Rich Tedd 🛰 ✈️

EXCLUSIVE: I have identified a probable air defence site operated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near Nyala Airport in Sudan's South Darfur. At least two TELs (Transporter Erector Launchers) are visible, along with what appear to be two command/control post or radar vehicles.

⚠️ The Sea World general cargo vessel remains detained by the 🇦🇪 UAE-backed PMPF. Satellite imagery and ship-tracking data confirm it is still docked at Bosaso Commercial Port in Puntland, Somalia 🇸🇴. The vessel was carrying Turkish 🇹🇷 military equipment destined for the SNA 🇸🇴.

Satellite imagery from CopernicusEU dated 25 July shows flight activity at Kufrah Airport in south-eastern Libya 🇱🇾 near the tri-border with Sudan 🇸🇩 and Egypt 🇪🇬, including two IL-76 cargo aircraft, an AN-26 transport plane, and a fourth unidentified aircraft on the ground.

A Sapsan Airlines IL-76TD cargo aircraft (Reg. EX-76008) operated two consecutive flights between Benghazi 🇱🇾 and Izmir 🇹🇷 on 25 and 26 July.

Satellite imagery dated 24 July confirms the return of a UAE Air Force 🇦🇪 C-130 transport aircraft to the military apron at Bosaso Airport, Puntland 🇸🇴. Also visible is an IL-76TD cargo aircraft (Reg. 🇰🇬 EX-76018) operated by Fly Sky Airlines, which arrived there on 23 July.

A Sky Vision Airlines Airbus A320-232 cargo aircraft (Reg. SU-SKD) has just completed its fourth flight in under a week between the UAE 🇦🇪—this time from Dubai—and Port Sudan 🇸🇩.

A Turkish Air Force 🇹🇷 A400M Atlas military transport aircraft (Reg. 17-0078) departed from Kayseri Airbase in Turkey 🇹🇷 and arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia 🇸🇴 earlier this morning. It was likely delivering military supplies to TÜRKSOM or the Somali National Army (SNA).

A Fly Sky Airlines IL-76TD cargo aircraft (Reg. 🇰🇬 EX-76018) departed eastern Libya 🇱🇾—possibly from Kufrah Airport—and is currently flying over Egypt 🇪🇬 en route to Bosaso Airport in Puntland, Somalia 🇸🇴.

Two IL-76TD cargo aircraft, operated by Kyrgyzstan-registered Sapsan Airlines and Fly Sky Airlines (registrations EX-76022 and EX-76030), departed yesterday from Ain Airport in the UAE 🇦🇪 and flew to Benghazi in eastern Libya 🇱🇾.

A Gewan Airways Airbus A300B4-203 freighter (Reg. 🇰🇬 EX-30002) departed from the UAE Air Force’s Al Reef Airbase in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 and was tracked flying over Puntland yesterday, likely bound for Mogadishu, Somalia 🇸🇴.

A Sky Vision Airlines Airbus A320-232 freighter (registration SU-SKD) departed from Sharjah Airport in the UAE 🇦🇪 and arrived at Port Sudan Airport 🇸🇩.

⚠️ Earlier today, Russian 🇷🇺 Aviacon Zitotrans IL-76TD (Reg. RA-76842, callsign ZR1905) departed Karachi 🇵🇰 and landed at Harar Meda Airbase, Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Notably, the same aircraft flew from Irkutsk 🇷🇺 to Karachi 🇵🇰 just yesterday.

Yesterday, a Russian Air Force 🇷🇺 IL-76MD military transport and cargo aircraft (Reg. RA-78847) flew from Khmeimim Airbase in Syria 🇸🇾 to Khadim Airbase in eastern Libya 🇱🇾.

This morning, the Sudanese government 🇸🇩 Dassault Falcon 900 private jet (Reg. ST-PSA) departed from Windhoek, Namibia 🇳🇦, and landed in Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲. On board was Malik Agar, Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council.

A Sapsan Airlines IL-76TD cargo aircraft (Reg. 🇰🇬 EX-76008) has operated a new flight today from Benghazi in eastern Libya 🇱🇾 to Izmir, Turkey 🇹🇷.

A 🇦🇪 UAE-linked Fly Sky Airlines IL-76TD cargo aircraft (Reg. 🇰🇬 EX-76018) has just departed Bosaso Airport in Puntland, Somalia 🇸🇴, and is en route to eastern Libya 🇱🇾, possibly destined for Kufrah Airport.