El Centro (KNJK/NJK) 2022

[747woody]

31/1/22 and 1/2/22

T-45C TW-1 'A'

100/165472
110/165089
112/165091
121/165464
126/165469
128/165471
132/165475
140/165483
141/165484
152/165495
153/165496
155/165498
159/165601
163/165605
165/165607
170/165612
171/165613
175/165617
178/165620
186/165628
195/167103

Edit: corrected a typo, 142 should've been 132.

VMA-223 AV-8B 'WP'

03/165595
06/165592
12/164569
16/165004
17/165585
19/165307
20/165310
23/165385
47/165417

TAV-8B
35/164122
36/164542

+1?

Blue Angels F/A-18E

1/165534
2/165782
2/
3/
4/165665
5/165536
5/165539
5/165666
6/165661
7/ F
7/ F
-/

CH-53E HMH-46? YF076/163076 departed 31/1/22 after hover tests

T-34C

31/
937/

Visitors

31/1/22
UC-35 165939 pattern work

2/2/22
CMV-22B 21/169446 'RUDY21' pattern work

[AndyMarden]

Thanks Chris. Extra AV-8s noted on 27 Jan 22:
15/163207
26/
30/
32/ (TAV-8B)
33/ (TAV-8B)

For what it's worth, the missing Blue Angels were:
2/165540
3/ (hangared)
4/165573 (two 4s)
7/165679
7/ (hangared)

[747woody]

Thanks Chris. Extra AV-8s noted on 27 Jan 22:
15/163207
26/
30/
32/ (TAV-8B)
33/ (TAV-8B)

For what it's worth, the missing Blue Angels were:
2/165540
3/ (hangared)
4/165573 (two 4s)
7/165679
7/ (hangared)

Thanks Andy.

Presume some AV-8s were operating from Yuma ?

[AndyMarden]

Didn't see any flying there.

[CJ]

TAV-8B WP-33 is 163857. This was photographed at Yuma on January 28. One more AV-8 was caught in takeoff, but on slide film...will have to wait a while.
Cheers.

[747woody]

There's a photo of TAV-8B WP32/163196 on the Imperial Valley Spotters FB group

[The DJ]

Thanks Chris. Extra AV-8s noted on 27 Jan 22:

26/

For what it's worth, the missing Blue Angels were:
2/165540
3/ (hangared)
4/165573 (two 4s)
7/165679
7/ (hangared)

AV-8B /26 is 165566. This and a few others were seen in Amarillo couple days ago.
F/A18 165663 flew as /3 the week before.
Is /4 a typo for 165673, Andy? And with two /7's would that mean they have three F/A-18F's now?

[Melchior Timmers]

Thanks Chris. Extra AV-8s noted on 27 Jan 22:
15/163207

How sure is this one? I was also reported to AMARG from 05aug21.

[747woody]

Thanks Chris. Extra AV-8s noted on 27 Jan 22:

26/

For what it's worth, the missing Blue Angels were:
2/165540
3/ (hangared)
4/165573 (two 4s)
7/165679
7/ (hangared)

AV-8B /26 is 165566. This and a few others were seen in Amarillo couple days ago.
F/A18 165663 flew as /3 the week before.
Is /4 a typo for 165673, Andy? And with two /7's would that mean they have three F/A-18F's now?

According to the database they have three Fs 165673, 674, 679

[AndyMarden]

Blue Angels 4 was indeed a typo - should read 165673
I can only guess 163207/15 was a mispole, but that's what it was recorded as.

[747woody]

I can only guess 163207/15 was a mispole, but that's what it was recorded as.

163207 is a TAV-8B .......

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59502827@N05/33427162408

[Melchior Timmers]

163207 is a TAV-8B .......

Yes, but it's stored at AMARG since 2021

[747woody]

All the other TAV-8Bs were coded in the '30's, so seems odd that one would be coded '15' (so supports the mispole theory).

[SBGrad]

Nimitz came in to North Island just a few hours after Vinson on Monday, and left yesterday (Tues). I can only hope that all those Goshawks are headed out here when they are finished in El Centro.

Oh, and some actual El Centro news-- they haven't announced the date, but the T-Birds social media HAS confirmed that they have plans to visit El Centro at some point before the season opens.

[Melchior Timmers]

All the other TAV-8Bs were coded in the '30's, so seems odd that one would be coded '15' (so supports the mispole theory).

164122/WP-35 was seen at Mesa Gateway the same day as some of the other TAV-8B's at El Centro, so a likely candidate?