ETAR 25-03-2009

[poldertoren]

After a long journey due to heavy snow fall in the Ardennes we arrived at a very cold and windy Ramstein around 10 am and saw the following:

70-0451 C-5A 433AW
86-0021 C-5B 439AW
87-0027 C-5B 436AW

89-1192 C-17A 437AW
96-0004 C-17A 437AW
01-0195 C-17A 437AW
02-1106 C-17A 62AW
03-3114 C-17A 172AW
03-3126 C-17A 305AW
04-4135 C-17A 305AW
07-7181 C-17A 437AW

58-0072 KC-135T 171ARW PA ANG

99-1431 C-130J 143AW RI ANG
05-1435 C-130J 143AW RI ANG
73-1598 C-130H 317AG Dyess

locals:
62-1833 C-13OE 37AS
63-7884 C-130E 37AS
63-7897 C-130E 37AS
64-0527 C-130E 37AS
68-10935 C-130E 37AS
70-1260 C-130E 37AS "37AS"
70-1271 C-130E 37AS "86OG"
72-1299 C-130E 37AS

02-0042 C-40B 89 AW

84-0110 C-21A 86 AW

When we drove away at 12:04 a C-17A from Mississippi came in can anybody help us with that one??

Thanks in advance

All the best,

Hans & Joost

[Starman]

The sun was just beginning to peep thru at 14.30 when the following additional C-17As were noted:

50106 437th
00181 62nd
21100 437th
21109 62nd
44131 305th

So, sorry, no extra Mississippi noted. Landing at around 15.00 was 70043, which I am 99% sure had a "March" tail band.