Like others, Spotter 2000 and I spend some time in the SW US looking for nice weather and lots of planes. And we got both. Below is by no means a clean log.
North Island 4 March 2019
MH60 166534/-, 168101/E-15, 168143/NH-707, 166997/-436, 166350/SA-
UH60A 22718 USBP
FA18C 165792/AD-137
C37A 10076
Not so pleasant surprise if the first a/c in the US is a well known (formerly?) Ramstein inmate
El Centro 5 March 2019
T45C 165085/106, 165629/107, 165497/154, 165472/100, 165494/151, 165621/179, 167091/192, 165480/137, 165092/113, 165608/166, 165485/142, 165496/153, 167095/191, 165602/160, 165620/178, 165081/102, 165465/122, 165461/118
FA18E/F 169116/NA-313, 165677/NJ-122, 165921/NJ-153
T/AV8B 163680/KD-16, 164138/.-15, 163867/KD-20, 164143/.-20, 164146/KD-32, 163869/KD-26, 163877/KD-23, 163415/-
FA18C 1/, 2/163451, 3/, 4/163708 Blue Angels
Neder seen this base so busy.
Yuma 5 March 2019
F35B 168726/DC02, 169590/DC03
KC130J 168068/QB, 167924/QB
UH1Y 169246/MV32
AH1Z 169275/MV44
FA18D 164043/-23
T38A 62-703, 64-261 HT
Very calm here, probably in connection with the upcoming Open House.
Tucson IAP 6 March 2019
F16C/D 86-285, 87-333, 88-427, 90-790, 86-236, 83-174, 86-210, 85-514, 86-279, 86-239, 89-135, 89-117, 89-155, 89-090, 89-163, 87-361, 88-416, 89-075 all AZ
F16C/D 86-241, 86-211, 86-240, 88-502 all AT
F16C 1634, 1622 Iraq
A10C 79-150, 81-997 DP
C26B 920372
C130J 65855, 746312, 65851 The Rock
Busy morning
Davis Monthan 6 March 2019
A10C 81-949 y, 79-202 355OG w, 81-941 y, 80-270 y, 80-215 y, 80-240 bl, 80-207 357FS w, 78-684 y, 79-167 y, 80-273 y, 81-976 bl, 79-167 y, 81-941 y DM
A10C 79-148, 79-197, 81-997, 79-150, 79-167, 79-147, 79-151, 79-180, 79-146, 79-145 DP
A10C 78-652, 78-706, 81-960, 82-654, 82-650 no code
A10C 79-177 ET
A10C 79-185 IN
C130 73-583, 64-862, 08-5708 DM 09-5709 FT
UC12F 163553
C550 N4614N, N6775C USBP
AS350 N6103X USBP
Busy afternoon
Davis Monthan AMARC 7 March 2019
C130 96570, 60414 Arkansas, 90479 Mansfield, 51368 Texas, 20253, 65-989 DM, 51362 Texas, 50037 Maxwell, 50035 Maxwell, 63-895 PR, 90480 High Rollers, 0512, 21811 The Rocj, 37884 The Rock, 21810 The Rock, -842 PR, 37847 The Rock, 37785 AFRC, 39813 The Rock, 37890 The Rock, 65-987 FT, 37837 Pope, 90512, 21296 The Rock, 1700 Coast Guard, 50975, 44858, 37864 Task Force Rock, 62-820 PR, 37804 The Rock, 37846 The Rock, 37809 AMC, 21837 Pope, 64-681 RS, 42063 Big Yankees, 37816, 00163, 21808 The Rock, 21824 The Rock, 40512 The Rock, 37782 Pope
C5A 90023, 80224, 00452, 80212 Mansfield
C5A 90002, 90007 TX
F16 85-440 Lobos, ..-271 LF, ..-373, ..0215 AZ
Just a short walk along the’ new’ line of stored C-130s
Tucson 7 March 2019
F16C/D 88-502, 86-211, 86-340, 86-241 AT
F16C/D 89-2156, 89-002, 89-117, 88-427, 90-716, 89-100, 88-417, 88-520 AZ
F16C 1622, 1634
T45C 167105/B272, 163613/B213, 163643/B243, 167096/B258
C130J 65851
We’ve had our dose of T-45s
Luke 7 March 2019
F16A/B 93-709, 93-825, 93-817, 93-707 Taiwan
F16C/D 96-034, 96-035, 97-112, 96-036, 94-270, 97-120, 97-113 Singapore
F35A 5146, 5110 NorwAF
F35A F-004 KLu
F35A 18-002, 18-003 S Korea
Luke 8 March 2019
F16 85-512, 84-382, 83-158, 83-160, 84-327, 84-318, 84-308, 84-324 alle LF blue
F16 LF 90-765, 89-164, 90-778, 90-759, 87-358, 90-762, 87-360 944FW, 89-159, 90-705, 88-505, 88-493, 90-793, all bk
F16A/B 93-817, 91-709, 93-825, 93-828, 91-707 LF w
F16C/D 035, 120, 121, 113, 112, 036, 270, 034 LF r/bk
F35A 12-5045, 12-5047, 12-5042, 13-5068, 14-5103, 15-5120 63FS, 15-5171, 15-5127, 15-5191, 15-5164, 15-5179, 15-5177, 15-5174 LF
F35A A35-001, A35-005, A35-008, A35-006 Aussie
F35A 5087, 5146, 5147, 5110 Norway
F35A F-004 Klu
F35A 008 Turkey
F35A 18-001, 002, 005, 003 S Korea
KC135R 14829 AZ ANG
Nice score of 28 F-16s and 22 F-35s. Two runways, which means you miss some. This time it was the Koreans.
