On 04 Mar SFS Il-96 CAMBER RA-96023 RSD712 took off from Moscow (VKO) and flew to Hanoi VNM. I am not seeing any visit listed in the media.

On 04 Mar Il-96PU CAMBER Airborne Command Post RA-96022 flew the ‘Moscow Test Loop.’ On 03 Mar I posted that RA-96022 would fly a Test Loop OOA 04 Mar.

On 04 Mar VKS An-148 RA-61729 flew from Moscow (CKL) to Plesetsk taking off and returning to Moscow after about an hour on the ground. Flights to Plesetsk usually support launches at the Cosmodrome. I am not seeing a launch scheduled soon so if there is a launch it could be military.

Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76362 SUM9106 took off from Lankaran International Airport AZE and returned to Moscow. @Borrowed7Time (on the other side) suggested the aircraft picked up Russian citizens needing/wanting to flee IRN and that makes good sense to me!

On 04 Feb RSJ9617 A319 RA-73417 an aircraft associated with Ramzan Kadyrov and his family took off from Groznyj and flew to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport, Medina SAU. It is Ramadan and there are several important religious sites in Medina.

On 03 Mar Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76362 SUM9105 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and flew south. It is descending near Lankaran International Airport AZE but it may actually have flown into IRN (and is trying to hide it for obvious reasons).

Interesting article. Although these Su-35 FLANKER-H are combat capable, it is interesting that they are being used in an escort/combat role. Is RUS running low on FLANKER-H? defence-blog.com/norway-inter...

I made projections for SFS Il-96-300 CAMBER that could fly ‘Moscow Test Loop’ flights that I have recently been posting about. Three are at Voronezh for refit/upgrade and three have been recently involved in active missions and in no need of test flights.

On 02 Mar SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 took off from an unknown location and is en route to K-Grad. CONDOR flights to K-Grad are always of great interest!

I recently posted on SFS Rossiya Il-96PU CAMBER that fly what I call ‘The Moscow Test Loop’ which I believe test aircraft/communications/defense/ systems and these flights are done approximately every two weeks.

On 01 Mar Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841 CANDID SUM9605 took off from al Khadim LBY and is headed southwest. MChS Il-76TD RA-76362 SUM9105 took off from Moscow and is flying southwest over TUR. Both cold eventually go to the same location.

I posted extensively on these flights over the last several months: How China is masking drone flights in potential Taiwan rehearsal: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841 is back and this time it is flying as SUM9605 instead of SUM76841 which says to me that this flight is real vice spoofed. I suspect it is loaded with humanitarian aid and will fly to Cairo or al Arish EGY.

On 27 Feb VKS Il-76MD-90A CANDID RF-78664 RFF8518 took off from Moscow (CKL) and was last tracked flying south over the Black Sea. Tracking resumed on 28 Feb with the aircraft northbound near the same location.

On 28 Feb sanctioned airline Fars Air Qeshm B747 EP-FAB again flew from Tehran IRN to Moscow (SVO). It recently flew to Moscow on 09 & 24 Feb, 27 Jan 2026, 13 Nov, 23 Oct, 17 & 23 Sep 2025.

Late on 27 Feb Il-76MD-90A(E) CANDID (with air-to-air refueling capability) RA-78650 flew from Moscow (ZIA) to Perm arriving early on 28 Feb. Tracking was not consistent, but if the aircraft did fly this route it is its third flight to Perm in as many days. We could see it fly to Kaluga later today.

On 28 Feb there is more spoofed tracking from Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841.

Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) aircraft are well known for their provocative tracking near and over the Ukrainian border. On 27 Feb Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and with some likely spoofed tracking is near the border with UKR. It is probably somewhere to the east.

An aircraft I always keep an eye on: On 27 Feb Il-76MD-90A(E) CANDID (with air-to-air refueling capability) RA-78650 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and flew to Perm. It took off after approximately three and a half hours and flew to Kaluga.

On 27 Feb Il-96PU CAMBER Airborne Command Post RA-96025 (one of Putin’s aircraft) RSD934 flew the ‘Moscow Test Loop.’ This is likely a test of communications/defense systems and/or preparations for a trip. This aircraft flew test loops on 29 Jan and 12 Feb, which is approximately every two weeks.

On 26 Feb 224th SFS Il-76MD CANDID RA-78838 took off from Moscow (CKL) and flew to an unknown location, possibly Plesetsk. On 27 Feb it took off and is en route to K-Grad.

Last tracked on 23 Feb, on 27 Feb SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF806 flew from al Khadim LBY to Khmejmim Airbase SYR.

On 26 Feb Il-76MD-90A(E) CANDID (with air-to-air refueling capability) RA-78650 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and flew to Perm. It took off after approximately two and a half hours and flew to Kaluga.

Finally again! Cubana Airlines Il-96-300 CAMBER CU-T1250 left Varadero CUB on 30 Jan and flew east arriving at Hanoi VNM on 01 Feb. It flew north on 03 Feb (CHN?) returning on 07 Feb. It left again on 20 Feb and flew to Astana KAZ. It took on 26 Feb as CU9240 and appears to be en route to Moscow.

On 25 Feb 223rd Special Flight Squadron Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86561 RFF7275 took off from Moscow (CKL) and flew to Algiers DZA. It took off after approximately two hours and appears to be en route back via the same flight route that took it over LBY avoiding Tunisian airspace.

