Fort Worth NAS JRB/Carswell Field, TX (NFW) - 2011 MIL

[tally]

Here some notes from last Friday.

The QF-4 was in town to perform a fly over together with three F-16's of the Spads (Spad 21/23) at the DFW national cemetery. Two MIA fighter pilots were laid to rest that were discovered at a crash site in Laos. Their F-4 was shot down in November 1969.

Visitors:
EA-6B VAQ-209
161118/AF-502 as Vader 91

F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-553
164714/ED-11, 164872/ED-07 as Hawk 81/82
164959/ED-01 as Hawk 83
164870/ED-15 as Hawk 84

F-16C AZ ANG "AT"
86-0245, 86-0241, 84-1278

QF-4E 82 ATRS "HD"
72-0162 as Phantom 01

SH-60 unk
ukn as Navy SA19


Locals:
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS "TX"
85-1472, 85-1449, 85-1479 as Spad 21/23
85-1457 “457 FS”, 86-0246, 85-1468, 85-1556, 85-1554 as Spad 91/95

F-16C LMTAS
84-1234

F/A-18A VMFA-112
162430/MA-03 as Cowboy 31
162882/MA-08 as Cowboy 41

C-9B VR-46
161529/529 as Navy JS 529

C-40A VR-59
165830/830 as Convoy 4184
165833/833 as Navy 833

Cheers,

Tally

[Joris Heeren]

Hi Tally,

Here some notes from last Friday.

Visitors:
F-16C AZ ANG "AZ"
86-0254, 86-0241, 84-1278

Could you please confirm the first one, 86-0254, since this one was inducted into AMARG on 23 June 2010.
I believe the tail code should actually be "AT", is this correct?

MTIA,
Joris

[Le Addeur noir]

VR-59 at the JRB here has(I'm reliably informed),been allocated new C-40A 166694.If this is correct and as Tally noted 165830 and 165833 here last Friday,the other VR-59 C-40A,165831 may have been transferred to the fourth navy C-40 unit(VR-56)?.

Comments?.

[tally]

Hi Tally,

Here some notes from last Friday.

Visitors:
F-16C AZ ANG "AZ"
86-0254, 86-0241, 84-1278

Could you please confirm the first one, 86-0254, since this one was inducted into AMARG on 23 June 2010.
I believe the tail code should actually be "AT", is this correct?

MTIA,
Joris

Hi Joris,

Typo in that tail number. It was 86-0245 and indeed the tailcodes were AT.

Tally

[sdamico]

Hi Tally,

Outstanding log! VMFA(AW)-533 was passing through on their way to Iwakuni to replace -224 (currently returning home--perhaps they will pass through here) for UDP. They departed NFW for their next stop, Williams-Gateway (IWA).

Could 164782/ED-07 possibly have been 164872? Also, could the VAQ-209 (nickname Starwarriors) callsign have been Vader (sounds like Raider)?

MTIA,
Scott

[tally]

Hi Tally,

Outstanding log! VMFA(AW)-533 was passing through on their way to Iwakuni to replace -224 (currently returning home--perhaps they will pass through here) for UDP. They departed NFW for their next stop, Williams-Gateway (IWA).

Could 164782/ED-07 possibly have been 164872? Also, could the VAQ-209 (nickname Starwarriors) callsign have been Vader (sounds like Raider)?

MTIA,
Scott

They indeed departed for Williams. Hopefully 224 will come through Navy. Would be nice. I double checked ED-07 and you are correct. Log above has been corrected.

The callsign for VAQ-209 could indeed be Vader. Did some googling and seems like that would make more sense.

Thanks Scott.

[tally]

Noted Sat 01/29/11.

Visitors:
C-5B 439 AW, 337 AS, 87-0031 rd "Westover" as "Reach 394 Heavy."
C-130H 734 AW, 700 AS, 84-0205 bl "Dobbins" as "Cod 05."
F/A-18B VX-23 unk at LMTAS. Intown for BF-05 support that was scheduled to fly today but went unserviceable. They will try again on Monday.
F-22A "TY" unk at transit line.

