MCAS Futenma (ROTM) - 2010 MIL

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Based airplanes from this base noted so far this year,

PMAI= Primary Mission Aircraft Inventroy,whoch is Americanese for how many airplanes in a squadron.

H+HS Futenma callsign Magic

UC-12F (PMAI 1)

163558 08 Oct

UC-35D (PMAI 3)-2 of these 3 UC-35D are to be replaced by the new "UC-35ER" from 01st April 2013.

165939 26 Oct
166374 VM 08 Feb returned to VMR-1 by May 2010.
166712 21 Oct
166713 08 Feb

VMGR-152 tail code QD callsign Sumo KC-130J PMAI to be 15 by the end of FY2011(30th Sept 2011)

165957
166514 20 Mar
166763 18 Feb
167109 08 Jan
167923 15 Feb
167925 14 Oct
167926 13 Jan
167927 14 Feb
167981 05 Nov
167982 20 Oct
167983 20 Oct
168074 del Oct 10
168075 del Sept 10
168065 due by 31 December
168066 due by 31 December


HMM-262 CH-46E PMAI 12

tail code ET callsign Tiger

153393 ET-01 20 Jan(with Nippi Industries at NAF Atsugi,Japan).Departed Atsugi en route here,still coded ET-01 on 05 Nov.
154825 ET-05 17 Feb
154807 ET-07 17 Feb
153391 ET-10 17 Feb
153373 ET-11 17 Feb
156430 ET-13 17 Feb
154844 ET-15 17 Feb

HMM-265(R) callsign Dragon operate the following types,HMM-265 has a PMAI of 12 CH-46E
CH-53E

162484 EP-23 16 Feb

UH-1N

159700 EP-31 16 Feb
159686 EP-33 16 Feb

AH-1W

162560 EP-41 16 Feb
165325 EP-44 16 Feb

plus

162565 EP-4? 16 Feb
164572 EP-4? 16 Feb


CH-46E


153957 EP-00 07 Nov
155318 EP-01 07 Nov
153999 EP-02 16 Feb
156437 EP-03 16 Feb
154034 EP-04 07 Nov
156446 EP-05 16 Feb
153366 EP-06 07 Nov
156468 EP-11 16 Feb
157708 EP-16 16 Feb
156458 EP-17 07 Nov

The MEU should have CH-46E EP-00 to EP-17(at least)CH-53E EP-20 to EP-26,UH-1N EP-30 to EP-33 and AH-1W EP-41 to EP-44.

VMA-311' Tomcats' with 8 AV-8B are also part of this group.

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The 12th KC-130J for VMGR-152 has been seen test flying at Lockheed-Marietta,Georgia and should be delivered here in the near future.The 13rd airplane has also been reported.

The 13 VMGR-152 KC-130J (QD tail code) should then be,

165957
166514
166763
167109
167923
167925
167926
167927
167981
167982
167983
168074 contracted delivery date by 31st Oct 2010
168075 contracted delivery date by 30th Sept 2010 * confirmed delivered by late September.

PMAI (Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory) for VMGR-152 is programmed to increase from 12 to 15 in FY 2011 (01 October 2010 to 30 September 2011),so 2 more airplanes are to be added in addition to the airplanes listed above by the end of September 2011.

With the H+HS,UC-35D 166374 has returned to the H+HS Cherry Point around May 2010.UC-35D 165939 has returned to this unit.

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06th October visitor,

165835 C-40A VR-57 CNV7602 from VTBU

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The UC-12F here,163558 is due to be replaced by a new UC-12W equipped with long range tanks in January 2011.

VMGR-152 (KC-130J) is scheduled to re-locate to MCAS Iwakuni(RJOI) in Q2/FY13(between January 01 and March 31,2013)

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The 13th KC-130J for VMGR-152 'Sumos' was seen at Atsugi on 23rd October(168074).This may well have been on delivery at the time.

The 14th and 15th KC-130J for this unit are due to arrive by 31st December,2010.

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22nd October visitor,

164994 AX-994 C-130T VR-53

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9th November visitors,

164965 WK-05 F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-224
164866 WK-12 F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-224

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01st December visitor,

160048 -048 C-9B VR-52

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KC-130J 168066 calling Sumo 31 was heard between Wake Island and Anderson AFB on the 18th December and was probably on delivery here.

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UC-35D 165939 is believed to have departed here as Magic 11 en route to a detachment in Afghanistan and was subsequentially noted in U-Tapao and Phuket with the same callsign.