Fort Worth NAS JRB-Carswell Field, TX (KNFW/NFW) 2013 MIL

[davechng]

thanks for the info pilotman6012 ! I never would have known what the aircraft is for

DaveC

[davechng]

Spotting for 7/1/2013 a sloooooow Monday.... morning was bustling with the Shaw Gamblers F-16D I reported last.

action at 2pm and onwards.
Spads
85-475
85-479
85-468
85-513
85-549
301 OG
86-246

T38C from Randolph and Vance was shooting approaches
RA 69-085 Took off
VN 66-335

LMT traffic

F-16D 90-848 took off and did hi and low key options

at 4:06pm Finally

F-35b 12- 168730
F-16C 84-234 came out to play


Forgot! there were 2 UH60 BlackHawk came in for gas and go

Caught the unpainted F-35?? BF34

All in all! a slow day in JRB!

DAveC

[davechng]

7/8

Had to work but a friend was there to catch VMFA-112 Cowboys took off .... 12 of them took off probably for their deployment

I do not have their B/N but here are the aircraft taking off

01,10,00,06,07,08,14,02,11,12,15,16

Great to see the cowboys with all 12 jets together.

DaveC

[Starfighter_F-104G]

VMFA-112 was scheduled to deploy to the Western Pacific in July.

[davechng]

Yes! so that looks like the depolyment flight

DAveC

[Dutchmil]

Hi,

FEUD 31 flight departed from Miramar yesterday and FEUD 41 flight today.

RH.

[tally]

7/8
I do not have their B/N but here are the aircraft taking off
01,10,00,06,07,08,14,02,11,12,15,16

They should be as follows:
162398/MA-00 last noted: Mar 10, 2012
162409/MA-01 last noted: Mar 2, 2012
162428/MA-02 last noted: Feb 15, 2013.
162469/MA-06 last noted: Apr 28, 2012
162848/MA-07 last noted: Mar 20, 2013.
162882/MA-08 last noted: Jul 6, 2013.
163099/MA-10 last noted: Dec 21, 2011.
163120/MA-11 last noted: Jul 6, 2013.
163129/MA-12 last noted: Jul 6, 2013.
162467/MA-14 last noted: Jul 6, 2013.
(162843)/MA-15 From pictures on Fencecheck.
(163166)/MA-16 From pictures on Fencecheck.

MA-15 and MA-16 are the odd balls in the list. I have never noted them with such modex before. However the following airframes I am missing in the list. They may have moved on to other sqn's.
162430/MA-03 last noted: May 17, 2012. Per scramble database this one is at North Island Depot.
162452/MA-04 last noted: March 20, 2013.
162453/MA-05 last noted: Jun 27, 2012.
163143/MA-09 last noted: Oct 31, 2012.

[davechng]

here are the SPotting for 7/10 was there from 1pm to 5pm

Lockheed CATB came in 1300hrs

VMFA 121 F-35B 12-168730
Spotter F_16C 84-234

Army C12 40317
Marine C-130 QH-3310

Spads
85-479
85-513
86-244
85-556
301 FW
86-216

One aircraft got a bird strike and abort taking off. but did not get which one...

That evening

AF_5021 F-35A went up at about 1900 hrs ! I wans;t there but a buddy caught it still in primer paint in FC


DaveC

[davechng]

7/12 A hot hot Friday and not much action!

C-Marine C-130 QH-2311

Spads
85-229
85-556
85-402
85-468
85-412

at about 4:50pm

2 F-35 was dolley out of the Hanger

a primer coated F-35B but have no number on the plane yet
a F-35 cannot read the number clearly 15022 on the tail I beleif???

The did not fly.....oh well

DaveC

[sdamico]

BLUE41 arrived here today, so another F-16 delivery to Egypt is imminent. SBS shows this to be KC-10A 85-0032 from 305AMW.

SD

[tally]

BLUE41 arrived here today, so another F-16 delivery to Egypt is imminent. SBS shows this to be KC-10A 85-0032 from 305AMW.

SD

I guess they were scheduled but deliveries hit a snag.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07 ... its-delay/ 

[tally]

7/20/2013
Visit:
C-17A, NY ANG, 137 AS: 95-0103 bl "Stewart"

Locals:
F-35A, LMTAS, 58 FS: 10-5016/EG as "Strike 11".
F-35B, LMTAS, VMFA-121: 168727/VK-09 (BF-29) as "Lightning 31".
F-35B, LMTAS, VMFA-121: (168731)/VK-13 (BF-33) hangared.
F-35C, LMTAS: 168736 (CF-09) as "Lightning 21".

F-16D, LMTAS 90-0848 as "Lightning 22” and "Lightning 32".

7/27/2013
Visit:
F-16C, TX ANG, 182 FS: 87-255*, 87-256/SA, 87-286/SA, 87-341/SA as "Texas 91/4".
*87-255 is still wearing the 65th Anniversary markings.

KC-135R, 452 AMW, 912 ARS: 62-3558 as "Rats 86 Heavy".

Locals:
F-35A, LMTAS, 58 FS: 10-5014/EG (AF-26) as "Strike 31".
F-35A, LMTAS, 58 FS: 10-5016/EG (AF-28) as "Strike 11".
F-35A, LMTAS, 58 FS: 10-5018/EG (AF-30) as "Lightning 31" Declared and IFE and landed safely.
F-35A, LMTAS, 58 FS: 11-5022 (AF-33) as "Lightning 41" (in primer colors).
F-35A, LMTAS: F-002 (AN-02) as "Strike 51".

F-16C, LMTAS 84-1234 as "Strike 12".
F-16D, LMTAS 90-0848 as "Lightning 32” than "Strike 32" and than "Lightning 42".
The 90-0848 was chase for three subsequent F-35 flights never landing in between chases. It was up for 2.8 hours.

C-40A, VR-59: 165830/830 as "Convoy 4534" and 165831/831 as "Convoy 4808".

[davechng]

7/27 Sat .... but caught some good LMT traffic

1st F35A I miss her by 5min since she landed before I got there. 10:45am

F-35A EG 10-5018 Strike 31
Spotter F-16D Strike 32

Strike 31 got into Electrical problem and had to land after 10 min.

KC-135 452 AMW 912 ARS 3558-23558 from March ARB came in to land

F-35A EG 10-5014
F-35A in the primer paint 11-5022

VR40 830-5830

F-35A Dutch F-002

I miss 4 of the San Antonio F-16C " gunfighters " that was told they took off at about 5pm! oh well! miss them by 15 minutes

DAveC

[Piet Luijken]

wow, lots of f35 flying nowadays!

[Hurricane]

wow, lots of f35 flying nowadays!

They need to clear the area of all F35s that are ready for delivery prior to the airport closure as runway maintenance will shut down flying activities for a number of weeks starting next week. The completion of new build frames will continue to they will be parked where possible