Aircraft will play a big role in the training, as helicopters pick up cargo and fly to the 29 palms military base near Palm Springs.
“You’ll see a plethora of aircraft come in, primarily CH-53, heavy lift helicopters, and our utility UH-1 Huey helicopters, so they’ll be making multiple hits into this zone as well as other sites throughout the city of Yuma,” Behler said.
Those other sites include Arizona Western College and Crane Middle School.
"If you’d like to come and watch the training it starts Friday at 4:00 p.m."
Since the message originates the 14th, you can assume the 15th; but maybe you already saw this.
Visiting in the afternoon were:
168698 YL-33 V-22 MV-22B VMM-362 UGLY44(AE64C8) with a nice green tail
168696 YL-09 V-22 MV-22B VMM-362 UGLY41(AE6AA3)
Parked at the Defence Contractor Complex was:
12-72240 N EC145 UH-72A 1-376th AVN/NE ArNG
Inside the hangar on that complex were three more Lakotas, only this one was readable due to white last part of serial:
12-72239 EC145 UH-72A 1-376th AVN/NE ArNG
Reinold and Piet
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UH-1Y
? -- 168789 => didn't see this, was this the 17th or 19th?
AH-1Z
HMLA-269 HF 72/169849 => didn't read off these three, when did you photograph these (date and rough time)?
HMLA-369 SM 47/169830, 48/169850
MV-22B
VMM-164 YT (14/166486) => read off by me on the platform the 19th
VMM-261 EM 02/165950 => should be 165956, can you confirm?
(VMM-266)? -S 13/168609 => correct serial and unit, code ES-13
F-35B
? -- 02/169920 => this had no markings, should be (or ex) CE-02 of VMFA-225
VMX-1 MV
MV-22B
01/166291 => 168291
UH-1Y
31/168500 +1 => 169246/MV-32 flew the afternoon of the 19th, 169247/MV-30 was parked on the platform. When did you see 168500? Did that arrive together with AH-1 169275?
AH-1Z
44/169275 +2 => 166761/MV-43 flew the 19th
