Edwards AFB air show 15-16 Oct

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Any other Scramblers @ Edwards today?

Will post a rundown later today.

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Any other Scramblers @ Edwards today?

Will post a rundown later today.

I was on Saturday.

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I managed to get 4 hours at Edwards on Saturday 15Oct22 (0800-1200) whilst on a work trip to KLAS.. This is a log of mainly stored aircraft I saw by entering the show from the North Gate, which may help others. I didn't have time to log the static on paper, just a photo log on my phone, so will leave that to someone else..

Outside North Gate:
52-0008 B-52

Museum Northern storage ramp, next to restoration hangar:
125850 EF-10B
95-2001 RQ-4 UAV
63-9765 DHC4 Caribou
46-0066 XB-47
848 F-16XL
N9146H B-26B
N10560 T-34A
N944NA G-II

Museum storage compound, junction Rosamond/Forbes:
159363 CT-39G fuselage
52-8623 CH-21C
56-3591 KC-135A Cockpit section
71-1367 YA-9A fuselage
48-0356 YF-94A

NASA Dryden preserved aircraft:
802 F-8
810 F-8
844 SR-71
826 F-104
46-063 X-1E (on a pole)
837 F-15
N804NA HL-10 (on a pole)
049 X-29

Stored on far end of NASA facility ramp:
845 F-18
847 F-18
851 F-18
852 F-18
? F-14 ?
2x RQ-4 UAV?

Active ramp (we crossed this to get to dry lakebed car park):
164058 F/A-18D SH-252 – Bu No read off
163993 F/A-18C SH-143 – tie up from PB, both MCAS Miramar
163692 C-20D stored? Marked ‘692’

South Side, as seen from static display (lots of others 'hidden' by the hangars):
N1301 C-53
60-0377 C-135A
61-2669 C-135C
61-2358 C-130
61-2779 C-141

Hope this helps, updates/corrections welcomed!
regards
Dave

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F**** sake mate, this alone would warrant a trip to California! Totally awesome, can't wait for photos to appear (already some interesting videos on Instagram). Missed the YA-10B?

Enjoy!

Bart

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Apologies but the formatting in this is dreadful. Below the Statics.

Static
AN-2 ? as N91292 (1G17816) civil unk
L-1011 N140SC Stargazer Northrop Grumman civil
Northtrop Grumman Firebird N326JG Northrop Grumman civil
Glufstream III N808NA/808 NASA Amstrong NASA
T-34C N865NA/865 NASA Amstrong NASA
TG-14A N856NA/856 NASA Amstrong NASA
Firefly AS.6 WB518/K as N518WB civil R NAVY
KC-30A A39-003 33 Sqn RAAF
F-35B ZM135/001 (BK-01) 17 TES RAF
UH-1H 70-16291 as N597E Kern County Sheriff US ARMY
B-25J 44-30988/MBII as N5865V as "35857" "Semper Fi" civil USAAF
C-47B 44-76423/3X-S as N60154 "What's Up Doc" Palm Springs Air Museum USAAF
B-1B 86-0099 "Ruptured Duck" 412 TW, 419 FLTS USAF
Darkstar 101795 model USN
F-16A 75-0745 travel exhbit USAF
F-16C 88-0456/ED special c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16XL 75-0749/ED ex N849NA NASA Dryden USAF
F-22A 06-4111/OT gy checks 53 Wg, 422 TES USAF
F-35A AF-01 (AF-01) 412 TW, 461 FLTS USAF
KC-10A 85-0033 wt "Travis" 60 AMW, 349 AMW USAF
KC-135R 57-1437 412 TW, 370 FLTS (92 ARW) USAF
KC-46A 18-46041 22 ARW USAF
P-51D 44-74908 as N151BP "Bunny" civil USAF
R5O-4 ? as N250JR (2232) civil USAF
RQ-4B 05-2025 412 TW USAF
SR-71A 61-7955 preserved USAF
T-38A 61-0810/ED preserved 412 Maintenance USAF
F/A-18B 161355/846 as N846NA NASA Amstrong USN
F/A-18F 166673/XE-250 VX-9 USN
F-35C 169940/XE-102 (CF-) VX-9 USN

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Static in 412 Maintenance Hangar

