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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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This was posted on FF 4 days ago. Don't know if they already arrived in Rotterdam.
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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maurits wrote:Hi,

According to this info on flugzeugforum.de, again a ship with UH-60s underway to Rotterdam.

Besides, but bit off-topic here, there is currently a boad enroute to Rotterdam from Coleman with USArmyEurope helos on board.

Finally, in 1 week, the AK ARNG UH-60s will return back home via Coleman.

Anyone more info?

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This night around 18:15h the vessel Vera (from Zwijndrecht) passed on the Schelde-Rijn canal near Tholen on it is way to Antwerp.
There were 15 UH-60L's on board. I collect 12 serials:

96-26676 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26676
96-26688 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26668
95-26648 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26648

96-26677 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26677
95-26645 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26645
96-26691 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26691

96-26655 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26655
96-26654 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26654
95-26637 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26637

96-26685 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26685
96-26674 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26674

95-26642 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26642

All last 3 digits are in white.

Anyone know the serials of the missing 3?
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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Were can I find this kind of information on flugzeugforum.de?
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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SG Woensdrecht wrote:This night around 18:15h the vessel Vera (from Zwijndrecht) passed on the Schelde-Rijn canal near Tholen on it is way to Antwerp.
There were 11 UH-60L on board. Serials:

96-26676 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26676
96-26688 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26668
95-26648 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26648

96-26677 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26677
95-26645 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26645
96-26691 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26691

96-26655 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 0-26655
96-26654 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26654
95-26637 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26637

96-26685 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26685
96-26674 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26674

95-26642 UH-60L 3-158thn AVN marked as 26642

All last 3 digits are in white.
Pieter,

You mention 12 UH-60's!
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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You mention 12 UH-60's!
You are right. Slip of the finger :oops:
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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SG Woensdrecht wrote:Were can I find this kind of information on flugzeugforum.de?
Hi Pieter,

It was mentioned in the Ramstein-topic..

But anyway thanks for your info.

Did you take pictures of the ship?

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Maurits
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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3-158th AVN is Ansbach, so they are Europe based Blackhawks.
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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nice pics, i hope you could get the last 3 serials to
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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According my crystal ball we can expect a vessel with Blackhawks heading for Coleman (KFOR13) somewhere in the coming weeks (week18/19/20).
The 2-147 Av. Reg. (Iowa NG) deployed to Camp Atterbury 11 April and (normally) the training in the US takes ~ 1 month.
Keep your eyes open!
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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Can someone please give a rough idea of the routing the ship takes, and also the approximate timescales.
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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Usually the helicopters arrive at Antwerpen and are then shipped to Coleman on the route: Antwerpen-Schelde/Rijnkanaal-Moerdijk-(Waal?)-Rhein.

I don't know an exact time schedule, but Sonny1's crystal ball must be quite accurate!

Besides Iowa ARNG medical air assistance will be given by Arkansas ARNG (C/1-111AVN).
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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Thanks for the routing info. Does anyone know how long it takes to make the journey from Antwerp to Coleman, so that I can get an idea of how long I have to intercept them!
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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See previous posts:
07 Sep 2009, 18:06 - At this moment a ship with 9 Blackhawks onboard, just passes Tholen
08 Sep 2009 - I saw it come by in Rossum around 02:45
The ship passed Duesseldorf, Germany today (8. September) at 21.30 hrs local heading south
Wed Sep 09 - The Helis were already offload today! All were visible from outside. [Coleman]
the ship travelled with a speed of exactly 9.8 km/h upwards the river Rhine.
Answer: ~ 3 days

Ps: Iowa deployed 8 UH-60s (found a video on the web. No regs.)
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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It is now confirmed that 3 Medevac Blackhawks of Arkansas ARNG will de deployed (besides the 8 pieces of Iowa ARNG).

The unit however will be Det.1/Co.F/2-238 AVN instead of C/1-111 AVN.
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Re: Ship with Blackhawks

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Just to keep the subject alive; is there any information available on when we can expect the transport? Predicted was in the next coming weeks.... Would be ashame if they passed in the middle of the night.

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