Europe: Fort Hood 1st CAB 1st Cav. Div. helicopter movements

[wamovements]

As far as I know from outside there are no/limited options. Wait till next week when they depart to Chievres to catch them in takeoff

[hendriks]

Ok Thanks for your Quick reply

[spotterwilliam]

https://www.portofrotterdam.com/nl/nieu ... -via-haven

The helo's will fly into Rotterdam port

[Nilson]

https://www.portofrotterdam.com/nl/nieu ... -via-haven

The helo's will fly into Rotterdam port

That will be 10 CAB returning home, not 1 CAB.

[nilsko]

https://www.portofrotterdam.com/nl/nieu ... -via-haven

The helo's will fly into Rotterdam port

That will be 10 CAB returning home, not 1 CAB.

We might have to split this topic then

edit: http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=881764#p881764

[David Moore]

Some numbers read off this morning before the Americans made the Politie move us away. These were towed out of the Endurance between 10:30 & 11:49

26575 UH-60L
15-08174 CH-47F
63411 AH-64
0-26436 UH-60L
63113 AH-64
15-08177 CH-47F
41911 AH-64
15-08178 CH-47F
0-26480 UH-60L
15-08183 CH-47F
205(77?) UH-60M
0-26510 UH-60L
15-08179 CH-47F
26565 UH-60L

I am struggling with the full serials of the 3 AH-64's. I don't believe we mispoled them but I can't find them in my database. Can anyone help with Fiscal Year & full serial, please? Thank you

[michel N]

Did anyone visit the harbour today after these choppers were offloaded, and if so, what’s (if anything) is visible from outside?

[David Moore]

The helicopters are towed from the ship into a parking area surrounded on 3 sides by a wall of shipping containers 2 containers high. I don't believe that anything can be seen of them from outside.

[Jarnob]

Visited today. the choppers were only barely readable/visible while they were unloaded from the Endurance.
After unloading they were immediately towed to an area which is completely blocked by a (for this purpose made) wall of containers...
We heard the engines being tested and drove around the area - to find no place from which we could see anything...
Also the belgian military and police are patrolling around and blocking some ways. So you will be noticed if you come too close

When the choppers take off i think they will be good visible! Since the parking area is very close to the main road

[Denmen]

According to the FB called "1st Air Cavalry Brigade "Air Cav"" the first UH-60's took off in the early evening for transfer and they will resume from tomorrow on weather depending.

[Ecm]

David,

63113 is correct
41911 is 41011

[David Moore]

Thank you for correcting my misspole, Ecm. Still doesn’t solve my problem. Are these

14-01011
16-03113
16-03411, please?

Or is 63411 another misspole for 63111 so 16-0311, please?

[Tu154]

At least 17 helicopters arrived @ Chievres today.

Jos

[DJMikey]

At Chièvres today we saw the following. I noted the serials below as printed on the helo's, because I don't exactly know the full serials. Please correct or fill in gaps.

We arrived at around 10.15 LT. We saw 6 Blackhawks, of which UH60L 0-26585 was the first one parked on the North-South track/'runway'. The others were parked between the hangars, as well as 2 Apaches were. Unfortunatly we couldn't read the serials. In the afternoon we stayed to see two formations of helo's coming in.

The first group:
AH64D: 63114, 73124, 63084, 73116
UH60L/M: 0-20793, 20815, 20796, 0-26510
CH47F: 14-08462, 15-08463

The second group came in around 15.45h but made a shorter turn to land. They were farther away then the first group and the helo's were backlight. Therefore a difficult job to read, even from the pics. The group:
6 Blackhawks, of which I only have one: 0-26828
1 AH64D: 73120

We didn't stay for the third group, so we don't know if actually did come in after we left.
That's it. I hope this helps a bit, and as said ... please correct the serials into the full serials.

Greets, Mike.

[Joolde]

Some tie-ups. Note that I'm not 100% sure about some of them, but the following numbers rolled out of my database.

26575 UH-60L 94-26575
15-08174 CH-47F
63411 AH-64 no 16-03411 exists as far as I could see, 16-03111 would make sense
0-26436 UH-60L 92-26436
63113 AH-64 16-03113
15-08177 CH-47F
41911 AH-64 Perhaps 14-01011 as @Ecm noted
15-08178 CH-47F
0-26480 UH-60L 93-26480
15-08183 CH-47F
205(77?) UH-60M 13-20577 is indeed a UH-60M
0-26510 UH-60L 93-26510
15-08179 CH-47F
26565 UH-60L 94-26565

Above CH-47s already are full serials (and correct as far I could see)

UH60L 0-26585 94-26585

The first group:
AH64D: 63114 16-03114 AH-64E
73124 17-03124 AH-64E
63084 16-03084 AH-64E
73116 17-03116 AH-64E

UH60L/M: 0-20793 15-20793?? UH-60M, not sure about the FY
20815 16-20815 UH-60M
20796 15-20796?? UH-60M, not sure about the FY
0-26510 93-26510 UH-60L

CH47F: 14-08462, 15-08463 couldn't find anything about these, perhaps they are too new for my database..

The second group:
6 Blackhawks, of which I only have one: 0-26828 98-26828 UH-60L
1 AH64D: 73120 17-03120 AH-64E