LOG (MIL) Taiwan feb24

[EvD]

Below a 'quick and dirty' log from our exploits in Taiwan over the past two weeks.
Chinese New Year holidays were from 8 to 14 February and we used that period to log all but a couple of the VW&R present.

Lungtan 6 & 13feb24
OH-58D 602, 604, 610 (iso 601), 623
AH-64E 801, 804, 807, 809 (iso 808), 815, 821, 826, 827, 828, 829 +9
UH-60M 901, 903, 905, 907, 908, 915, 917, 918, 919, 921, 927 +2
CH-47SD 7307
On Tuesday 6th, nearly the whole inventory was parked on the ramp, the unread Apaches being furthest and tail on.

Hsinchu 6, 12 & 13feb24
M2000Di 2059, 2060, 2062
M2000Ei 2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024spcl, 2026, 2033, 2039, 2041, 2043 , 2045, 2047, 2048

Sinshe 6 & 17feb24
AH-1W 509, 511, 541, 542, 563
By far the most difficult airfield in Taiwan.

CCK 6 & 17feb24
F-CK-1C, 7 TFG 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1410, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1439, 1441, 1451, 1453, 1504 +1
F-CK-1C, 28 TFG 1414, 1422, 1426
F-CK-1C, 3 TFW 1427spcl
F-CK-1D, 7 TFG 1603, 1604
F-CK-1D, 28 TFG 1606, 1610
C-130H 1309 (6th)
T-BE-5A 1110 (6th)

Chiayi 7feb24
F-16V, 21 TFG 6611, 6624, 6802, 6826
F-16V, 22 TFG 6628, 6636, 6658, 6819
F-16V, 23 TFG 6701, 6809
F-16V, nm 6602, 6643, 6815, 6823
EC225 2251
UH-60M 939, 941, 945
Beech 1900 1906

Guieren 7, 9, 16 & 17feb24
AH-1W 546, 547, 550, 551, 553, 554, 559, 560, 561, 562 +1
CH-47SD 7305, 7308 +2
OH-58D 621, 628, 629, 633, 637, 639 +2
TH-67 202, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215 216, 218, 219, 221, 228 +12
Most remained hangared

Tainan 7 & 17feb24
F-CK-1C, 1 TFG 1477, 1487, 1497
F-CK-1C, 3 TFG 1454, 1465, 1498, 1500
F-CK-1C, 9 TFG
F-CK-1C, nn 1445, 1488
F-CK-1D, 1 TFG 1614, 1619, 1624spcl, 1627
F-CK-1D, 9 TFG 1616
F-CK-1D, nn 1626

Kaohsiung 8feb24
Beech 200 (NA-301)
UH-60M NA-710, NA-712 +1
SA365 NA-108

Songshan 11 & 12feb24
Beech 1900 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912
B737 3701
F-27 5001, 5002, 5003
S-70 7016
SA365 NA-102, NA-109 +1

Hualien 14 & 15feb24
RF-5E, 12 TRS 5503/30087, (5504)/30088, 5505/30091, 5507/30094
F-5F, 7 TFW mks 5398/30124 plus one with the 'long serial' ending in 25, presumably 5382/91725?
F-16V, nn 6619, 6620, 6640, 6651, 6654, 6656, 6657, 6661, 6667, 6669, 6673, 6676, 6677, 6682, 6700, 6709, 6807, 6816, 6818, 6820, 6830 + ..07
UH-60M NA-715
S-70 2309, 2315
The RoCAF did not fly but only did run-ups/taxi-tests.

Taitung 15 & 16feb24
F-5E, 7 TFW 5267, 5274, 5281, 5284, 5290 , 5294 +1
F-5F, 7 FTW 5377camo, 5395, 5403, 5407, 5414
T-BE-5A, AFFTC 1106, 1113
UH-60M 937
M2000Ei 2018, 2028, 2035, 2037
C-130H 1301, 1316, 1317 (all 15th)
UH-60M NA-704 (overflew 15th, to Taitung apt)
The RoCAF did not fly, the Tigers were powered up and towed around

Taitung apt 15feb24
UH-60M NA-703 +2

Gangshan 16 & 17feb24
AT-3 0808, 0810, 0811, 0813, 0814, 0818, 0821, 0822, 0823, 0829, 0830, 0832, 0835, 0841, 0842, 0845, 0847, 0853, 0854, 0856, 0857, 0859, 0860, 0862
T-34C 3401, 3403, 3404, 3409, 3410, 3414, 3423, 3424, 3428, 3429, 3434, 3436, 3440, 3441, 3442, 3444
Luckily, flying with the T-34s started early on Super Saturday (the trade-in working day to compensate for Chinese New Year), so we had a lot of ground to cover today and did not wait for the AT-3s to start flying.

Plus gigantuous amounts of preserved aircraft, the Chinese New Year period being ideal for those obviously.

best regards, Wim & Erwin

[Edwin]

Hi Erwin,

Nice LOG! Can you confirm Apache 807 still carried its special red (OPFOR) markings?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lichengtsai/53058827938

Best regards,
Edwin

[EvD]

Hi Edwin,
It was parked quite close by and although we focussed on reading the numbers, and although these were seen tail-on, I cannot imagine we would have overlooked this kind of paint. So I think not anymore.
rgds
Erwin

[SquAdmin]

Thanks for this interesting log! I'm surprised that the F-5's were still at Taitung, because I'd read that all of them had been withdrawn, except for the RF-5's at Hualien.

How's photography nowawadays in Taiwan with the ever increasing fear for an invasion by China?

[EvD]

Hi Patrick,
You are welcome. I think quite a bunch of the F-5s are either kept in active reserve or were being prepared for storage. At Taitung they did not fly with them, just powered them up.
No issues with photography during the whole trip. I hope it remains like that, because twenty years ago during my previous visit, it was made quite impossible.
rgds,
Erwin