Konya (LTAN/KYA) - 2016 MIL

[patrick dirksen]

Friday early evening a italian KC-767 left Konya ( 14-03/mm ...... ) , also a C-160 left early evening

69-024 was seen overflying the city around 18:00 h.

[patrick dirksen]

C-130B 57-0527 and C-130E 68-01606 were in and out on Friday. Another left early Friday morning (01608?) and another arrived around lunchtime.

The one that left early Friday morning was 68-01608, around lunch 1606 came back if I remember correctly.

[Sukhoi22]

Hello everyone,

From the logs I have some questions about the F-16's of the Turk.AF. I have seen these numbers from my photo's and I missed 3 from Thursday take-off and the numbers of the Friday vipers (I counted 6, when taxing Saudi's)

These serials are from 9 June:
F-16C 93-0658 132FILO
F-16B 92-0023 NB
F-16C 88-0035 NB
F-16C 94-0083 151FILO
F-16C 94-0088 151FILO
F-16D 07-1015 161FILO
F-16C 91-0001 162FILO
F-16C 89-0031 162FILO
F-16B 92-0003 NB
F-16B 90-0024 182FILO
F-16C 91-0003 182FILO
F-16C 91-0005 182FILO
F-16C 93-0007 182FILO
F-16C 90-0012 191FILO
F-16C 88-0036 191FILO
F-16B 89-0042 191FILO
F-16C 07-1012 161FILO
F-16D 07-1022 161FILO
F-16C 93-0672 132FILO
F-16B 94-1558 132FILO
F-16C 93-0673 132FILO
F-16C 93-0674 132FILO
F-16C 94-0091 132 FILO
F-16C 93-0687 132 FILO
F-16C 07-1004 161FILO
F-16C 07-1014 161FILO
F-16C 86-0069 (getowed) 132FILO
F-16C 93-0664 132FILO
F-16C 94-0091 132FILO
F-16C 92-0010 191FILO
F-16C 88-0014 192 FILO
F-16C 90-0017 191FILO
F-16B 90-0022 182FILO
F-16C 91-0010 162FILO
F-16C 07-1029 161FILO
F-16C 90-0010 162FILO
F-16C 90-0023 152FILO
F-16C 94-0072 151FILO
F-16C 94-0075 151FILO
F-16C 94-0076 151FILO
F-16C 93-0667 151FILO
F-16B 89-0045 152FILO
F-16C 94-0078 151FILO

Could anyone help me. TIA.

Sukhoi22

[747woody]

Thanks for typing the log! A few remarks in red below:



93-0667 F-16C 151 Filo
93-0692 F-16D 151 Filo => I don't have this one?? Yes it was there.
94-0072 F-16C 151 Filo
94-0075 F-16C 151 Filo
94-0076 F-16C 151 Filo
94-0078 F-16C 151 Filo
94-0083 F-16C 151 Filo
94-0088 F-16C 151 Filo

88-0035 F-16C nm (152 Filo?) => flew with 151 Filo Vipers
89-0045 F-16D 152 Filo
90-0023 F-16D 152 Filo

89-0031 F-16C 162 Filo
90-0010 F-16C 162 Filo
91-0001 F-16C 162 Filo
91-0010 F-16C 162 Filo => I don't have this, mispole for 90-0010? No, they were both there
92-0023 F-16D nm (162 Filo?)

88-0036 F-16C 191 Filo
89-0042 F-16D 191 Filo
90-0012 F-16C 191 Filo
90-0017 F-16C 191 Filo
91-0018 F-16C 191 Filo
92-0003 F-16C 191 Filo (day?) => I don't have this? It was there
92-0010 F-16C 191 Filo
92-0024 F-16D 191 Filo (day?) => I don't have this? So was this one!

2307 KE-3A 23 SQN RSAF (Friday) => unknown in databases, reserialled? That's what it carried.

All info gleaned from photographs, from Tuesday to Friday.

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[747woody]

All the visiting Turkish F-16s (ie all but 132 Filo) listed in the log*, except for the 142 Filo one, departed on Thursday afternoon. Urkles reckons there was one more 161 Filo jet on the S ramp, but no one has come up with any further information, and only the 11 listed 161 and 162 Filo jets departed.

*edit except for 151 Filo 93-0692, 191 Filo 91-0018 and 92-0003, which were all present on Tuesday.

