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Marine - Cobras, Huey's, Howitzers and 4th grade teacher. Occasional aircraft tracker and aviation safety nerd 🇺🇦 🇬🇪

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10m
US prepares for possible renewed fighting. - N12 citing US official
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 1h
Well over 1000 km from Ukraine. Awesome work!
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 4h
My latest writing in @warsight.bsky.social
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 1h
Time for NATO to step up. The war against Europe is going on right now. Make a difference. It's time for NATO to start shooting down drones over Ukraine.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 2h
RRR7202, RC-135W RIVET JOINT ISR aircraft out of Waddington is returning to base after completing their surveillance mission along the russian border in the Baltics.
RRR7202, RC-135W RIVET JOINT ISR aircraft out of Waddington is returning to base after completing their surveillance mission along the russian border in the Baltics.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 2h
A Saudi Arabia SAAB 2000 AEW&C out of Jeddah is heading southeast most likely to keep an eye on the Yemeni border.
A Saudi Arabia SAAB 2000 AEW&C out of Jeddah is heading southeast most likely to keep an eye on the Yemeni border.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 2h
Another ship in the Strait of Hormuz has been struck by a projectile of some kind at 1122 UTC. This is why it costs between $6-10 million a trip to insure a very large oil carrier in the Persian Gulf.
UKMTO warning of another ship being struck in the Strait of Hormuz.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 2h
It's bomb the Houthis time again. A RAF KC-2, RRR9215 out of Akrotiri is returning home after working over the Red Sea and southern Saudi Arabia.
It's bomb the Houthis time again. A RAF KC-2, RRR9215 out of Akrotiri is returning home after working over the Red Sea and southern Saudi Arabia.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 3h
This is exactly why moving oil is so expensive right now. Even if your cargo makes it through safely, you're still paying exorbitant insurance costs. Per trip cost increased from 0.15-0.25 percent to 6-10 percent of the hull value. An increase of about 40 times.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 5h
Since the beginning of August, Iran has launched about 30 drone attacks and 10 anti-ship missile attacks per week against commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the data shared by a Western security official.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 7h
A Russian Su-35 reportedly shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in a friendly-fire incident over the Voronezh region on October 1. The Su-35 crew allegedly mistook the helicopter for a drone while responding to a large-scale UAV attack. All three Mi-8 crew members were killed. #Russia
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 14h
If this and the Fairford fiasco are actually linked to Iran we may be seeing the beginning of Iran mobilizing their cells around the world. If that's so it tells me that they know the negotiations are going nowhere.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
A sensible appointment. The NY does not normally prosecute criminal cases, but this is an exceptional one.
nytimes.com
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 15h
UKMTO WARNING 147-26
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 14h
Dropping all your eggs in the oil basket. Sorry PACOM, nobody cares about Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, or the Philippines.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 15h
Photo from Sanaa after the strikes
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 17h
Iran Update, October 1, 2026: Houthi forces temporarily disrupted a section of the Yemeni government-aligned forces’ primary ground line of communication between Taiz City and Aden City on October 1 to isolate Yemeni government-aligned forces in Taiz City. Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate10... (1/4)
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h
The Royal Saudi Air Force is carrying out airstrikes on the Houthi stronghold in Sanaa, Yemen.
A fire in the distance at night. Buildings in the foreground
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
"The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East, according to U.S. officials, adding 9,000 to 10,000 more troops to the region." Trump obviously wants to fire all remaining missiles and drones, to insure none are left.
wsj.com
U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East
The deployments come as President Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms.
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 22h
Last ca 72h at least 5 unknown NATO warships have been operating with unusual 'running patrol' or readiness track by Skagen, ie entry to Baltic Sea and also commonly a loiter spot for Russia. A few hours ago area was passed by Russian Syrian express, possible destroyer-escorted.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 19h
A Chinese Air Force, JUN30477, Shaanxi KJ-500A AEW&C aircraft is operating in the Taiwan Strait.
