KC-135s at ETAD. Help needed for the overview . Your input please

[joost]

Good initiative Frank! Not sure if you want to include it, but for me personally it's interesting which ones are MPRS-equipped. As these accompany the Growlers.. I know at least 80035 is.

Cheers, Bart

It should be noted that the non MPRS tankers are sometimes flying with BDA (Boom Drogue Adapters), so it is likely but not a given combination with the Growlers.

Furthermore, also RAF Voyagers and KC10's have refueled EA-18's

[hvaneupen]

And Nebraska tanker 638018 left today May 11th as RCH134

[Trabanti]

Thanks JPS! Wasn't aware of that, good to know.

On another note; 38018 seems to be leaving - it's heading NW as RCH134, overhead southern NL currently..

[JPS]

58-0103 recovered at Incirlik but could return to Spang later.

58-0035 went as well to Turkey today, both with LAGR callsign so expect them to return at some point.

The 2 tankers which left Spangdahlem on the 10th for Turkey, are flying missions over Romania on the 12th from probably Incirlik.

[hvaneupen]

According to FC KC135R 62-3537 arrived this morning as RCH226.

[ypenburg63]

Hello Frank,

Good initiative.

On the 11th of May three KC-135s left Spangdahlem:

63-8018 NE ANG dep homebase as RCH134;
58-1508 dep as LAGR454 to Turkey and
62-3519 dep as LAGR455 also Turkey,

It seems they now fly their missions to Romania from Turkey.

Greetz,

Rolf

By the way, 63-8018 flew missions over Germany and Poland with callsign NACHO71. I don't know if these flights were related to the operations for the Ukraine.

[michel N]

Today 3 KC-10 arrived from Mildenhall
79-1712 as Nacho 220H
87-0119 as Nacho 221H
89-0189 as Nacho 222H

[Krazy]

Today 3 KC-10 arrived from Mildenhall
79-1712 as Nacho 220H
87-0119 as Nacho 221H
89-0189 as Nacho 222H

I caught the first 2, do you know when the 3rd arrived?

[michel N]

It passed Nijmegen about 16.15 local time

[Krazy]

It passed Nijmegen about 16.15 local time

Thanks!

[JPS]

On Friday (13-5) 92ARW KC-135 62-3537 arrived at Spangdahlem from Fairchild as RCH226, no missions flown so far.

[JPS]

Today 3 KC-10 arrived from Mildenhall
79-1712 as Nacho 220H
87-0119 as Nacho 221H
89-0189 as Nacho 222H

I caught the first 2, do you know when the 3rd arrived?

Third KC-10 arrived 16:36 at ETAD, visual 84-0189.

[JPS]

On Friday (13-5) 92ARW KC-135 62-3537 arrived at Spangdahlem from Fairchild as RCH226, no missions flown so far.

departed ETAD (21-5) at 15:45 as NACHO71 on presumably its first mission since arriving (ads-b).

[Le Addeur noir]

On Friday (13-5) 92ARW KC-135 62-3537 arrived at Spangdahlem from Fairchild as RCH226, no missions flown so far.

departed ETAD (21-5) at 15:45 on presumably its first mission since arriving as NACHO71 (ads-b).

62-3537 was read off here on 19.05 and 20.05. AMC, but no unit marks.

[JPS]

On Friday (13-5) 92ARW KC-135 62-3537 arrived at Spangdahlem from Fairchild as RCH226, no missions flown so far.

departed ETAD (21-5) at 15:45 on presumably its first mission since arriving as NACHO71 (ads-b).

62-3537 was read off here on 19.05 and 20.05. AMC, but no unit marks.

It has the grey tailband of 97 ARS.