On 25 Feb 223rd SFS Tu-154B CARELESS RA-85843 RSD64399 took off from Moscow (CKL) and flew to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. After less than two hours on the ground it took off and is en route back to RUS.

On 24 Feb Fars Air Qeshm B747 EP-FAB took off from Tehran IRN and flew to Moscow (SVO). It flew to Moscow on 09 Feb, 27 Jan, 13 Nov, 23 Oct, 17 & 23 Sep. It flew to Moscow at FL330-340 and is returning at FL390 which could suggest that it flew to Moscow loaded with cargo and is flying back empty.

A bit more on the recent MChS Il-76TD CANDID flights to MDG: united24media.com/latest-news/...

On 09 Feb Il-76MD-90A(E) CANDID (with air-to-air refueling {AAR} capability) RA-78650 took off from Ulyanovsk and flew to Moscow (ZIA). On 24 Feb it took off and flew to Moscow (CKL). It later took off and is flying east. On 03 Feb it carried out AAR near Novosibirsk and we may see more AAR today.

On 23 Feb SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8641 took off from Moscow (CKL) and flew to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. This aircraft recently returned to Moscow on 19 Feb after a trip to Africa from 16-19 Feb and I expect it will take off later as RFF80X and head south.

On 23 Feb Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841 SUM9125 & RA-76362 SUM9105 took off from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport DJI and flew to Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo MDG.

On 22 Feb Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-78765 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and flew to Mersin Cukurova International Airport TUR. This aircraft flew to Mersin on 08 Feb later flying to Istanbul TUR on 11 Feb.

On 22 Feb Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) Il-76TD CANDID RA-76841 SUM9125 & RA-76362 SUM9105 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and flew to Sharjah UAE. They took off (likely after refueling), RA-76841 landed at Djibouti Ambouli International Airport DJI with RA-76362 following behind.

On 22 Feb Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 took off from Moscow (SVO) and was spoofed flying into UKR. This has become typical for charter airlines and specifically this airline. It will ‘reappear’ later over southern RUS and likely fly out of country.

On 22 Feb RUS Navy Tu-154B-2 CARELESS RF-85856 departed K-Grad Chkalovsk. It arrived on 20 Feb.

On 22 Feb SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82030 RFF8651 took off from an unknown location in RUS and was last tracked descending near Dushanbe TJK. This flight was likely to support the 201st military base located in Dushanbe and Bokhtar.

More flights into/out of Gorno-Altajsk potentially supporting Putin’s alleged compound and nuclear bunker at Altajskoe Podvor’e on the Katun River. On 19 Feb Aviaservice Bombardier Challenger 604 RA-67216 KZN9404 flew from Moscow (VKO) to St P-Burg (LED). It departed on 20 Feb and flew to Kazan.

After dropping off the President of the Republic of Madagascar, Michael Randrianirina, on 22 Feb SFS Il-96 CAMBER RA-96023 RSD802 took off from Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo MDG and is en route to Jeddah SAU. It is scheduled to take off later today and return to Moscow.

There have been some interesting flights into/out of Gorno-Altajsk: On 19 Feb Bombardier Global Express RA-73544 JTC9803 flew from Moscow (VKO) to Gorno-Altajsk. It departed on 20 Feb as RA-73544 and flew to Arkhangelsk (ARH) later flying back to Moscow (VKO).

SFS Il-96 CAMBER RA-96023 RSD800 landed at Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo MDG. We now know the reason for the flights and this is not the first time that RUS has flown the ‘leaders’ of other countries to RUS for talks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKjI...

On 20 Feb one of Putin’s aircraft, Il-96PU CAMBER Airborne Command Post RA-96024 RSD932 flew the ‘Moscow Test Loop’ which could indicate it is getting ready for a trip. This aircraft last flew a test loop on 03 Feb.

On 20 Feb RUS Navy Tu-154B-2 CARELESS RF-85856 took off from St P-Burg Levashovo and is en route to K-Grad.

Finally! On 20 Feb Cubana Airlines Il-96-300 CAMBER CU-T1250 resurfaced and departed Hanoi VNM flying north, likely to CHN. This aircraft was last tracked on 07 Feb returning to Hanoi from the north.

On 20 Feb SFS Il-96 CAMBER RA-96023 RSD800 took off from Moscow (VKO) and is en route to Jeddah SAU. This aircraft stopped in Jeddah on 17-18 Feb while returning from Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo MDG.

On 20 Feb SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82030 RFF8642 took off from Khmejmim Airbase SYR with an anti-SAM maneuver and returned to RUS. Its mission this trip was to deliver Mi-14 HIP helicopters to MDG for humanitarian relief following cyclones Gezani and Fytia.

Middle of the night spoofing: Late on 19 Feb Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 took off from Moscow (ZIA) with a likely destination being the UAE; however, it was spoofed flying directly towards UKR. Once again I believe that this was intentional and done with charter vice military aircraft.

SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82030 RFF803 just popped up over the Mediterranean Sea likely en route to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. The CS/FCN RFF803 suggests that the aircraft took off in LBY.

On 19 Feb SS100 (RA-)89152 flew from Moscow (VKO) to Rostov-on-Don. This aircraft has been tracked regularly since Oct 2025 and flew to Hyderabad IND in Jan 2026 (airshow)

On 19 Feb SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8364 returned from a trip to Africa to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. Approximately five hours later it took off as RFF8642 with an over water anti-SAM maneuver and is en route back to RUS.