A Chinese Air Force, JUN30477, Shaanxi KJ-500A AEW&C  aircraft is operating in the Taiwan Strait.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 19h
The boys be makin stuff up to keep der leader placated.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Over 4,000 Texans showed up for James Talarico in Ken Paxton's home county 👀
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ukraine used its domestically-designed and produced FP-7 tactical ballistic missile for the first time in combat, with good results.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 23h
New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026
❗️Russian sources report seven people were killed in the explosion at the Krasnozavodsk Chemical Plant in Moscow region. Workshop No. 4 reportedly collapsed completely and a fire continues. The plant produces ammunition and explosives, including for Shahed drones. #Russia
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 23h
Bastards waited as long as possible before spending the money. Lives lost because of republicans.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
U.K.-Iranian Man Arrested in London in Connection to Air Base Incident www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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U.K.-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident (Gift Article)
British counterterrorism police said that a 27-year-old British-Iranian dual national had been arrested on Thursday.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An increase in clashes between the Houthis and Yemen government forces. Government reports of dozens of Houthis casualties. www.trtworld.com/article/775b...
trtworld.com
TRT World - Dozens of Houthis killed as clashes intensify in Yemen's Taiz: govt
Fighting has intensified across Yemen since July, ending the relative calm that had largely prevailed since the UN-brokered truce took effect in April 2022.
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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A 27-year-old dual British and Iranian national has been arrested in London over the activity near RAF Fairford at the weekend, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dual-uk-iran...
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Dual UK-Iranian national held in Fairford terror inquiry
A 27-year-old dual British and Iranian national has been arrested in London over the activity near RAF Fairford at the weekend, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026
One of the plant buildings is still burning. #Russia
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Peace talks are hard, so let's drop more bombs and kill more Iranian civilians.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd take this news with a large grain of salt. Obviously the Saudis want as much help as possible from outside sources and what better way than "the massive Houthis invasion of Saudi Arabia". More likely the Houthis are in full mobilization mode to match Yemen/Saudi forces who are doing the same.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The search continues for the missing person aboard the medevac helicopter that crashed last night off Catalina Island. A Coast Guard MH-60T is in a search pattern off the southeast coast www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
MH-60T in a search pattern off Catalina Island.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
State law should never allow you to kill your children
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Iranian President Pezeshkian says Tehran will continue pursuing dialogue with Washington despite previous attacks during negotiations, according to Tasnim.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everything every SF author has ever written is true. We are being led by the stupidest people in the history of the world.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026
“The front is where Independence is won,” President Zelensky said, thanking Ukraine’s defenders for protecting the country, its values, its right to exist and its future. “When we say Ukraine is holding, this resilience begins precisely at the front.” #Ukraine
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tick tock tick tock, Izhevsk is certainly in range. Only a matter of time.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/09/2026
OSINT researchers say they geolocated production of Russia’s Harpy-A1 strike drone to the former Izhevsk Mechanical Plant site, now owned by IEMZ Kupol. Building No. 12 was identified as the final assembly workshop for the Shahed-136-based drone. #Russia
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A P-8A out of Whidbey Island is spending the afternoon in a search pattern over the Pacific west of Seattle.
A P-8A out of Whidbey Island is spending the afternoon in a search pattern over the Pacific west of Seattle.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OLIVE31, 62-4131, RC-135W Rivet Joint ISR aircraft is out of Omaha flying northeast across Canada. Expect they will wind up at RAF Mildenhall. It's been a few months since OLIVE31 has left Omaha.
OLIVE31, 62-4131, RC-135W Rivet Joint ISR aircraft is out of Omaha flying northeast across Canada. Expect they will wind up at RAF Mildenhall. It's been a few months since OLIVE31 has left Omaha.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Geez, wonder why the price of diesel jumped so much after tfg invaded Iran? Surely that didn't have anything to do with it
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/09/2026
Ukrainian F-16 pilots have downed more than 3,150 aerial targets, including 666 cruise missiles and around 2,500 UAVs of various types, Ukraine’s Air Force says. F-16s have also conducted more than 650 airstrikes against Russian ground targets. #Ukraine
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing work considering it's estimated that there are only 25-35 operational F-16s in Ukraine right now. Just imagine what could be done if NATO countries actually opened the door to sending combat ready F-16s in numbers to Ukraine. Why wait till they're retired? Let them fight now!
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More activity in the SoH: A tanker heading into the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday, citing a verified source. Authorities are investigating.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
Trump rallies: now with complimentary down-ballot damage.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another crude oil tanker has been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
UKMTO has received a time-late report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz.
A verified source has reported that a crude oil tanker has been struck on the port side by an unknown projectile.
Authorities are investigating.
Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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