El Centro (KNJK/NJK) 2022

[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).

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?

? Would expect 'WP15' to be an AV-8B.

I saw 'WP35' and 'WP36', plus 'WP32' and 'WP33' have been reported in this thread, all TAV-8Bs.

[Freeman Lowell]

FWIW,
by 4/2/22 164122/WP35 could be photographed operating from El Centro and
and early the next morning 165673 could be read on the line as a '7'
Freeman

[Oscar01]

Currently 18x T-45 from Meridian and 12x F/A-18 from VFA-122 and 7 Ospreys are there.

[Piet Luijken]

LOG 12 September 2022:
We arrived around 0830lt and left at 1230lt and saw:

160506 NJ-506 T-34 T-34C VFA-122, DAWG01
160490 SH-490 T-34 T-34C VMFAT-101, flew overhead
162448 1 F/A-18 F/A-18A preserved
151979 3 F-4 RF-4B preserved
159798 2 A-4 TA-4J preserved
nn 4 F11 F11F preserved
165797 AD-211 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
166422 AD-122 F/A-18 F/A-18E VFA-106
166454 AD-255 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
166601 AD-133 F/A-18 F/A-18E VFA-106
166467 AD-247 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
165931 AD-225 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
165892 AD-245 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
166681 AD-223 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
166679 AD-256 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106
166665 AD-250 F/A-18 F/A-18F VFA-106

one more Super Hornets remained on the ramp, one was parked in the hangar.

Also 12 AV-8Bs were parked under the shed but didn't fly in the morning. One made a engine run.
A replacement Harrier arrived just after we left.

Radiolog:
EMPIRE21,22: 133 and 247
EMPIRE31, 32: 225 and 245
EMPIRE41, 42, 43: 211, 122 and 255
EMPIRE51, 52: 133 and 247
EMPIRE61, 62: 211 and 245
EMPIRE71, 74: 223 and 255
EMPIRE72, 73: 256, 250
EMPIRE 81, 82: 122 and 225

Question:
We saw three Chinooks being worked upon in the northern hangar. Looking at the colours, they were (ex) RAF. Who has any more info or registrations?

Reinold and Piet