ZP806 - Guernsey's Reply... nice figure of eight maneuver in there! #poseidon #thoiranaire
RAF P-8, ZP806, active over the Irish Sea earlier today.
Hopefully just training and no-one's lurking over the pipes.
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Hopefully just training and no-one's lurking over the pipes.
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September 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
ZP806 - Guernsey's Reply... nice figure of eight maneuver in there! #poseidon #thoiranaire
Assuming this is #StrikeWarrior26: with increased activity out of RAF Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/more-mi...
September 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Assuming this is #StrikeWarrior26: with increased activity out of RAF Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/more-mi...
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: strategic adjacency & prospective Norwegian Sea interdiction... #highnorth #thoiranaire
"Currently, no one controls the #Bear #Gap. But Russian activities in the area have become more assertive over the past few years. #Russia’s strategy to establish control over this stretch of water seems to depend, fundamentally, on destabilising #Norway." theconversation.com/russias-push...
Russia’s push to control Arctic waterway presents Europe with a daunting challenge
The Bear Gap is as vital to Russian military strategy as it is to Europe’s future security.
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June 25, 2026 at 6:54 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: strategic adjacency & prospective Norwegian Sea interdiction... #highnorth #thoiranaire
Quick timelapse showing RAF P-8 tracks out of Lossiemouth over the last week - there appears to be a general trend of the aircraft moving their operational areas from the north east to south west, maybe tracking something off Norway into the Atlantic off Ireland, but that is pure speculation.
May 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
ZP808 - is (to my knowledge) unnamed at this time... #poseidon #thoiranaire
Anything exciting for #RAF #P8 #Poseidon off #Skaw #Skagen #DK #Denmark besides Akademik N. Strakhov #AkademikNStrakhov 8211174 inbound?
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September 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
ZP808 - is (to my knowledge) unnamed at this time... #poseidon #thoiranaire
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Manned-unmanned teaming initiative for #highnorth ISR/ASW. How might that work with future joint patrols with RAF Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire
‘The threat is there’: Germany to pair P-8s with MQ-9 drones to keep an eye on Russian subs
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/the-threat-is-there-germany-to-pair-p-8s-with-mq-9-drones-to-keep-an-eye-on-russian-subs/
‘The threat is there’: Germany to pair P-8s with MQ-9 drones to keep an eye on Russian subs
“The MQ-9B will be the first [unmanned] system we operate with it — the idea is to have those working closely with the aircraft, but step by step,” said Capt. Broder Nielsen, head of the German Naval Aviation Command.
breakingdefense.com
June 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Manned-unmanned teaming initiative for #highnorth ISR/ASW. How might that work with future joint patrols with RAF Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire
Yes, that is the E-7 Wedgetail AEW MK1 (#01) on the tarmac... #GIUK-NGap #thoiranaire
I am obliged to sound (a personal) #GIUK-NGap klaxon. I'm here at QRA-1 North: RAF Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The homebase of the UK's P-8A Poseidon MRA1 fleet, the central airborne platform for maritime patrol capability in the Gap... #thoiranaire #atlanticbastion 1/3
August 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Yes, that is the E-7 Wedgetail AEW MK1 (#01) on the tarmac... #GIUK-NGap #thoiranaire
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Until now, British & US Poseidons have generally operated from Keflavík in Iceland or RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland when flying missions north of Russia's Kola Peninsula..." #thoiranaire #highnorth
This week, two British aircraft — an RC-135 Rivet Joint and a P-8 Poseidon — took off from Ørland and Evenes air bases in Norway before flying missions over the Northern Fleet's backyard north of the Kola Peninsula.
Norway softens self-imposed restrictions on allied surveillance aircraft monitoring Russia's nuclear fleet
Norway's reluctance to allow military surveillance aircraft from other NATO members to use airports in the country while flying missions over the Russian sector of the Barents Sea now appears to be a ...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
August 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Until now, British & US Poseidons have generally operated from Keflavík in Iceland or RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland when flying missions north of Russia's Kola Peninsula..." #thoiranaire #highnorth
I am obliged to sound (a personal) #GIUK-NGap klaxon. I'm here at QRA-1 North: RAF Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The homebase of the UK's P-8A Poseidon MRA1 fleet, the central airborne platform for maritime patrol capability in the Gap... #thoiranaire #atlanticbastion 1/3
August 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I am obliged to sound (a personal) #GIUK-NGap klaxon. I'm here at QRA-1 North: RAF Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The homebase of the UK's P-8A Poseidon MRA1 fleet, the central airborne platform for maritime patrol capability in the Gap... #thoiranaire #atlanticbastion 1/3
A further personal #GIUK-NGap klaxon. RAF Lossiemouth is a frontline base. From the RU perspective, it sits in the World Oceans, proximate to the Far Seas Zone & covering the Gap, the #atlanticbastion & the broader #highnorth. Kaushal & Black (RUSI, 2025) assert an RU... #thoiranaire 1/6
August 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A further personal #GIUK-NGap klaxon. RAF Lossiemouth is a frontline base. From the RU perspective, it sits in the World Oceans, proximate to the Far Seas Zone & covering the Gap, the #atlanticbastion & the broader #highnorth. Kaushal & Black (RUSI, 2025) assert an RU... #thoiranaire 1/6
And I don't want any of you QRA Typhoon fans to feel left out... #thoiranaire
August 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
And I don't want any of you QRA Typhoon fans to feel left out... #thoiranaire
Lastly, given the frontline status of RAF Lossiemouth, there are some interesting perspectives on its own sense of evolving preparedness from this Inside air podcast from October 2025... #thoiranaire 6/6 open.spotify.com/episode/6907...