Locals:
KC-130T VMGR-234, 165000/QH-000 "Ranger 70", 165162/QH-162 "Ranger 71."

Tally.

[Oscar01]

Sorry for asking, what's BF05? I'm curently in your area

Oscar

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[Koen L]

Sorry for asking, what's BF05? I'm curently in your area

Oscar

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It's the 5th F-35B development aircraft, Oscar. Have fun in the US!

Koen

[Oscar01]

Thanks Koen!

Not much today, when I arrived after Dyess, a T-45 and one of the local hercs just dept.

Oscar

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[Oscar01]

Just after five o'clock a nice army visitor arrived:
84-24375 C-12D as R24375

Regards,
Oz

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[Oscar01]

Just after 20.30 vvJ701 landed. By the sound of it, it was a larger prop a/c.

Will find out tomorrow....

Cheers,
Oz

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[tally]

As it was Super Bowl Weekend it was time to hang out at Navy once more. It proofed to be one great Sunday afternoon. The following was noted.

Noted Sun 02/06/11.

Visitors:
C-17A 60 AMW, 21 AS, 07-7172 wt "Travis" as "Reach 452T".
C-9C 932 AW, 73 AS, 73-1683.
F/A-18C VFA-83, 164214/AG-312 as "Freedom 14".
F/A-18C VFA-131, 165221/AG-401 as "Freedom 11", 165406/AG-411 as "Freedom 15".
F/A-18E VFA-143, 166609/AG-101 as "Freedom 12".
F/A-18F VFA-103, 166617/AG-207 as "Freedom 13" + one unk parked on transt line.
UC-12M Oceana Air Det, 163839.
Cessna 550 US Customs, N2734K as "Omaha 01".
UH-60A US Customs Tucson, 86-24558 as "Omaha 03".
UH-60A US Customs Tucson, 79-23297 as "Omaha 04".
AS.350B, Homeland Security, N3937K as "Omaha 05" + one unk as "Omaha 06".
CH-47D TX NG, G/149Avn, 92-00289 as "Helicopter 289".

Locals:
C-9B VR-46, 161266/266, 161529/529, 161530/530 all parked on their ramp.

Freedom 11-14 performed the fly-over at Cowboys Stadium while Freedom 15 sat at the treshhold of RWY 35 until the flyover happened when it taxied back to the transit line.

Tally.

[tally]

Noted Thu, Feb 24, 2011.

Visitors:
C-130T VR-54, 164762/CW-762.

Locals:
C-12R OSACOM/PAT, 92-03329.
F/A-18A VMFA-112, 162882/MA-08.
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS, "TX", 85-1410, 85-1458, 85-1553, 85-1554, 86-0231 "301 FW", 86-0246.
C-130H TX ANG, 181 AS, bl "Texas", 85-1363.


Noted Mon, Feb 28, 2011.

Visitors:
C-130H 12 HUAUK, 63-3189 as "Turkish AF 802".
F-16C LMTAS for Maroc AF, 08-8004 as "Viper 04".
F-16D 482 FW, 93 FS, bk/wt checks, "FM", 86-0053.
F-35A, LMTAS, "EG", 07-0744 (AF-6) as "Lightning 11".
KC-135R IL ANG, 108 ARS, wt "Illinois", 59-1466 (Had 906 ARS markings on the nose as well).
T-38C 80 FTW, 90 FTS, bl "Boxin Bears", "EN", 64-13216 as "ENJET 40", 66-8360 as "ENJET 53", 66-8367 as "Torro 35".
T-38C 80 FTW, 90 FTS, ye "Boxin Bears", "EN", 66-8359.

