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Manufacturer & Model ASCC Codename
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Aero L-29 ‘Delfín’

The then ASCC codename was Maya. The L-39 never received a codename.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-runs-short-on-some-munitions-in-libya/2011/04/15/AF3O7ElD_story.html?0p19G=c

Why did you fall for a Washington Post article? Clearly the journalist did no research.

Remember your claim was in regards to France apparently running out of bombs and having to use concrete bombs. Completely incorrect. The use of inert weapons is a tactic as highlighted by the links in my reply. What part of that don’t you understand? Clearly you didn’t know about the use of inert weapons as a tactic.

I believe that this was covered at the time on this forum during 2011? Why did you believe that the French were running out of bombs? Remember your claim is

You mean the grand French military that ran out of bombs and had to resort to using cement bombs?

Did you even take a glance at the comments section of that Washington Post article?

gregft1979
4/17/2011 11:02 PM GMT
Wrong, the intelligence here is totally incorrect / misleading. Well, no source nor figure is actually indicated so no wonder.

For example, for France, the level of ammunitions available is public :
– cruise missiles (‘Scalp’) : stockpile : 500 ; used in lybia : 12
– precision missiles (‘AASM’) : 3 248 ; used : less than 300
– of/wich laser guided : 1 200 ; used : less than 100
– other less precision air to ground ammo (‘GBU’): tens of thousands
– aircraft engaged : 30 ; aircraft available at any time : 320.
– the list goes on….

Source: 14 April, French parliament mandatory reports on Military activities outside borders.

This looks nowhere like running out of ammo for this particular country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-runs-short-on-some-munitions-in-libya/2011/04/15/AF3O7ElD_story.html

http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/pdf/budget/plf2011/a2862-tVII.pdf

The UK still declares 61 Jaguars as of January 2016.

Table 3 (Page 10)

UK Aircraft Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January each year

2009 68
2010 65
2011 66
2012 65
2013 64
2014 68
2015 68
2016 61

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502574/Vehicle_Aircraft_Holdings_within_the_scope_of_the_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe_Treaty_2016.pdf

Serials of the 61 Jags at RAF Cosford as of March 2016. Obviously these are a mix of GR1s/GR3s/T2/T4s. I make it to be 26 GR3/GR3As.

http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=8455

NOTAM for Russian Navy Exercise (Training Flights and Rocket Test Firings) 10-15th November and 17-22nd November.

A1323/16 NOTAMN
SFC – FL300
CREATED: 03 Nov 2016 13:10:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN
A1323/16 NOTAMN
Q) LCCC/QWELW/IV/BO /W /000/300/3507N03501E045
A) LCCC B) 1611100500 C) 1611222100
D) 10-15 17-22 0500-2100
E) RUSSIAN NAVY EXERCISE (TRAINING FLIGHTS
ROCKET TEST FIRINGS) WILL TAKE PLACE IN AREA :
342940N0343345E
343000N0350700E
343327N0351850E
343345N0353548E
354500N0352540E
354500N0345600E
350540N0344715E
F) SFC G) FL300
CREATED: 03 Nov 2016 12:46:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

A1324/16 NOTAMN
Q) LCCC/QARLC/IV/NBO/E /000/300/3511N03438E055
A) LCCC B) 1611100500 C) 1611222100
D) 10-15 17-22 0500-2100
E) DUE TO RUSSIAN NAVY EXERCISE AS REFERED IN
NOTAM LCNC A1323/16, THE FOLLOWING AIRWAYS WILL BE
CLOSED:
1.W/UW 17 (BALMA-NIKAS)
2.R/UR 78, M/UM978 (ALSUS-NIKAS)
3. B/UB15 L/UL620 (BALMA-ALSUS)
4. W/UW10, L/UL619 (VESAR-NIKAS)
5. R655 (BALMA-KOBER)
6. UR655 (BALMA- LCA)

From Cyprus info at following link.

http://notaminfo.com/latest

Peter the Great east of Crete.

https://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/794551071112888320

https://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/794561866425139200

Daylight image apparently posted 1428 hrs.

https://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/794554612468555776

Tug Nikolay Chiker still on AIS east of Crete (2016-11-04 18:47 UTC)

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4404011/mmsi:273531629/imo:8613334/vessel:NIKOLAY_CHIKER

Only in Syria I guess.

Few snaps of Su-33s on Kuz, not sure if all the snaps are from the current deployment or not.

Those images from Kuznetsov appear to be from the late 2008 to early 2009 Mediterranean deployment.

https://www.zona-militar.com/foros/threads/su-27k-su-33-flanker-d-la-grulla-embarcada.16715/page-7

Certainly not the serials for this deployment.

http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=127761

#AdmiralKuznetsov seen this morning from @kon_marine vessel HNLMS Rotterdam, somewhere between Sicily and Libya

https://twitter.com/GorseFires/status/793430437439926272

The following video from the Portuguese Air Force brings the tanker situation up to date. Along with the Sergei Osipov there are two other tankers. These are Dubna and Kama. All these tankers have been on previous Kuznetsov deployments in recent years.

https://www.facebook.com/PortugueseAirForce/videos/827575554048937/

Confusion as to where Kama was earlier due to the fact that Marine Traffic has the incorrect “Kama” image. That image is Northern Fleet Kama but the AIS data is another vessel named Kama.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:350085/mmsi:273431840/vessel:KAMA

The Northern Fleet Kama and Dubna are currently not using AIS.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:930618/mmsi:-7347471/vessel:DUBNA

Malta have withdrawn support for use of Valletta. In all previous Kuznetsov deployments Valletta has been used.

No Russian war ships will be refuelled in Malta, Foreign Minister George Vella said today, dismissing claims that the flotilla was planning a stopover on the island on their way to Syria.
Contacted by Times of Malta, Dr Vella would not, however, confirm or deny whether a request had been made by the Russians for a fleet stopover in Malta.
It is not known whether any request from the Russians was turned down on constitutional or ethical grounds.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20161027/local/no-russian-warship-will-be-refuelled-in-malta.629234

It looks likely that the Kuznestov Group was located off the coast of Morocco. This position is a regular rest-up point for the Russian Navy. All other Kuznetsov deployments have used it.

Tug Nikolay Chiker is underway from that rest-up location.

Position from Morse Code weather message during 13 UTC

12464 Kilohertz RAL48 28121 99357 70027 22222 @1324Z

35.7N 02.7W Heading East at 6-10 Knots

https://goo.gl/maps/JsABa4Z345L2

Nikolay Chiker was also on AIS a couple of hours ago.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4404011/mmsi:273531629/imo:8613334/vessel:NIKOLAY_CHIKER

Tanker Osipov was noted at anchor this morning off Morocco. A few hours ago this afternoon she was noted underway.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:351134/mmsi:273546000/vessel:OSIPOV