Ep 126: Warfighting Mindset at Lossiemouth
InsideAIR · Episode
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August 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Lastly, given the frontline status of RAF Lossiemouth, there are some interesting perspectives on its own sense of evolving preparedness from this Inside air podcast from October 2025... #thoiranaire 6/6 open.spotify.com/episode/6907...
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon: "The exercise unfolded across waters off Norway & Iceland... Critical shipping lanes & undersea infrastructure make the #highnorth essential to both NATO security & global stability" #thoiranaire #dynamicmongoose www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...
Sub-hunting in the High North: RAF Poseidon Leads NATO Training
RAF Lossiemouth’s Poseidon P-8A Force has taken centre stage in Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2026, delivering the UK’s air power contribution to one of NATO’s premier anti-sub...
www.raf.mod.uk
June 7, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon: "The exercise unfolded across waters off Norway & Iceland... Critical shipping lanes & undersea infrastructure make the #highnorth essential to both NATO security & global stability" #thoiranaire #dynamicmongoose www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...
#DeutscheMarine #RAF RAF poseidon MRA1 / germany navy ISR aircraft seen together earlier this afternoon over the waters between denmark and norway - aircraft appear to have been paying attention to something specific in the skagerrak and north sea. #GNY4511 #3EA8B0 #RFR7048
August 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🚨🇷🇺🚢📍🇳🇴
LNG tanker 🇷🇺 PORTOVYY (IMO 9246621) continues north towards the Norwegian Sea, reportedly bound for Murmansk.
🇷🇺 ADMIRAL KASATONOV is still escorting her.
Off Norway, a 🇬🇧 RAF P-8A Poseidon spent ~90 minutes monitoring the two vessels west of Trondheim.
LNG tanker 🇷🇺 PORTOVYY (IMO 9246621) continues north towards the Norwegian Sea, reportedly bound for Murmansk.
🇷🇺 ADMIRAL KASATONOV is still escorting her.
Off Norway, a 🇬🇧 RAF P-8A Poseidon spent ~90 minutes monitoring the two vessels west of Trondheim.
August 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: "reflecting how thoroughly the P-8A has become NATO & allied aviation’s default maritime patrol aircraft...". Contract to 2031 & a reminder training infrastructure is essential for maintaining this capability for #highnorth ISR/ASW/ASUW... #thoiranaire
The U.S. Navy handed Boeing up to $880M to keep the crews of its submarine-hunting jets combat-ready. The P-8A Poseidon flies for nine allied nations, and all of them rely on the same Boeing training system.
defence-blog.com/boeing-wins-...
defence-blog.com/boeing-wins-...
Boeing wins $880M deal for P-8A training systems
The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a contract with a ceiling of $880 million on June 18, with no funds obligated at award, to provide training systems for the P-8A Poseidon, the workhorse aircraft the Navy ...
defence-blog.com
June 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: "reflecting how thoroughly the P-8A has become NATO & allied aviation’s default maritime patrol aircraft...". Contract to 2031 & a reminder training infrastructure is essential for maintaining this capability for #highnorth ISR/ASW/ASUW... #thoiranaire
Lastly, looping back to the Remote Radar Head. It's the Control Reporting Centre (CRC) at RAF Boulmer, via the RRH's feeding into ASACS, that coordinates the UK's Quick Reaction Alert operations. Which links back to where my journey started - at RAF Lossiemouth as QRA 1 - North... #thoiranaire / end
August 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Lastly, looping back to the Remote Radar Head. It's the Control Reporting Centre (CRC) at RAF Boulmer, via the RRH's feeding into ASACS, that coordinates the UK's Quick Reaction Alert operations. Which links back to where my journey started - at RAF Lossiemouth as QRA 1 - North... #thoiranaire / end
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Exercise Midnight Warrior also demonstrated RAF capacity to conduct sustained operational sorties from deployed locations in the North Atlantic & #highnorth". Using 42 (TB) Squadron out of Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...
First UK P-8A Poseidon Flies to the North Pole
A crew from 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron has marked a significant achievement by flying the first UK P-8A Poseidon (Poseidon) mission to the North Pole, demonstrating the ...
www.raf.mod.uk
July 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Exercise Midnight Warrior also demonstrated RAF capacity to conduct sustained operational sorties from deployed locations in the North Atlantic & #highnorth". Using 42 (TB) Squadron out of Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "As an extension of this, we have carried out patrol missions with crews made up of both British & Norwegian personnel. This is completely unique in the context of maritime patrol aircraft..." #thoiranaire #highnorth en.highnorthnews.com/politics/uni...
Unique Norway-UK Cooperation on Maritime Surveillance in the High North
Evenes (High North News): Cooperation between Norway and the UK on maritime patrol aircraft has progressed to the point where missions can be carried out by Norwegian-British crews. “This is unique,” ...
en.highnorthnews.com
August 23, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "As an extension of this, we have carried out patrol missions with crews made up of both British & Norwegian personnel. This is completely unique in the context of maritime patrol aircraft..." #thoiranaire #highnorth en.highnorthnews.com/politics/uni...