Atsugi(RJTA) 2008

[Le Addeur noir]

Visitors noted this week

02 November

165152 C-20H (VR-51)

06 November

159115 C-9B VR-61(on TDY here)
163553 UC-12F SOMS Iwakuni
165835 C-40A VR-57(on TDY here)

07 November

92-3886 WW y F-16C 14 FS,35 FW
90-0838 WW y F-16D 14 FS,35 FW
164262 405 F/A-18C VFA-94
164215 412 F/A-18C VFA-94
156521 P-3C (VP-1)
5502 XP-1 TRDI

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[Le Addeur noir]

Seen today,

165348 JW-348 C-130T VR-62

[Bokkum]

What means 'on TDY here' ? (just curious, as I will visit Atsugi the 17th of November...)

[Stefan]

What means 'on TDY here' ? (just curious, as I will visit Atsugi the 17th of November...)

Hi Jeroen,

http://www.scramble.nl/wiki/index.php?t ... viations#T" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

temporary duty

(PS You can click the 'Aviation Related Abbreviations' button in the control panel on top to gain access to numerous abbreviations)

Greetings,
Stefan

[Le Addeur noir]

Seen today,

91-0462 WW r F-16D 13 FS
161126 P-3C BMUP (VP-40)

[Le Addeur noir]

04-01778 C-37A H.Q. OSACOM arr 14.30LT(05.30Z).

plus 2 UH-60A from 78 Av Btn.

On this date the following airplanes were known to be on the NALO Det here,

159114 C-9B VR-46(noted at U-Tapao on the 22nd).
164994 AX-994 C-130T VR-53(Visiting Khorat and U-Tapao on the 20th/21st).

There should also be a C-40A-probably 165835.

[Le Addeur noir]

A couple more visitors from here,

20 November

166712 UC-35D SOMS Iwakuni

22 November

164227 400 F/A-18C VFA-94 Dep 23 Nov 06.26Z/15.26L

Nalo Det;3 airplanes noted on this det in the last few days,

C-9B 159114 VR-46 at VTBU 22/23 Nov as callsign Nalo321
C-40A 165835 VR-57 at VTBU 23 Nov as callsign Nalo490
C-130T 164994 AX-994 VR-53 at VTBU 20/21 Nov and VTUN 21 Nov as callsign Nalo250

[Le Addeur noir]

Unmarked CH-46E 153957 was seen test flying.Nippi Industries here performs depot level overhauls on the Futenma based CH-46E fleet,and this example was last noted as EP-19 of HMM-265 in December 2006.

[Le Addeur noir]

Visitors noted,

167926 QD-926 KC-130J VMGR-152
8651 MCH-101 (111 Kokutai)-ex 51 Kokutai

With the Nalo Det,VR-58 C-40A 165829 arrived after Thanksgiving Day(probably replacing VR-57 example 165835).This airplane was noted at U-Tapao this day calling CNV(Convoy)7401.

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted today,

158917 917 P-3C VP-16(full markings)

[Le Addeur noir]

Visitors noted this day,

164197 406 F/A-18C VFA-94
164215 412 F/A-18C VFA-94

Still with the Navy Logistics Det on this date was C-40A 165829.165834 from the same unit(VR-58) was seen at U-Tapao,Thailand on 20 December.

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted this day,

(97-0)1944 C-37A H.Q.OSACOM