Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

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Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

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Does somebody know if, and if so when Ocean Sky 2021 at Gando Las Palmas will take place this year? Information on this topic will be highly appreciated. :worship:
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Re: Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

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Found this NOTAM:

NOTAM A5243/21: Gran Canaria Airport (GCLP)
A5243/21 NOTAMN
Q) GCCC/QMNLT/IV/NBO/A /000/999/2756N01523W005
A) GCLP B) 2109302359 C) 2111012359
E) MIL APRON (MN, MS-1 AND MS-2) LTD DUE TO MIL EXER
OCEAN SKY-21, ONLY AVBL FOR ACFT INVOLVED IN THE
EXER-RELATED ACFT FM SEP 30 23:59UTC TO NOV 01 23:59UTC
CREATED: 03 Sep 2021 04:54:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

It states that the military apron is only available for aircraft involved in the exercise Ocean Sky-21 from 30 September to 1 November 2021. Maybe from 30 September to 15 October to prepare for the exercise and the last 2 weeks of October for the exercise itself.
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Re: Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

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Assume makes an ASS of U and ME.
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Re: Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

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Thank you very much, the both of you, for your efforts answering my question! :D :D
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Re: Gando Las Palmas Ocean Sky 2021?

Post by pavewaygbu10 »

Hi,
The Ocean Sky-21 is scheduled to take place in conjunction with exercise EART-21 from October 16th to October 29th. It will be used Gando AB for AWACS and fighters and Lanzarote AB for tankers.
Expected participants:
Spanish Air Force: 11,12,14,15,46 wings
HAF: F16 Block 52 from 343 Sqn
NAEW & C: AWACS
EART: DEU A400, SPA A400, ITA KC767, FRA A330, MMU A300.
All subject to last minute changes.

Regards.
José.
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