Fort Worth NAS JRB/Carswell Field, TX (NFW) - 2012 MIL

[Arjan]

Wow, sweet log! And you can hardly call the 26th boring with a Buff

[tally]

Fort Worth, Texas 27/04/12
C-12R 94-00315, A/2-228th Avn
C-12R 95-00089, A/2-228th Avn
C-12R 95-00090, A/2-228th Avn

These belong to the 339 MI Co and are C-12R+. They moved after their deployment in the middle east to NAS Ft Worth in 2011. They should have 10 aircraft although I have only seen 6 of them to date.

[davechng]

Hi! new to this board and am a spotter in NAS JRB. hope to see you guys at the different spot.... any recent activities logs??

Thanks!

DaveC

[Piet Luijken]

LOG: 6 JUNE 2012:

visitors:
160051 C-9B VR-52, departed as CONVOY9801, apparantly on loan to VR-46.
79-0111/KC A-10C 303rd FS, departed as CHISEL21, leaving another one on the visitor ramp.
07-0821 U-28A 319th SOS, arrived, departed as KINNE|R98?
66-4355/EN and 66-4351/EN, T-38C, 469th FS, couple of approaches.

locals:
(162452)/MA-04 F/A-18A++ VMFA-112, local mission as COWBOY901
84-1234 F-16C LMTAS, chase for F-35A as STRIKE02
09-5005/OT F-35A LMTAS/31TES markings, local mission as STRIKE01
165000/QH-000 KC-130T VMGR-234 , engine run at taxiway

F-16C/D* 457th FS, coded "TX"
85-1402, 1457, 1513*, 1549, 1553, 1554, 1556
86-0216, 0219, 0229

I left around 1300, just in time before some very large thunderstorms came in.
After I left, a F-35B BF-05 taxied down to the end of rwy 17, turned around and taxied back to Lockheed. The B-737 CATB also taxied down to the end of 17 and turned around and taxied back to north end of Lockheed. Thanks Mike for the update!

Now it your turn Dave

[davechng]

heh Piet!

Thanks for the update.. I am glad U got out before that "big Storm" hit us... hope to see some of your post in FC and this site..

I decided not to go today since the storm is still around. maybe on Sat...

Just a quick question ! with that Easterly wind U got yesterday which runway were they using???

DaveC

[Piet Luijken]

rwy 17, so not so good
but landing shots were fine.

[davechng]

July 12th

Spotting in JRB

6x Spads F-16C ,
4x Cowboys F-18A+
2x F-16C LF tail code
1x E3 AWACS from Tinker AFB
6x T38C from Sheppard AFB
F-35B RAF and F-16 Spotter
C-130 from Texas AG

All in all a great day to spot !i will include tail code and Number once I sort out the pic!

Cheers

DaveC

[Piet Luijken]

Tx for the update and waiting for the log.

Did you see the special tail viper yet?

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[davechng]

here are the Aircraft for 07-12-2012 from 01pm to 4pm
C130H from TX ANG 51364 doing touch and go , miss 2 more C130 but did not get the number
T-38C 63-192
T38C 63-552
T38C 66-352
T38C 65-414 I think I miss 2 of the T38C that I did not catch their Pic!

E3 Awacs from Tinker 79-0003

Spads
F-16C 85-553
F16C 86-219
F16D 85-513
F-16C Tailcode 457FS, the number is 457 on the aircraft
F16C 85-410
F-16C 85-475

Cowboys
F18A+ nose code 04
F18A+ nose code 01
F18A+ nosecode 08
F18A+ nose code 05

Tail code LF F-16 Luke AFB
F-16C Blk 42 88-548
F16C Blk 42 89-517

The RAF F35 I did not catch the number becasue when I got there the bird was flying already! so... no pic to get the number ! but I am sure it is RAF!

NO , I did not catch the special tail F16 ... dratt!!!! I was hoping when those jets comes rolling and I count 6 of them.. but not the color tail bird..... too bad !better luck next time.

Cheers! I hope this helps.....

DAveC

[tally]

I caught 86-231 on Wednesday. Looks pretty cool compared to the other jets but could have been way cool if they had looked at any of the BAF Special c/s Vipers for once. No such luck but who knows when 457 FS has their anniversary.

So with the 88-548 and 89-517 LF's in town you can bet your money they are their to ferry 35's to Eglin. From what I understand they have ferried AF-14, -15, and -16 to Eglin Friday, July 13.

Some catching up on my last three visits to Navy.

Noted Saturday July 7.

Visitors:
C-17A 452 AMW, 729 AS: 97-0043 as “Slam 91”
F-16D 53 Wg, 85 TES: 90-0841/OT as “Skull 91”

Locals:
F-16C LMTAS: 83-1137 as “Rocket 13”.