B-52H 60-0050 - "Dragon's Inferno" 412 TW, 419 FLTS USAF
C-12C 73-1215 bk 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF
F-16D 90-0835/ED rd 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D (X-62) 86-0048 special c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
T-38A 63-8162/ED or "Shadow" 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
T-6G 49-3529A as N717UP civil USAAF
TG-10D Glider 02-0520/AF1 as N406BA USAF TPS USAF

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Show CTR:

F-16C .../2 Thunderbirds USAF
F-16C 91-0362/3 Thunderbirds USAF
F-16C 91-0392/5 Thunderbirds USAF
F-16C 92-3880/1 Thunderbirds USAF
F-16C 92-3882/4 Thunderbirds USAF
F-16C 92-3896/6 Thunderbirds USAF

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Flying, then Static:

B-747SP N747NA "Sofia" NASA Amstrong NASA

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Flight Line near Static:

B-1B* 85-0068/ED bl 412 TW, 419 FLTS USAF
B-52H 61-0034/MT rd "Barons" 23 BS (419 FLTS?) USAF
C-130J 08-5685 ye/bl "The Rock" 19 AW, 62 AS USAF
C-130J 10-5771 gr "The Rock" 19 AW, 61 AS USAF
C-17A* 03-3121/ED or "Edwards" 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF
KC-46A 18-46046 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF

*Also flew display.

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Flight Line behind Hangar 1414:
MH-60S 165759/DD-463 VX-31 USN

Also a civilian Bell 412.

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Flying only:
C-20A N802NA ex 83-0502 NASA Amstrong USAF

Did not see this one take-off or land from Edwards.

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West Flight Line:
C-12C (76-0158) 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF
C-12C (76-0161) 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF
C-12C (76-0166) 412 TW, 418 FLTS USAF
CT-133A* 21306 as N933GC "Ace Maker" civil CAF
F/A-18B 161938 NASA Amstrong USN
F/A-18B* 161947/323 as N867NA in VX-23 colors NASA Amstrong USN
F-15B* N836NA/836 ex 74-0141 NASA Armstrong NASA
F-16C 87-0352/ED or 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16C/D 10+/ED or 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D ... Thunderbirds USAF
F-16D .../ED or dark c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D 85-1547/ED or 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D 85-1551/ED or dark c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D 85-1572/ED or 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D* 86-0047/ED or "AFTC" 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D 86-0371/ED or dark c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D 87-0370/ED or 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-16D* 91-0464/ED or dark c/s 412 TW, 416 FLTS USAF
F-22A .../ED or 412 TW, 411 FLTS USAF
F-22A* 06-4132/ED "411 FLTS" 412 TW, 411 FLTS USAF
F-35A* 20-5578/ED 412 TW, 461 FLTS USAF
F-35A .../ED 412 TW, 461 FLTS USAF
KC-135R* 62-3553 91 ARW USAF
P-51D* 44-72739 as N44727 as "414292" "Man O'War" civil USAAF
SNJ-5* 90917/WD-17 as N1038A civil USMC

The majority of the TPS F-16's are unidentified. There must have been around 15 to 20 examples here together with 2 F-22's, 2 F-35's, 2 Nasa F-18's, the Nasa F-15B, T-33 Ace maker, and 3 C-12's.

* marked aircraft also flew in the display.

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Aircraft located at the USAF TPS:
F-104A 56-0760/NF-760 preserved USAF
F-15B 73-0114 preserved USAF
T-33A 52-9846/TR-540 as "35540" preserved USAF

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And on the South ramp the following could be seen:
B-1B (84-0049/ED) stored USAF
B-52H (56-0585) stored USAF

These are assumed and not read off.

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Static
Darkstar 101795 model USAF

Ahem, it CLEARLY read NAVY on the starboard engine fairing (port side was blank, go figure). I asked one of the LM employees what was up with the way out of sequence BUNO, and found out that it IS an easter egg, but not what you think-- it's the wedding date for one of the builders.

The Darkstar was wildly popular, crowds around it every time we walked past. Paramount had a booth next to it, and at the LM booth in the hangar where all the STEM exhibits were they were passing out mini posters of the bird. I also heard they were looking for a permanent home for her. Heh heh, pull the disassembled pieces of the Hard Deck set out of storage, put 'em next to each other, and you'd have a money making venture.