Whilst waiting for our plane at Ben Gurion airport at terminal 3, we had some distant views of the IAI maintanance area which contained two KC-707/B.707's, both still in their white colors. When we taxied out, we also passed the storage area of the IAI which contained a large number of stored fighters. By making pictures from the plane, I was able to identify each aircraft by type, markings and position following a great report on jetphotos.net of someone who visited this storage by the end of last year.
4-3-2012 Ben Gurion
07-7184 C-17A 437th AW
2x KC/B.707 (ex) 120 sqn, all white
Stored former MIL-ramp
(304) C-130E ex 103/131 sqn
(313) C-130E ex 103/131 sqn
Stored with IAI
(AF-923) MiG-21UM-2000Zambia AF
(AF-930) MiG-21MF-2000Zambia AF
1x MiG-21MF nn, grey c/s
1x MiG-21UM nn, green c/s
(274) A-4H nm, blue rudder
(333) A-4N nm, primer
(358) A-4N nm, primer
(380) A-4N ex 116 sqn
(519) Kfir C7 ex 144 sqn
(549) Kfir C7 ex 144 sqn
(565) Kfir C7 ex 144 sqn
(708/08) Kfir C1P ex IDF/AF, ex VMFT-401 999708/08
(879) Kfir C2 ex IDF/AF, primer
(935) Kfir C2 ex IDF/AF, primer
(999727/07) Kfir C1P ex VMFT-401, ex IDF/AF 727
(999794/12) Kfir C1P ex VMFT-401, ex IDF/AF 794
1x Kfir nn, ex IDF/AF
"313" F-16B-ACE ex IDF/AF, really 986
Few bits and pieces for the visit of Leon Panetta (and less so for Mitt Romney last week - maybe next time he´ll visit with some VC-25s, VH-60s ....)
OK the "Knee-Cap" is 50125 whilst the great man arrived in C-17A 77184 (437AW) In attendance is C-37 90404 and a visitor last night should have been 305AW C-17A 88199.
Just arrived from Constantia (3rd time this summer) are a pair of C-130Ts 164106 & 164181 both "NY". Another C-37 was here for a few days (left Sunday) 11-0550.
The future Indian AF Global Express has been temporarily registered 4X-COF, it should have test-flown this morning. Still in full IAF colours, sans serial.
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Interesting visitor right now is 74-1660/YJ C-130H of the 374th AW, sporting a lot more bumps than when I first saw it on TDY at "The Hall" many years ago!
Wow! After a pair of C-17As last week, 50104 (Charleston) on 28/29th and 44132 (McGuire) on 29/30th, followed by a brace of UC-28s, 07-0793 on 29/30 Oct and 07-0779 on 01/02Nov, this week starts even better with another dynamic duo, 2 x USAF CV-22s! These just departed (10.00) to Kania, 0033 as RCH10 & 0035 as RCH21, no tail codes on either. Unit anyone?
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