobil 27 tactical
11.43 Simba 12 flight plan route and can deviate to avoid weather
11.51 Lahob 37

It appears that Rafair 7181 which departed Malta yesterday was Tornado ZD707 of 14 Squadron...credit to http://www.maltaspotting.com for the identification

12.18 India 1726 > Catania
12.23 Wolf 64 head to the ship at fl 270
12.25 Nato 02 fl310 to fl 340 > Elimo
12.26 Stork 55 fl 360
12.27 Prius 57 tactical
12.38 Nomad 53 fl 260 > Arlos
12.40 Mobil 25 fl310 to fl340 >Senti
12.41 Wolf 64 > Lotin
12.41 Mobil 32 tactical fl 320
12.43 Nomad 53 to Athens 124.625
12.43 Lahob 35 descend fl 160 > Sigonella
12.49 Mobil 25 fl 310
12.49 Red Cross 730 start up approved
12.50 Nato 02 to fl 330
12.51 India Tango Delta report when 2 way contact with Trapani or Palermo
12.52 Nato 02 tactical
12.52 Diamond 05 maintain fl 270 not yet on the radar
12.53 Lahob 35 switch to 119.250
12.57 Mobil 32 to fl 230 and tactical
12.58 Blizzard 15 fl 210
13.02 Diamond 05 fl 290
13.03 Blizzard 16 fl 350
13.03 Prius 56 fl340 >Senti
13.05 Fist 03 tactical
13.06 Mobil 31 fl 250
13.08 Vixen 10 Sq 3310 fl 280 >Senti...sure it was Vixen but pilot had a French accent
13.08 Mobil 25 confirms RVSM approved
13.10 Cyclops 61 tactical
13.14 Blizzard 15 and 16 tactical
13.22 Mobil 31 tactical
13.24 Shaheen 13 fl 270
13.26 Prius 99 fl 330
13.27 Prius 56 to Roma 128.8
13.33 Zeus 10 fl 310 >Arlos
13.38 Very brief sounded like US/Canadian saying "Shiny 13 push"
15.26 India Tango Delta fl3000 feet
15.28 FNY 5423 heading 330 fl 360
15.33 Mobil 26 KC135T to Roma 128.8
15.46 Shell 65 fl280
16.33 Kestrel 33 and 35 tactical
16.45 Wolf 66 confirming a/c type as a Harrier, heading to LIBD
17.15 US Navy 475 is a helicopter which will soon be landing on the ship and leaving Malta frequency
17.15 Pasha 13 fl 300 > Sigonella
17.18 Mobil 27, 53 miles south of MLT
17.21 Prius 21 tactical
17.23 Vendetta 32 direct to Aviano
17.25 Cloak 71> Trapani
18.45 Luigi 63 tactical
18.57 Arsena 61
19.02 Pod 32 tactical
19.08 Toxic 23 > Lumed fl330
19.25 Cyclops 61 Lored> Sigonella
19.33 Pasha 15 hand over to Brindisi
19.35 Romeo Alpha 514 EP3 > Abram
19.42 Memphis 37 BAF F16
19.43 Cyclops 61 to Brindisi 264.850

[Wolbie]

Today, May 25th:
19.21 CET Luigi63 flight of 3, 19.44 CET tactical.
At 21.05 CET IFR again, flight consists of Luigi63 (sq 1464) and Devil21/22.
Devil 21/22 are returning to LIPL (Ghedi) (6 St Tornado's), Luigi 63 is returning to LIRE (Practica di Mare).
So could 'Luigi' be one of the KC-767's (14 St Practica di Mare)?

EDIT: confirm Luigi 63 is a KC-767, sq 1464 shows KC-767 MM62229

Cheers,
Wolbie

[Snafu]

Nice work on the Luigi ident Wolbie