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Stuartking076 wrote:Has Blue 91 landed yet with the Delivery of F-16's, destined for the Iraq Air Force,
Retro 42 & 45 headed to Pease AFB one jet had a issue, the other 3 flew onward with the tanker,

c/s Retro 41, 43, 44

The two jets that diverted to Pease were 1625 and 1633. They departed on the 27th.

SD

Approximately 20 Homestead F-16s on ramp at Fort Worth. Additional arrivals expected from Key West, Beaufort and Navy Jax (up to 100 aircraft total) with possibility of Tyndall & Eglin as well. Yesterday F/A-18C(N) from VMFA-312 arrived as 'Check63'. VMFA-115 and VMFA(AW)-224 ('Hellcat..') noted...

Thanks for the correction. I assumed this was F-16IQ since last batch of new-build to them had been scheduled some time ago for this month, but apparently it has been pushed back.

SD

The last F-16s to be manufactured in Fort Worth departed today (2 Sep) at aprx 1100Z (0600 LT) as Retro11 flight for delivery to Iraq. Tanker was KC-10A 86-0032 Blue61. These are the final F-16s to be built for Iraq. Some remain in the US for training.

SD

A bit of news that went largely unnoticed but deserves mention here was the deactivation of the 306th MI Bn at Fort Hood last September. This unit flew the Beech 300 MARSS aircraft (not the Beech 350ER EMARSS) and deployed to Afghanistan; its sister squadron, the 206th (which deploys to Iraq area) r...

VMR-1 to relocate from Cherry Point to Fort Worth by end FY17 and become reserve unit with 4th MAW. Per article, the two C-9Bs (161529 & 161530) were divested in April. However, they are not showing up on AMARG inventory--anyone know their status? VMR-1 to augment VR-59 until former receives its...

MC-12S-3 11-00287 EMARSS-V Ronin22 on ADS-B currently (1515Z/1015L 15Jun17) airborne south of Waco, TX. Appears to be flying circuits at L-3/Waco (KCNW). The 'Ronin' callsign seems to be associated with aircraft temporarily in use by L-3. SD EDIT:-rh226 is right, the 'Ronin' callsign is 15MIB. I hav...

09-00646 flying a test track out of L-3/KGVT today as 00646.

SD

Per a recent article in DefenseNews as of this year there will only be one F/A-18 UDP rotation to Japan at a time, ostensibly since there are now two permanently forward-deployed squadrons (-121 & -242) at Iwakuni. Perhaps this will change when -242 eventually relocates to Miramar. VMFA-121 repl...

Two more F-35Bs have been noted at Iwakuni on 14 February: 169164/VK-00 and 169295/VK-09. These would appear to be two of the three previously unidentified aircraft that arrived on 19 January (and not part of the additional six--not scheduled to arrive until this summer). This leaves VK-02 as the li...

Arrival: 85-0038 C-130H2 908AW 'Hank38' 14-02-17 Noted on ADS-B 13-02-17 westbound over Dallas-Fort Worth area with 85-0041 'Hank41' in trail; '41 noted on return flight eastbound the next day. (85-0042 from unit to AMARG 01-17.) The 908th is replacing their aircraft with newer ones (also H2s) from ...

Does anyone have any additional info (units, serials, & modex tie-ups) for the military aircraft seen in static park? (Perhaps this was covered in BAR, SEAR, etc.) A-6 (USMC) C-141A F-4J VF-121/NJ-1xx UH-1H CH-53A HMH-777/QM-4xx CH-54(B?) P-3 T-38A Thx, SD P.S. There might have been other aircra...

The four VFA-125 aircraft fuel-stopped at NASJRB Fort Worth (NFW) on Tuesday January 24 as RAIDR11-14.

SD

KC-10A 84-0189 305AMW (PETRO81?) noted dragging F-35s final leg to Iwakuni.

SD

Another F-35 departure was VK-08. One of two supporting C-17As departing Yuma was 02-1109 of 62AW. Also a KC-10 noted departing. (Anyone catch the Coronet callsigns?)

First F-35s scheduled to arrive at Iwakuni Wednesday, rest by Thursday.

SD