Today it was reported by @thetimes and @SameralAtrush that the US transported a captured Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft system from Tripoli, Libya after the Government of National Accord (GNA) took it intact from the Libyan National Army (LNA) May 18th.

1/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-missile-system-spirited-out-of-libya-by-us-hjjtz0kd2

Photos shared by @anadoluimages showed on May 20th that a visibly intact Pantsir S-1 system was being paraded by militias thru the streets of Tripoli after the pivotal battle at Watiya Air Base. I believe it was this unit that the article mentions.

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The article above tells how a USAF C-17 transported the system out of Tripoli, Libya & flew it to Ramstein. This particular flight description matches what I made a thread about in regards to the June 5th flight of USAF C-17A 10-0215 #AE4D68 using callsign RCH147 to Libya.

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C-17A 10-0215 #AE4D68 did not return directly to Ramstein, however. It made a trip to Ankara, Turkey the next day. This flight had data openly transmitted via ADS-B signals that could be seen on @adsbexchange. What they were doing over in Turkey is unknown.

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What I discovered after the post back in June was that I had posted the data on the 2nd of 2 trips made by C-17A 10-0215 #AE4D68. It's first flight to Libya was actually on the 3rd of June and stayed overnight, returning to Ramstein on the 4th of June.

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Going back far enough, we can see that the sortie of USAF C-17A RCH147 10-0215 #AE4D68 started off flying from it's home base at JB Charleston, SC on the 23rd of May, a mere 3 days after the Pantsir S-1 was paraded thru the streets of Tripoli, Libya.

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As such, C-17A 10-0215 returned to JB Charleston, SC June 7th, the day after flying to Ramstein. Once the Pantsir was delivered, the article doesn't mention where it went after.

In ending, I want to thank @Simon85205764 for bringing the @thetimes article to my attention.

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