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Open-source intelligence and verification.
OSINTUpdated open-source intelligence list of US ISTAR and UAV platforms active on 12 August 2026, including MQ-4C Tritons, E-3G Sentries, E-11A BACN, EA-37B Compass Call II, RC-135W Rivet Joint, and P-8A Poseidon aircraft with hex codes and callsigns.
OSINTA B-52H Stratofortress Bomber Task Force mission from Minot AFB to South America was canceled in-flight on 10 August 2026 after a supporting tanker problem, with a reattempt expected soon.
OSINTDefenceGeek releases a detailed open-source order of battle for US fast-jets in CENTCOM as of 10 August 2026, with 237 airframes, including two F-15E and one A-10C lost, and identified crashes of two 494th FS aircraft.
OSINTImagery from Sirik, Hormozgan Province, Iran shows what appears to be a downed Chinese-made UAV operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF/KSA).
OSINTA Chinese-made UAV, likely operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force, reportedly crashed in Sirik, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
OSINTAn E-3G Sentry aircraft, callsign SHUCK84, has departed Ramstein Airbase and is heading to Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia as part of a Sentry swap.
OSINTOn July 26, 2026, a Houthi attack on an Aramco facility in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, produced a large smoke plume captured by Sentinel-2 at coordinates 16.87, 42.56.
OSINTAn OSINT account shares geolocation of an approximate strike site in Mukha, Yemen, pointing to coordinates 13.31092, 43.23097.
OSINTOpen-source reports indicate heightened U.S. Air Force jet movements over Maysan and Baghdad provinces in Iraq.
OSINTTen U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft are currently active in an unspecified region, according to OSINT reports.
OSINTMultiple US Air Force tankers and an E-3G AWACS are active over the Strait of Hormuz tonight, according to OSINT flight tracking data.
OSINTUnidentified jets were spotted flying east over northeastern Tehran, Iran.
OSINTU.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer 86-0120 'Whiskey Pete' has launched on its fourth training sortie of the day from RAF Fairford, operating under callsign OWLET66.
OSINTOpen-source intelligence account @GEOIMINT shared a geolocation of footage showing a destroyed Iranian ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun position with a visible GBU-39 wing fragment.
OSINTDefenceGeek reports E-3G SHUCK85 (AE11D6) departing Saudi Arabia for Germany, while replacement SHUCK84 (AE11E5) returned to Tinker AFB due to a possible fault.
OSINTA leaked Iranian Army Air Defense Force document reveals the relocation of a Kavosh radar system to southern Iran in late July.
OSINTOSINT analysis reveals the reentry vehicle of Iran's Kheybershekan missile, featuring a 4-element CRPA for jamming-resistant GPS/GLONASS navigation and heat shielding.
OSINTAn OSINT observer noted jet activity in the skies over Syria and Jordan on August 4, 2026, without further details.
OSINTJet activity was observed over Najaf, Iraq on August 2, 2026.
OSINTShin reports intensive jet activity along the Iraq-Kuwait-Iran border strip and over Iraq on August 1, 2026.
OSINTSeveral aircraft have reportedly departed from Merhabad airport in Tehran.
OSINTUSAF KC-135R tanker 63-8017, damaged in a fatal mid-air collision in March 2026, has been detected pinging at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion with new callsign RCH564, indicating a possible return to the US.
OSINTOpen-source reports indicate low-altitude warplane activity over the Nineveh Plain in northern Iraq.
OSINTAn OSINT analyst shared a satellite timelapse confirming that a location near the Iran-Iraq border was targeted on July 22, 2026, but received no media coverage.