06-05-2025, 11:16 AM
(06-04-2025, 08:19 AM)dabigv13 Wrote: More video released from the FPV attack. 2 A-50 AWACS planes were hit- Russia had 6 of them prior to this attack, so a third of their fleet likely permanently disabled.
A bit more on this. In Google Earth (workstation version), you can step back through historical images. A-50s have been parked on these pads continually since 5/2015. Here are dates and number of A-50s (well, all I can tell is they are aircraft of the same size & shape, with radome).
5/2015 through 10/2020 (generally images every 3 months) 9 A-50s plus 2 similar planes without the radome (with numbers visible on wings)
On 8/9/2018, there is a 10th A-50 on the taxiway.
After 10/2020,
5/2021 and 8/2021 9 A-50s (same layout of all 9 since 5/2015) The other 2 planes are gone.
10/2021, 5/2022, 6/2022, 7/2022 9 A-50s (one has changed to a different position)
8/2023 7 A-50s
8/6/2023 is the latest image of this location.
I kinda doubt that none of these planes were flown from 5/2015 to 7/2022, but they appear to never have moved. I believe this means that we are not seeing them move, rather than they never moved. I expect that goes for the two that were the target of drones.
