NAF Atsugi (RJTA) - 2010 MIL

[Le Addeur noir]

6th January notes,

Visiting,

166374 UC-35D H+HS Futenma (Magic 74)

Based airplanes seen flying,

163556 UC-12F AOD Atsugi


VFA-102 Diamondbacks

165894 no markings ex NF-100
165883 no markings ex NF-101
165887 no markings ex NF-105
165878 no markings ex NF-107

VFA-27 Royal Maces F/A-18E

165873 NF-202
165864 NF-204
165865 NF-205
165866 NF-206
165872 NF-212
165869 NF-215

VFA-115 Eagles F/A-18E

166863 NF-304
166864 NF-305
166866 NF-307
166869 NF-311

VFA-195 Dambusters

164966 NF-401
164908 NF-402
164976 NF-403
164960 NF-406
164865 NF-407

VFA-136 Gauntlets EA-6B

163049 NF-502

VAW-115 Liberty Bells E-2C

165301 NF-603
165295 NF-604


HS-14 Chargers SH-60F

164459 NF-612
164798 NF-613
164078 NF-620

HSL-51 Warlords

164446 TA-702 SH-60F
162341 TA-704 SH-60B
164851 TA-715 SH-60B

VRC-30 Det 5 Providers E-2C

162150 NF-20
162176 NF-21

[Le Addeur noir]

7th January notes,

166693 C-40A VR-57
165314 JW-314 C-130T VR-62

Additional based aircraft seen flying today,

165880 NF-104 F/A-18F VFA-102
163034 NF-501 EA-6B VAQ-136
164107 NF-601 E-2C VAW-115
163240 TA-710 SH-60B HSL-51

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi 11th January notes,

163592 NY-592 KC-130T VMGR-452
165352 NY-352 KC-130T VMGR-452

One based helicopter seen flying,

164798 NF-613 SH-60F HS-14

[Le Addeur noir]

13 January report,

167926 QD-926 KC-130J VMGR-152
9903 US-2 71 Kokutai

(the next US-2 for 71 Kokutai,9904 has been seen at the Shin Maya manufacturing plant)

Based jets seen flying,

166859 NF-300 F/A-18E VFA-115 (ex NK-200)
164908 NF-402 F/A-18C VFA-195

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi 18th January notes,

163908 TT-24 SH-60B HSL-43
164464 TT-25 SH-60B HSL-43

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi 20th January report,

Visitors seen,

165093 C-20G VR-48
153393 ET-01 CH-46E HMM-265(with Nippi Industries)

plus an unident C-40A which should be 166693.

Running an audit of the C-40A fleet,166693 is the only C-40 assigned to Atsugi at this time.
C-130T 165314 (JW of VR-62)may also still be flying from here.

Based airplanes seen flying,

163562 UC-12F AOD Atsugi
165301 NF-603 E-2C VAW-115
165873 NF-212 F/A-18E VFA-27(a very recent change from NF-202 and as such subject to confirmation)NF-212 was/is still 165872.
166864 NF-305 F/A-18E VFA-115

[Le Addeur noir]

21st January notes,

165829 C-40A VR-58(new with the VR Det here?)
165314 JW-314 C-130T VR-62

163554 UC-12F AOD Atsugi
163560 UC-12F AOD Atsugi(ex USMC and now in white colours)

[Le Addeur noir]

23rd January,

C-40A 166693 departed to the USA on/around this date as CNV4270 and has been replaced by VR-58 example 165829.

C-40A 165835 of VR-57 appeared at Kadena as CNV4951 on 21st January,but has not joined the detachment here,but continued on to the USA.

C-130T 165314 JW-314 of VR-62 is still current here.

[Le Addeur noir]

26th January report,

165829 C-40A VR-58 CNV7841 departed.Later seen at U-Tapao.
165314 JW-314 C-130T VR-62 arrived probably as callsign CNV7481 from Khorat.
164464 TT-24 SH-60B HSL-43

164107 -601 E-2C VAW-115 most markings removed.

These are a lot of airplanes from CVW-5 that since early December 2009 have been losing their markings.

[Le Addeur noir]

28th Janaury report,

The new F/A-18F for VFA-102 Diamondbacks arrived today.They were refuelled by KC-10A 85-0034 of the 305th AMW.Details,

166887 no modex allocated (yet) ex AD-255 VFA-106
166980 140 ex NJ-140 VFA-122
166891 141
166915 142
166892 143
166916 144
166917 145
166918 146
166919 147
166888 152
166920 155
166921 156
166922 157

12 from 13 of these jets are ex VFA-122(NJ)

The new F/A-18E for VFA-27 are

165791 163
165790 166
165788 170
165862 174(this jet was here before as NF-202)

The new modexes for the new F/A-18E of VFA-27 will be,

165862 NF-202 replacing 165872(165873 was re-allocated to NF-212 on 20th January).
165788 NF-207
165790 NF-210
165791 NF-211

So from this it would appear logical thet the following VFA-27 F/A-18E will be returning to the States,

165867(NF-207)
165870(NF-210)
165871(NF-211)
165872(NF-212)

All 4 of these E model Super Hornets are ex VFA-122.

The modexes quoted are intrim ones and these jets should assume permant modexes when the earlier jets return to the USA in due course.

Another visitor was NP-3D 165589.This departed on the 29th.

For a report in Japanese go to http://www.gonavy.jp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and click on the messageboard 1.

[Le Addeur noir]

29th January report,

visitors,

162311 NY-3311 KC-130T VMGR-452
163553 UC-12F H+HS Iwakuni (Torii 53)
165829 C-40A VR-58 CNV7841 inbound from U-Tapao
165314 JW-314 C-130T VR-62 CNV7861 inbound from Kadena and U-Tapao

Based airplane noted,

97-00103 UC-35A 6-52 AVN Det

[Le Addeur noir]

1st February report,

C-130T 135314 JT of VR-62 is still flying from here.

The new F/A-18F of VFA-102 have started to be re-coded.Noted so far,

166915 100 ex 142
166916 101 ex 144
166917 102 ex 145
166918 103 ex 146

The full line-up for this squadron when the re-coding has taken place will be,

166915 NF-100
166916 NF-101
166917 NF-102
166918 NF-103
166919 NF-104
166920 NF-105
166921 NF-106
166922 NF-107
166887 NF-110
166888 NF-111
166890 NF-112
166891 NF-113
166892 NF-114

The new code line-up for VFA-27 will be,

165860 NF-200
165861 NF-201
165862 NF-202
165863 NF-203
165864 NF-204
165865 NF-205
165866 NF-206
165788 NF-207
165790 NF-210
165791 NF-211
165873 NF-212
165868 NF-213
165869 NF-215


Credit for the CVW-5 updates goes to http://www.gonavy.jp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Le Addeur noir]

2nd February report,

165832 C-40A VR-58 new arrival for the det here?

[Le Addeur noir]

3rd February report,

160051 C-9B VR-52 another new arrival for the det here?.
163557 UC-12F Kadena based?

[Le Addeur noir]

5th February report,

The following USN transport airplanes were noted departing,

160051 C-9B VR-52 at 08.54
165829 C-40A VR-58 at 09.21(this may have been CNV7201 which arrived at U-Tapao,Thailand at 21.11 Japanese time)
165314 JW-314 C-130T VR-62 at 09.12

In addition the following US Navy UC-12F were seen,

163554
163560

Most of the VFA-102 Super Hornets are now wearing their new modexes.