Wunstorf 2020

[Herby]

Visiting on 4.8. was TLwG 33 Tornado IDS 45+88.

[AK01]

Now inbound for an approach is Giant15, an IsraelianAF B707. Will continue to Cologne afterwards.

[Herby]

Noted on the ramp on 22.9. were LTG 62 A400M´s 54+23, 54+29, 54+31 and 54+34 plus four more unidentified.

Active were 54+08 (departed to Manching for checks until April 2021), 54+19 (arrived from Manching after C-Check with crew of 54+08), 54+21, (departed to Ämari), 54+24 (training) and 54+33 (departed to Mali). In the afternoon 54+31 flew a tanker mission until 19.30h.

[Herby]

Active on 19.10. were LTG 62 A400M 54+19, 54+26 and 54+31.

Noted on the ramp on 15.10. were
54+10, 54+17, 54+20, 54+25, 54+30, 54+31 plus 5 unidentified.

The „Generalinspekteur Luftwaffe“ likes to give the wing a new badge in the next months, he stated that the blind „Hans Huckebein“ on LTG 62s badge don’t represent a modern and active transport unit with many different tasks. It is also possible to give it a traditional name.

[Paul]

Monday 26-10-2020
HKY71 C-130J 15-5831 t/g 09:29lt

[Herby]

Noted here on 29.10. were active A400M of LTG 62 54+10 (two training missions) and 54+31 (Air/Air refuelling) plus 11 more unidentified on the ramp.

Arrving on 28.10. was C-160D 50+66 of LTG 63. It did a nightstop and should have departed early on 29.10., but went u/s. So C-160D arrived from Hohn and replaced it with it´s mission. Also arriving and departing for a planned visit on 29.10. was 50+83.

P-3C CUP 60+06 of MFG 3 was planned to train some hours in the afternoon in a period 11.00 to 15.00 local hrs. The Orion arrived in fact on 11.20 and was seen performing overshoots and touch and go´s until 14.45 local hrs.

[Herby]

Spares and technicans for the u/s 50+66 arrived from Hohn on 30.10. in LTG 63 C-160D 50+53.

[Herby]

The next delivery is now on plan. It will be 54+36 on or around 18.11.

[Herby]

Due to it´s still untenable condition and the obvious unability of Airbus at Sevilla to resolve the problems the delivery of 54+36 was postponed further. The same will happen with 54+35.

Active LTG 62 A400M in mid-November were 54+05, 54+18, 54+19, 54+20, 54+24, 54+25, 54+31, 54+33 (on 17.11. to Al Azraq in exchange for 54+23 which came back on 18.11.) and 54+34.

54+25 exchanged 54+16 as a tanker and got the refuelling pods.

Visiting on 18.11. was NH90NTH 79+57 of MFG 5 while C-160D 50+83 of LTG 63 performed several overshoots and two unidentfied TLwG 51 Tornados did two overshoots.

[Starman]

Here is the 54+33 descending towards Jordan (note refuelling pods)

54+33 by Mister Starman, on Flickr

The 54+23 was spotted westbound yesterday (from Tel Nof), but was a bit too high!

[Herby]

The detachment at Al Azraq was ever carried out by a tanker, so 54+23 and 54+33 are pod equipped.

[Herby]

The visitor of the year and „first mil visit of nation“ landed on 2.12. at 11.55h in the shape of RAAF/36.Sqn. C-17A A41-207. It departed 73 minutes later to Getafe.

The arrival of 54+36 is planned for the 4.12.

[Herby]

After the „first mil visit of nation“ yesterday of the RAAF C-17 Luxemburg Armed Forces A400M CT-01 operated by BAC/15.Wing, 20.Smd. did make it’s first appearance at Wunstorf on 3.12. and another „first mil visit of nation“!

CT-01 did two touch and go’s.

[Herby]

New LTG 62 A400M 54+36 arrived on 4.12. at 13.53 h local with 54+17 as crew ferry.

[Herby]

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