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...latest scoop on Philippine Mars... https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/philippine-mars-plane-gets-ready-for-final-run-to-arizona-9770644 Plan is, overnight in SF, 2-3 days in San Diego (yay!), final leg to AZ Back in 2009, Hawaii Mars spent the fire season at Lake Elsinore (north county). Th...

Kalitta Boeing 747-400
N716CK //reg from ADSB

Normally the heavies land on 36, but this one came right up the beach past the Del and over the golf course for 29.

From what I've heard, they will fly Philippine Mars to Lake Roosevelt, then disassemble it, and truck it to Pima.

from ADSB...T-45C 167079 flying out of El Centro, over Imperial Dunes. There was another T45 doing roughly the same thing yesterday. I would love to see some T45s with the new grey paint.

CMV-22B CODsprey 37/169444 31/169438 55/169458 Lear 35/36 N16FN N18FN N51FN N52FN KAHUNA AIR N238PT, N368SS RoK Navy Sikorsky MH-60R "Frankenstein " 801/24-0801 BUNO 170487 //only -60 with a BUNO I've ever seen with UES (Upswept Exhaust System), pix from last May of this bird showed differ...

JS Kaga just left Japan, headed for San Diego. Once there, she will conduct the first testing of F-35Bs from her flight deck.

The ship recently underwent modifications to allow F-35 operations.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... san-diego/

If you want to see these planes, the Snipers are still in town. According to adsb and other tracking sites, they are now flying out of KNKX, MCAS Miramar.

Saturday 10 August USMC VMFT-401 Snipers LS 04/761546 //F-5N Su 57 camo LS 01/761536 //F-5N blue camo LS 00/761586//F-5F CAG, skull on tail LS 02/761527//F-5N grey camo Been flying out of Brown all week, going offshore in the vicinity of the tanker parade. When I saw they were flying on a Saturday, ...

5-7 August all flying log Luftwaffe A400 54-19 //German 007 Heavy, departed via 18 US Navy VX-9 Vampires Boeing F-18F XE 210 //Centerline IRST fuel tank binoculars only 3xGrowler NL VAQ-131 Lancers // including CAG, these may be the 3 F-18s that flew over the city 2 days ago at 2340, they lost the ...

...via ADSB + Flightaware...

Luftwaffe A400 54+16 arrives from Memphis

...are the RIMPAC Typhoons making a ' round the world trip?

EDIT: 54+16 flies out to Hawaii on Sunday

Oh, I don't for one instant think I've caught everything coming in. There's only so many hours I can spend at the beach, and I miss a much as I catch. Last week there were Growlers, E-2s and F-35s that I only viewed from the living room window. On the scanner I heard Vikings, so I'm guessing that wa...

18-19 July All flying log Everything landing on 29 with exeptions noted Rampart Aviation "Kahuna" N238PT DHC-4 USAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 099211 //landed on 36, EVAC 99211 021099 //Pittsburgh tail flash USN VRM-30 Titans "Rudy" CMV-22B CODsprey 71/169456 //Mt Fuji tail pai...

After the fuel dock Boxer went to NASNI for a few hours, possibly having an Osprey craned off. She left the same day.

Nimitz + Tripoli came in today, as did VFA-27 Royal Maces, late of MCAS Iwakuni. Guess Reagan will be here soon.

12 July CVN 68 departs CVW-17 USS Nimitz NA tail code VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks F-18F 1xx CAG color bird + 1 other, no numbers VFA-94 Shrikes F-18E 201, 205 VFA-137 Kestrels F-18E 310, 311, 306 other USN VRC-40 DET 5 Rawhides C-2A 35/162170 Boeing C-40 Clipper 165835 USMC Lockheed KC-130J QD 9532 //...

11 July CVN 72 departs CVN 68 arrives CVW-17 USS Nimitz NA tail code VFA-146 Blue Diamonds F-18E 4xx CAG color bird + 1 other, no numbers VAQ-139 Cougars EA-18G 5xx 501, 505 // drop tanks, no jamming pods other USN VRC-40 DET 5 Rawhides C-2A 35/162170 Boeing C-40 Clipper 166696 USAF REACH 343 C-17 ...