Locals:
C-12R OSACOM/PAT, 95-00092.
C-9B VR-46, 161529/529, 161530/530
F-16D LMTAS, 90-0848.
F/A-18A VMFA-112, 162430/MA-03, 162453/MA-05, 162848/MA-07, 163120/MA-11, 163143/MA-09.
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS, "TX", 85-1402, 85-1410, 85-1449, 85-1467, 85-1468, 85-1479, 85-1484 "301 OG", 86-0222, 86-0242, 86-0244.
KC-130T VMGR-234, 162785/QH-785, 165000/QH-000.
UC-12B, NAS Ft Worth Base Flt, 161320.


Noted Sat, Mar 5, 2011.

Visitors:
C-40A nn unit, 166694/694 as "Convoy 4477".
CH-47D TX NG, 149 Avn, 92-00289, 92-00290 as "Guard Copter 20920" cross mid field back to Grand Prairie.
C-12R C/2-228 Avn, 84-24375 as "Army 24375".

Locals:
C-12R OSACOM/PAT, 95-00092.
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS, "TX", 85-1402, 85-1410, 85-1449, 85-1459, 85-1468, 85-1472, 85-1479, 85-1553, 86-0222, 86-0231 "301 FW", 86-0242, 86-0244.
F-16D 301 FW, 457 FS, "TX", 85-1571.

Cheers,

Tally.

[Piet Luijken]

Good report tally!
Thanks for the support and the steps.

Log Thu, Mar 3, 2011

Visitors:
T-38C 66-4333/EN, 469 FTS as BEAR55
Beech 300 N77, FAA, doing airport checks as FLIGHTCHECK77
KC135R 59-1466, 108 ARS IL ANG dep to Dover as COBY01 ( thanks Mike )


Locals:
C-12R+ 50092, circuit training as ARMY092
C-12 nn, dep as ARMY24375
C-12 nn, dep as ARMY23329
F/A-18A 162430/MA-03 as COWBOY21, 162453/MA-05 as COWBOY22, 163099/MA-10 as COWBOY11, 163120/MA-11 as COWBOY12, VMFA-112, returning with very nice carrier break.
C-9 nn, dep as NAVYJET763
C-130H, 2x, dep for low level VFR flight as RIDER63 and RIDER62. Could be local 85-1362 and 85-1363 of
the local 181st AS. ( thanks Matt )

Due to the southerly wind, we were on the north side picturing landing aircraft.

In the afternoon, ten local f-16s flew, together with another Marines Hornet.

Log Wed, March 9, 2011

Visitors:
T-38C, 66-8367/EN, 90 FTS, two approaches as FIGHTER14
T-38C, 69-7038/RA, 560 FTS, one approach
C-12T, 87-00160 as PAT562
F/A-18C 163768/2 Blue Angels, overhead with smoke on as ANGEL55

locals:
F-35A 07-0745/EG "33 FW" returned after two hour flight with some circuits as LIGHTNING11
F-16C 84-1234 LMTAS, chase plane as ROCKET2
F-16D 08-8020 RMAF local flight as ROCKET01
F-16D 90-0848 LMTAS chase plane as ROCKET02
UC-12B 160320 as NAVY320
C-12R 92-03329 as ARMY23329
F/A-18A MA-03, MA-05, MA-00 VMFA-112 as COWBOY31, 32, 51 with two others as 41 and 42 who did not return before sunset.
F-16C 85-1449, 85-1412 "TX" 457 FS as SPAD01, 02
F-16C 85-1468, 85-1553 " TX" 457 FS as MUSTANG01, 02
F-16C,D 85-1554, 85-1571 "TX" 457 FS as BEAST01,02
F-16C 86-0222, 85-1457 "TX" 457 FS as CACTUS01,02
F-16C 85-1479, 85-1402 "TX" 457 FS as BULLET01,02
C-130H 85-1367 181 AS landed as RIDER91
KC-130T 165000/QH-000 VMGR-234 landed as RANGER99
C-40 nn landed after sunset

What an amazing airfield this is! Thanks for all the support and friendship guys!

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