Noted Wednesday July 11.

Visitors:
KC-130T VMGR-452: 164180/NY-180 as “Yankee 65”

Locals:
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS "TX":
86-0216, 86-0231 "1972 - 2012 40th Anniversary 301st Fighter Wing "First In Reserve"" as “Spad 21/22”
85-1479, 85-1402 as “Mustang 21/22”
86-0222, 86-0229, 85-1458, 85-1513 as “Beast 21/24”

F-35B LMTAS: 168310/VM-09 (BF-14) hangared.
F-35B LMTAS: (168312)/VM-11 (BF-16) towed from hangar. Not sure on the BuNo yet but this is a first noted for me.

B737 Catbird LMTAS: N35LX as “Catbird 1”

F/A-18A VMFA-112: 163120/MA-11 as Cowboy 11

KC-130T VMGR-234: 162785/QH-785 as “Ranger 31”

C-12R+ 339 MI Co: 95-00089 as “Army 50089”



Noted Saturday July 14.

ORI weekend for the AFRC typically means loads of F-16’s flying. They did not disappoint. With 17 different airframes flying in two waves 70% of the SQN was noted today. Before I arrived they had one wave in and were planning on one more after I left.

Locals:
F-16C 301 FW, 457 FS "TX":
85-1402 “Mustang 31” pm
85-1410 “Beast 21” am, “Mustang 33” pm
85-1472 “Bullet 31” pm
85-1475 “Mustang 24” am
85-1479 “Bullet 32” pm
85-1484 “Beast 23” am
85-1549 “Beast 24” am
85-1553 “Beast 22” am, “mustang 34” pm
85-1554 “Beast 33” pm
86-0216 “Mustang 21” am
86-0219 “Mustang 23” am
86-0229 “Beast 31” pm
86-0231 “Bullet 21” am "1972 - 2012 40th Anniversary 301st Fighter Wing "First In Reserve""
86-0242 “Spad 32” pm
86-0244 “Beast 32” pm
86-0246 “Spad 31” pm

F-16D 301 FW, 457 FS "TX":
85-1513 “Mustang 22” am, “Mustang 32” pm

F-35B LMTAS: 168310/VM-09 (BF-14) hangared.

KC-130T VMGR-234: 162785/QH-785 as “Ranger 19”
KC-130T VMGR-234: 162311/QH-2311 as “Ranger 31”

C-12R+ 339 MI Co: 95-00089 as “Army 50089”


Cheers.

[davechng]

U did good on Sat Tally

I was thinking to head out there ... should have done that. post some of your shots ....

Cheers

DaveC

[sdamico]

3 x F-16 as Retro 97/98/99 left Fort Worth Wed 22 Aug 1300Z/0800LT, supporting tanker was Blue 47, a/a on 284.1 (Lockheed Pri). Mark, this might be the last three to Morocco (other than the two at Edwards--should be 8015/16 which will be delivered in '13 per Jon Lake) you referenced above.

Adding to my earlier comments, there was probably one other delivery in the February/March timeframe, based on the aircraft seen at the airshow at Marrakech in April. They seem to be averaging a delivery every two to three months.

Any comments/corrections welcome.

Rgds,
SD

[sdamico]

Several 482d FW F-16 (Reef 21 & 31) flights arriving at NFW today (23 Aug) in advance of Hurricane Isaac.

SD

[tally]

Several 482d FW F-16 (Reef 21 & 31) flights arriving at NFW today (23 Aug) in advance of Hurricane Isaac.

SD

The others came in on Friday. A total of 24 were on the schedule but I could only count 18 on the ramp. Pilots were transported by 2 C-130's back to Homestead. Not sure of the first one but on Friday it was 94-7320/5 302 AW as Cody 01.

Now we are just waiting on Tyndall, Eglin, and Pensacola for what they are going to do. Tyndall and Eglin are at Hurcon (Hurricane Condition) 4. Homestead evacuated at Hurcon 3. Tyndall typically goes to Holloman due to F-22 support. Eglin, when they had Eagles came to Carswell, however with F-35's they may go there again or divert into Pax River due to F-35 support. Pensacola has ferried into Alliance, Fort Worth before. Would be nice to see the ramp full of T-6C's for once.

[sdamico]

The other AFRC C-130 was 85-0035 908AW/357AS (Maxwell/MXF) as Cody 01 on Thu 23 Aug (dep to Homestead/HST).

Additionally, C-130J-30 04-8153 403AW/815AS (Keesler/BIF) Hobby 64 arrived Sun 26 Aug.

Looks like the Tyndall F-22s (c/s Hornet xx) have gone to Sheppard per FlightAware.

SD