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Sitrap Zeebrugge Friday 1 Feb 12:30LT: ca. 10x CH-47 plus unknown number of UH-60 and/or AH-64 on the quayside. Some still without rotors. Very difficult to see due to fences and containers. Photography impossible. Heavy fog in the area, which probably affects flying ops?

Watched Ramstein enjoying their "Feiertag" today. Following birds were on the deck: 10189 C-17A TN ANG Memphis 99207 C-17A AMC Charleston 66164 C-17A AMC Travis 88203 C-5M AMC McChord At the other end of quietness & hail showers, the recently completed stout earthen wall around RWY26/2...

Noted on the ramp on Wednesday 02 January 2019:

88201 C-17A AMC McChord
23291 C-17A TN ANG Memphis

Everything else still in Holiday-mode.

Ukraine bought 21 repurposed EC225 for their National Guard. 10 & 51 are the first and second delivered. Deal also includes a number of H125 and H145.

How awkward to park your ATV at the business end of a live missile firing exercise!
See also image #3 in post... Make that a double kill for the Hornet?

Is that Santa and Tinkerbell in the Blackhawk? Where is Rudolph?

Add to this log NATO C-17A 03 arriving around 14:00LT.

Spent a nice and sunny Sunday afternoon around RS from 12:15-15:30LT: 30081 KC-10A AMC McGuire 70037 C-5M AFRC Westover dep.14:15 50004 C-5M AMC Dover arr.14:15 nn C-5M nn arr.15:35 (while I was on the Autobahn) 70041 C-17A AMC Charleston 33120 C-17A AMC McChord 55147/HH C-17A HH ANG 77170 C-17A AMC...

Noted during a quick stop on this sunny Sunday morning around 11:00LT:
50003 C-5M AMC Dover
Otherwise all was quiet and peaceful...

The asfhalt road to "Cold Stores" and the landing is private (military?), but other cars drive there too so you are not that suspicious. For a short peek in the weekend I never had troubles. If you plan to stay longer for photo's it would be wiser to stay on the safe side and invest in the...

Today's log; Tuesday 2-10-2018 @14:45-15:15LT . Departing in formation during this half hour were: 4x NH90 79+15, 78+37, 79+11, 78+36 4x CH-47 D-663, D-680?(misread, probably D-666), D-667 and D-10.. and 2x AH-64 nn . Seen in their dispersals were: 4x AH-64 and NH90s 78+23, 79+02, 79+10 in covers (G...

Noted @ Ramstein on Saturday 29-9-2018 14:15-16:00LT 31285 C-5M AMC Dover 60020 C-5M AMC Dover 60019 C-5M AFRC Texas 10192 C-17A NY ANG Stewart 40067 C-17A NY ANG Stewart 00216 C-17A AMC McChord dep14:30LT 99210 C-17A AMC McChord nn C-17A AMC McChord arr 16:00LT 77186 C-17A AMC Charleston 00213 C-17...

I will post my RS log later tonight, was there Saturday @ 14:15-16:00LT

Which date did you visit Ramstein?
Pictures look pretty much like Saturday 22nd, but without the F-16s.

Short lunch stop @ Spang today (12:15-13:00LT)
88199 C-17A AMC McChord
66156 C-17A AMC Travis
60024 C-5M AMC Travis
80104 KC-135R ANG no titles
91450 KC-135R AZ ANG
All s/n visual.