ETAD 15-07-2010

[Richard de Florennes]

SPANGDAHLEM THURSDAY 2010-07-15 RW23
Weather: scattered clouds, clear air, mostly sunny, warm, windy

Based aircraft (52nd Fighter Wing; 22nd and 81st Fighter Squadron):
F-16D 22ndFS 91-472/SP bl T08:25 L09:37*
F-16C 22ndFS 90-342/SP r T08:25 L09:36*
F-16C 22ndFS 90-827/SP r T08:26 L09:36*
F-16C 22ndFS 90-833/SP r T08:26 L09:37*
F-16C 22ndFS 91-352/SP r/y '52 FW' T08:31 L09:54*a1
F-16C 22ndFS 91-343/SP r T08:31 L09:54*a1
F-16C 22rdFS 91-340/SP r T08:44 L09:32#4
F-16C 22rdFS 91-344/SP r/bl T08:44 L09:32#4
F-16C 22ndFS 91-351/SP r T08:44 L09:33#4
F-16C 22ndFS 91-358/SP r T08:44 L09:33#4

A-10C 81stFS 81-960/SP y T10:49
A-10C 81stFS 82-650/SP y T10:49

Visiting aircraft:
C-17A 172ndAW 21114 gn L10:21
C-17A 436thAW 66168 bl/y T10:59
C-130J 86thAW 78613/RS bl/w L11:15
A.109BA Heli Wing H33 L11:17

[Arjan]

Nice log, but shouldn't be 480 FS? Or is the 22nd still operational? And if so, when will they switch to 480?

[evhest]

I thought the 480FS story was never official. Was it?

[Richard de Florennes]

Their F-16s all flew with callsign "Stinger" and called to Stinger-Ops all indicating they still keep their 22FS traditions, as the stinger is also the batch of the 22FS, so I think they are still 22FS.

[Arjan]

That certainly makes sense but on the other hand I just notice a picture taken from two SP vipers on Fairford (http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic. ... 16#p424316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and there they have the name "Fighting Hawks" stenciled in their blue tailstripe!
Maybe they are in a process of changing their identity?

[nilsko]

The Fightin' Hawks is the nickname for the other F-16 squadron at Spang, the 23rd Fighter Squadron.