๐จ๐ฆ Combat Camera finally posted their #OpLATITUDE pictures from August 11-25 on August 28. Featured prominently was #HMCSRegina, CP-140 Aurora 140108 #C2B1ED, and CH-148 Cyclone 148808 #C2B445.
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MarineTraffic.com screenshot showing the Canadian Coast Guard following at a distance the Chinese (dual use) research vessel
Screenshot from ADSBexchange showing the CP-140 Aurora heading in the direction of the Chinese research vessel in the Arctic.
๐จ๐ณ Chinese dual-use research vessel Xue Long 2 (MMSI:413381260) has returned to the Arctic, shadowed at a distance by CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier (MMSI:316052000) all the way from Japan. It appears #RCAF CP-140 Aurora 140108 #C2B1ED is monitoring Xue Long 2 right now. ๐
screenshot of my spreadsheet documenting the state of the CP-140 Aurora fleet
๐จ๐ฆ 43% (6) of the #RCAF CP-140 Aurora fleet (14) show no indications of being serviceable. 140101 #C2B1A7 is deployed to Keflavik ๐ฎ๐ธ and 140108 #C2B1ED is deployed to Anchorage ๐บ๐ธ.
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๐จ๐ฆ #RCAF CP-140 Aurora 140108 #C2B1ED pictured at Kadena Air Base ๐บ๐ธ in Okinawa ๐ฏ๐ต. #CJOC doesn't have the situational awareness of what's public knowledge or understanding of what jeopardises OPSEC, so they dumb the location down to "Japan" in press releases. ๐
www.dvidshub.net/image/871065... #OpNEON