Spangdahlem (ETAD/SPM) - 2008

[groundcontrol]

Hi all,

we do not think that Spang received 8 new F-16 until today but only six!
Confirmed deliverys are 10361 and 10349 as RETRO88/89 on 18.1. and 10358 and 10366 on 19.3.
We think that the delivery on 28.1. did not take place. Confirmed delivery on 10.2. were unidentified Retro78/79 from KFFO to Spang. These should have been 10360 and 10388 both noted in the meantime.

Time will tell!

Regards Groundcontrol

[phantom_phixer]

Today the first USAFE F-16 to undergo the Falcon Star / CCIP in the H.A.I. facilities (Tanagra, Greece) was officialy and ceremoniously delivered. F-16D 91-0474 took off at about 15.20 local time and headed back home.

[Maurizio]

Fuel-stopped at Aviano, can somebody confirm c/s was "Pain 01"?

Kostas, do you have a list of SP/AV Vipers actually there for mods?

[Patrick Moonen]

Hi all,

we do not think that Spang received 8 new F-16 until today but only six!
Confirmed deliverys are 10361 and 10349 as RETRO88/89 on 18.1. and 10358 and 10366 on 19.3.
We think that the delivery on 28.1. did not take place. Confirmed delivery on 10.2. were unidentified Retro78/79 from KFFO to Spang. These should have been 10360 and 10388 both noted in the meantime.

Time will tell!

Regards Groundcontrol

10358 & 10366 were not delivered on 19.3 because USAFE pictured them on 18.3, see http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39766" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[groundcontrol]

Well, "Flugzeugforum" shows 10366 landing at ETAD with long range fuel tanks at 19.3.

Regards,
Groundcontrol

[Otto]

Hi Maurizio,

PAIN01 = confirmed.

20/3
ARR at Aviano 16:09LT (from Tanagra)
DEP from Aviano 17:38LT (to Spangdahlem)
ARR at Spangdahlem 18:40LT

[Otto]

21/3

AUTO71 KC-135 (91512) USAF. ETA 13:10LT
RCH0460 C-5 (00460) USAF. ETA 13:35LT
RCH9743 C-17A (70043) USAF. ETA 13:40LT

[Maurizio]

Thank you Otto, wasn't sure of the spelling!

BTW, 91-0407 was delivered to HAI, via Aviano, on February 29th, same c/s "Pain 01".

Ciao

[Eric van Lisdonk]

Hi,

Noted yesterday the following on this base on our way to and from RS:

68-0226 C-5A 105AW/NY ANG
70-0447 C-5A 445AW/AFRC
89-1192 C-17A 437AW
02-1105 C-17A 62AW
03-3124 C-17A 437AW
05-5147/HH C-17A 15AW/HI ANG

Cheers,
Eggie,
Eric

[J.J.]

Hi all,

we do not think that Spang received 8 new F-16 until today but only six!
Confirmed deliverys are 10361 and 10349 as RETRO88/89 on 18.1. and 10358 and 10366 on 19.3.
We think that the delivery on 28.1. did not take place. Confirmed delivery on 10.2. were unidentified Retro78/79 from KFFO to Spang. These should have been 10360 and 10388 both noted in the meantime.

Time will tell!

Regards Groundcontrol

10358 & 10366 were not delivered on 19.3 because USAFE pictured them on 18.3, see http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39766" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well, "Flugzeugforum" shows 10366 landing at ETAD with long range fuel tanks at 19.3.

Regards,
Groundcontrol

Patrick Moonen is right! Johnny (aka USAFE) posted his shots in his topic http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39766" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 19 Mar 2008 02:05. That´s a clear time proof that he took these arrival shots already on March 18, 2008! And please note the travel pod (also called cargo pod), clearly visible on station 7 of both aircraft. In this case, "Flugzeugforum" must be simply wrong with their date of shot!

In case of 91-0361 and 91-0349 which arrived at Spang as Retro 88/89 on January 18, 2008, Johnny also mentioned travel pods. And these pods are a clear sign for deployments/redeployments or transfer flights to other bases like in this cases.

Anybody who can/will post a hot-link to the related pictures on "Flugzeugforum"? I will not spend my time to search their website.

In the F-16 Aircraft Database on http://www.f-16.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, there are the following new assignments of ex 522nd FS Vipers:
91-0361 Block 50D 23rd FS
91-0349 Block 50C 22nd FS

Hope that helps.

[USAFE]

The pics in the german "Flugzeugforum" were also made by me and the date is March 18th. Callsign was Retro 86.

[phantom_phixer]

...
Kostas, do you have a list of SP/AV Vipers actually there for mods?

From what I've heard and from the official HAI press releases all USAFE Vipers will eventually visit Tanagra. Here's what I have noted down as currently (March 21st, 2008) in:

87-0355 F-16C AV

88-0413 F-16C AV
88-0435 F-16C AV
88-0443 F-16C AV
88-0444 F-16C AV
88-0525 F-16C AV

89-2009 F-16C AV
89-2046 F-16C AV
89-2057 F-16C AV
89-2102 F-16C AV
89-2137 F-16C AV

90-0709 F-16C AV
90-0796 F-16D AV

91-0407 F-16C SP
91-0481 F-16D SP

Go easy on me, I usually don't do numbers

[Elmar]

Hi all,

noted on Spang today were:
C-17A 89-1192 437th AW
C-17A 99-0063 62nd AW Rch9063
C-17A 03-3124 437th AW
C-17A 05-5147/HH 517th AS
C-5A 70-0447 445th AW AFRC

Except 99-0063 the rest was also noted on 21-03 at 0100lt
also present at that time was C-5A 68-0226 105th AW NY ANG

Hope ite helps,
Grtz
Arjan de Graaff
Elmar Keetman

[Maurizio]

Thank you very much Kostas, I'm wonder so many 31st FW Vipers are at Tanagra!

M.

[J.J.]

Today, I found the following USAF photos, "brand-new" released on the public website of the 455th AEW, Bagram AB, Afghanistan:

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http://www.bagram.afnews.af.mil/shared/ ... 8L-642.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Original Caption:
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Crash Team Airmen attach a lifting harness to an A-10 Warthog here March 11. The Airmen were participating in the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing’s first major accident response exercise here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)

That´s A-10 81-0983/SP, deployed with the 81st EFS. Anybody who can explain the confusing "81-1983" on the intake cover?