Yuma Open House 9 March 2019
AV8 165001/WE-01, 165429/WE-06, 165006/WE-09 VMA-314
F5E 761527/LS-02, 761572/LS-06, . /LS-07,761526/LS-10,761589/LS-11 VMFT-401
UH1 166761/MV-43, 166755/MV-30 VMX-1, 158297/5Y-04, 158557/5Y- Yuma BF
AH1 169246/MV-32, 169275/MV-44, 166761/MV VMX-1
MV22 166718/MV-04, 168215/MV-01 VMX-1
C12 163559 Yuma BF
A10 DM 78-684 y, 80-187 - , 81-983 bl, 81-980 -(no code)
MH53 162518/YF-518 and another HMH-468
F35 169589/CF-04 VMFA-211, 169165/DC-.., 168726/DC-02, 168309/DC05, ./DC-03 VMFA-122
C130 168068/QB-068
F18 164025/SH-151 VMFAT-101
Mig21 4418 N315RF
Not a big event. Many based a/c out of town. The F-5 quartet is always good to see flying.
Mc Carran 10 March 2019
KC135R 63-8030 HH
Nellis 11 March 2019
F16 FA131, FA117, FA109, FA136, FA97, FA129, FA110, FA104 Belg
F16 3037 3064 3051 3061 3018 UAE
F16 J-019, J-010, J-366, J-209, J-018, J-210 Klu
A4 N161EM, N269EM N142EM, N163EM , N164EM, N147EM ATAC
L159 N270EM, N262EM, N256EM, N267EM, N269EM, N264EM ATAC
F15 90-230 r, 88-1671 y, 89-496 r, 89-472 r, 88-1688 y, 89-475 -, 88-1676 gr, 89-471 gr, 87-171 gr, 89-505 y, 88-1682 y SJ
F16 86-272, 84-301, 86-251, 83-159, 84-236, 86-220, 84-220 85-419 57FW WA
F15 0628, 0629, 0630, 0631 Saudi
F15 78-538, 82-024 Cal, 81-039, 80-039 JZ
F15 05-8376, 05-8373, 05-8371, 05-8363, 05-8368, 05-8378 Singapore
F16 89-092, 88-486 57OG WA, 88-436, 88-439, 89-174, 89-176 HL
C130 ..-790 FT
E3 79-0001 OK w
A10 82-658, 79-169 OT 81-992
B767 FAC1202 Colombia
F35 14-5107, 14-5092, 15-5182, 13-5076 LF, 14-5160, 17-5244 OT
EA18 169129/NL-535, 166858/NJ-550, 168757/NL-532, ../DD-504
UH60 ..631
F15E 90-261 91-328 WA 91-601 92-365 91-325 OT
F16 92-365, 90-747, 91-470, 90-721, 90-757, 91-475, 91-404, 90-739, 90-729, 92-882, 91-473 WA, 88-442, 91-374, 92-926, 87-362 OT
Typhoon ZK424, 309, 317, 308, 340, 312,307
C17 ZZ173
F16 1,2,3,4,5,6 Thunderbirds
Our lucky day. Northerly winds meant one could stand between runways ends and have (almost) 100% of the mission.
Las Vegas McCarran 11 March 2019
AH1 168800/QT-440, 168422/QT-629
Nellis 12 March 2019
Typhoon. ZK308, 317, 307, 340, 315
F16 J209, 018, 019
F16 3018, 3064
F16 0629, 0632, 0633
KDC10 T264
C130J 13-5790 FT
FA131
F15 91-325 OT, ..-189, ..-230 SJ, 05-8371, 8373, 8376 MO
F35 13-5080, 14-5092, 14-5107 LF
F22 04-071 WA
F15 ..-.29, 80-039 JZ, ..-,30, 82-024 CA ANG
A10 80-204, 82-665, 79-180, 79-709 WA, 79-169, ..-658 OT
F16 84-236, 87-267, 85-418, 83-159 86-251 WA
F16 91-473, 91-475, 91-404, 90-721, 90-757, 90-729, 90-739 WA
F16 88-442, 90-740, 87-362, 91-374 OT
Not so lucky today. Different wind direction and more than 50% landed on the far runway.
Palmdale 13 March 2019
Unid RQ-4 and Be200/C-12.
Very quiet, we were not ready for action when these two took off.
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