Hello,
Currently hurricane Delta is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico making landfall somewhere between the city if Houston, TX and New Orleans, LA.
For this reason the following have evacuated their home bases:
Keesler AFB C-130’s to Lackland AFB.
NAS Whiting Field T-6’s to NAS Jacksonville and Cecil Field.
Fort Polk AAF helos to Hood AAF. These included the Fort Polk helos but also the 2-25th AVN helos that deployed from Hawaii.
Columbus AFB T-6’s and some T-1's to Alliance AP and Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.
The following T-6's were noted at Alliance Oct 9/10, 2020: 95-3003, 97-3014, 97-3020, 97-3021, 98-3035, 98-3539, 98-3540, 98-3542, 98-3544, 99-3562, 00-3570, 00-3575, 00-3581, 00-3583, 00-3591, 02-3646, 02-3651, 02-3652, 02-3657, 02-3658, 02-3662, 03-3677, 03-3701, 03-3702, 03-3704, 04-3718, 04-3749, 04-3754, 04-3755, 04-3757, 05-3777, 05-3787, 06-3815, 06-3817, 06-3834, 06-3837*, 06-3840, 06-3845, 06-3855, 06-3859, 08-3930. That's 41 T-6's. 06-3837 is painted in their heritage paint scheme.
The following T-1's were noted at Alliance Oct 9/10, 2020: 90-0413, 94-0137, 94-0142, 94-0148, 95-0040, 95-0043 (43 BS heritage paint scheme), 95-046, 95-0051, 95-0056, 95-0058, 95-0060, 95-0062, 95-0068.
NAS New Orleans F-15’s and F/A-18’s to NAS Fort Worth (only partial 8 F-15’s and 6 F/A-18’s).
F-15's noted: 78-0536, 78-0539, 80-0029, 82-0010, 82-0017, 82-0037, 83-0012, 83-0041.
F/A-18's noted: 164201/AF-405*, 164204/AF-404, 164217/AF-406, 164264/AF-400*, 164647/AF-407, .../AF-412*. F/A-18's marked with a * are in the dark grey aggressor paint scheme.
Demo teams that were at Houston EFD for the upcoming air show this weekend evacuated the F-22’s (01-4027/TY and 02-4036/TY) and F-35’s (17-3258/HL and 17-3270/HL) to NAS Fort Worth and the A-10’s (81-0980 (ex Spang) and 80-0275 camo c/s) and F-16’s (93-0540/SW and 94-0047/SW* *: Viper paint scheme) to Alliance AP. All left their evac bases on Saturday Oct 10 early in the morning back to Ellington.
Cheers,
Tally.
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