ETAD 31-08-2015

[Stratofreighter]

According to Dariusz Maj Rojewski, press officer 2. SLT. the F-22A Raptors are to land at Lask in Poland this Monday, which of course means they have to leave Spangdahlem.

[Kuine]

Damn shame,iw was planning a trip to span coming Friday.
Hope they wil come back.
Poland is sad enough to far away for me.

[philippe1980]

I was assuming (hoping!!!!! ) they have to return to spang because all the equipment and staff are there. If they would stay in poland, wouldn't everything been flown to that base instead of spangdahlem?

[K-9]

Perhaps going a little too much off-topic ... But news, so far, is that the deployment to Lask is for a exercise with polish F-16's. So chance is pretty high they, return sometime ...

[Richard de Florennes]

098 097 departure 08.15 to poland?????
416 343 833 418 departure 08.33

[Oscar01]

Raptors due back 16.40 local

[robertssb]

Does anybody know until which date the Raptors are staying, want to pay a visit to Spang this or next week.
Thankx..

[Stratofreighter]

Does anybody know until which date the Raptors are staying, want to pay a visit to Spang this or next week.
Thankx..

The F-22A Raptors are supposed to stay in Europe until at least mid-September.

But I wouldn't be surprised if this quartet left on, say, Friday the 11th or so, just before the weekend.

http://www.flugzeugforum.de/forums/214-Flugplaetze
is, as most people will know, a link worth following.

[robertssb]

Quote from message at : http://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/news/stor ... =123457221

This forward deployment of the Raptors is part of the inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe and is funded by the European Reassurance Initiative, which provides support to bolster the security of our NATO Allies and partners in Europe while demonstrating our commitment to regional and global security. The F-22s will remain at Łask for a brief period of time before returning to Spangdahlem to continue their training deployment. These aircraft are not part of Av-Det Rotation 15-4.

[Stratofreighter]

Both F-22A's which visited Lask this Monday are back at Spangdahlem now. The skies at ETAD were blue, unlike over here...

[Adraf]

C-17A 98-0054 437th AW - arr
C-17A 08-8191 437th AW - dep
C-17A 10-0213 437th AW

C-130J-30 07-8609 86th AW - arr, dep
C-130J-30 08-8607 86th AW - approaches

F-16CM 90-0818 480th FS
F-16CM 90-0833 480th FS - dep (Lask)
F-16CM 91-0343 480th FS - dep (Lask)
F-16CM 91-0351 480th FS
F-16CM 91-0361 480th FS
F-16CM 91-0402 480th FS
F-16CM 91-0407 480th FS
F-16CM 91-0416 480th FS - dep (Lask)
F-16CM 91-0418 480th FS - dep (Lask)
F-16DM 91-0481 480th FS
F-16CM 92-3918 480th FS
F-16CM 96-0080 480th FS

F-22A 05-4097 - dep, arr
F-22A 05-4098 - dep, arr

[Richard de Florennes]

Nothing to add as I did not have the patience to wait much longer after the departure of six jets to Poland.
Just in case somebody needs the exact takeoff times:

SPANGDAHLEM MONDAY 2015-08-31 RW23
Weather: blue sky/few high clouds, clear air, sunny, windy, warm

F-16CJ 52ndFW 91-343/SP rd T08:33
F-16CJ 52ndFW 91-418/SP rd T08:33
F-16CJ 52ndFW 90-833/SP rd T08:33
F-16CJ 52ndFW 91-416/SP rd T08:33

F-22A 325thFW 05-098/TY - T08:15
F-22A 325thFW 05-097/TY - T08:15

[GerritsFinest]

Check this Polish site: http://www.tvp.info/21443931/raptory-ju ... -lasku#top