Hello everyone,

From the logs I have some questions about the F-16's of the Turk.AF. I have seen these numbers from my photo's and I missed 3 from Thursday take-off and the numbers of the Friday vipers (I counted 6, because taxing Saudi's)

These serials are from 9 June:
F-16C 93-0658 132FILO
F-16B 92-0023 NB
F-16C 88-0035 NB
F-16C 94-0083 151FILO
F-16C 94-0088 151FILO
F-16D 07-1015 161FILO
F-16C 91-0001 162FILO
F-16C 89-0031 162FILO
F-16B 92-0003 NB
F-16B 90-0024 182FILO
F-16C 91-0003 182FILO
F-16C 91-0005 182FILO
F-16C 93-0007 182FILO
F-16C 90-0012 191FILO
F-16C 88-0036 191FILO
F-16B 89-0042 191FILO
F-16C 07-1012 161FILO
F-16D 07-1022 161FILO
F-16C 93-0672 132FILO
F-16B 94-1558 132FILO
F-16C 93-0673 132FILO
F-16C 93-0674 132FILO
F-16C 94-0091 132 FILO
F-16C 93-0687 132 FILO
F-16C 07-1004 161FILO
F-16C 07-1014 161FILO
F-16C 86-0069 (getowed) 132FILO
F-16C 93-0664 132FILO
F-16C 94-0091 132FILO
F-16C 92-0010 191FILO
F-16C 88-0014 192 FILO
F-16C 90-0017 191FILO
F-16B 90-0022 182FILO
F-16C 91-0010 162FILO
F-16C 07-1029 161FILO
F-16C 90-0010 162FILO
F-16C 90-0023 152FILO
F-16C 94-0072 151FILO
F-16C 94-0075 151FILO
F-16C 94-0076 151FILO
F-16C 93-0667 151FILO
F-16B 89-0045 152FILO
F-16C 94-0078 151FILO

Could anyone help me. TIA.

Sukhoi22

[patrick dirksen]

Hi Woody,

Thanks for your additions. Can you confirm the ones I missed were all flying, and on which day? I still have to check my pictures, but don't have them with me right now. With a few spotters together we wrote down everything we saw including the flying ones and checked thoroughly, so I am really curious where and when these were seen.

Regarding the KE-3, I know it carried 2307
But that is probably a reserialled 18xx.

[EvD]

Thanks Patrick for meticulously checking the log!

I Think the Cougars did not have unit markings either?

Can't comment on the F-16's you did not see, as they were noted on days when I was not there.
I know there was one in the hangar at the main ramp that eluded us.

For 90-0010 & 91-0010 I can say they both departed and I have photoproof of both. These were operating from the S-shaped ramp.
Quite confusing because 91-0001 was there too.

best regards,
Erwin

[patrick dirksen]

I missed 3 from Thursday take-off and the numbers of the Friday vipers (I counted 6, when taxing Saudi's)

If you mean the ones that took off when the Herc was leaving, that were 8 in total, all local ones. They were 87-0016, 94-1558, 93-0687, 93-0673, 93-0664, 93-0672, 93-0674 and 93-0658. All of these were seen the days before apart from 87-0016.

[patrick dirksen]

I Think the Cougars did not have unit markings either?

Can't comment on the F-16's you did not see, as they were noted on days when I was not there.
I know there was one in the hangar at the main ramp that eluded us.

For 90-0010 & 91-0010 I can say they both departed and I have photoproof of both. These were operating from the S-shaped ramp.
Quite confusing because 91-0001 was there too.

Indeed the Cougars didn't carry any markings. Regarding 91-0010, that makes sense now I think of it! I quickly checked them when they were taxiing on the other side of the runway, and from memory I thought they were all known ones. But it seemed there was one more than I remembered.... It shows you always have to actually check, every time again! Thanks for the confirmation.

[747woody]

If I get time, lol! Which days were you there?

They all left on Thursday .............

Hi Woody,

Thanks for your additions. Can you confirm the ones I missed were all flying, and on which day? I still have to check my pictures, but don't have them with me right now. With a few spotters together we wrote down everything we saw including the flying ones and checked thoroughly, so I am really curious where and when these were seen.

Regarding the KE-3, I know it carried 2307
But that is probably a reserialled 18xx.

[patrick dirksen]

I was there Wednesday till Friday. I have 91-0010 now, but am still wondering about 93-0692, 92-0003 and 92-0024.

[raameagle]

I was there Wednesday and Thursday and didn't log 92-0003, 92-0024 or 93-0692.

90-0010, 91-0010 and 92-0010 were all there.

Regards

[747woody]

I was there Wednesday till Friday. I have 91-0010 now, but am still wondering about 93-0692, 92-0003 and 92-0024.

Had another look back through my photos. I have shots of all three from Tuesday morning, they were on the Eagle ramp but didn't fly. Also had a close look through the departure shots from Thursday afternoon and they didn't depart then - all the other listed visiting F-16s did, and the ramps were empty afterwards. Have amended my earlier post.

[EvD]

There was at least one in the hangar near the eagle ramp that did not come out when the others departed on Thursday.
Also, the S-ramp side has held some hangared ones on the past, as well as the hangar in the 132 Filo shelter area.

Can anyone confirm that there were three camouflaged AS532 on the S-ramp Wednesday evening? At that time I counted eleven F-16s sitting there on the ramp (have some bad video footage to confirm).

Thanks to all for contributing!

Erwin

[patrick dirksen]

Thanks for the reply Woody. I had confirmation from others as well that those three weren't seen on Wednesday till Friday, so they must have been put inside somewhere. As Erwin said, there was one more Viper in the big hangar, which was probably one of them but will probably stay unknown forever....