Lajes (Azores) (LPLA/TER) - 2009 MIL

[atlantis jet]

Hi

Aircraft were:

06-0001 / 001 F-16C Block 52
06-0003 / 003 F-16C Block 52
06-0004 / 004 F-16C Block 52
06-0005 / 005 F-16C Block 52

All to LGRX destined to the Hellenic AF (start of latest ordered aircraft deliveries) in company with KC-135R 91444 Ohio Guard.

Next movements tomorrow at 15:30 local 6x F-15 from OKAJ to KMUO. Two nights lay-over.
Sunday 6x Moody A-10 from LICZ to KVAD, staying til 26th.

Cheers!

A Jet

[J.J.]

Thanks for your update, A Jet!

Serials of the A-10 flight back home from Bagram to Moody would be very important to me. Looks like they were replaced by the six Mazda81 - 86 'Hogs' logged by Mark.

Kind Regards

[Dutchmil]

Hi,

Twelve 355WG A-10s arrived at Lajes this evening as Mazda 11-16 and Mazda 21-26.
Supporting tankers were two 305AMW KC-10s and one IA ANG and one NE ANG KC-135.

RH.

[J.J.]

Portuguese photographer and Warthog News contributor André Inácio logged eleven of them:

78-0709, 79-0202, 80-0142, 80-0150, 80-0155, 80-0179, 80-0280, 80-0246, 81-0948, 81-0950, 82-0663

See also: http://warthognews.blogspot.com/2009/07 ... route.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Thunderbolt]

Hi

Today 2 F-16C landed at Lajes! Delivery to Hellenic AF.

010 F-16C
011 F-16C
with KC-135R 62-3547

Cheers!

Thunderbolt

[Thunderbolt]

Hi

2 F-16C departure today as Retro 41-42 and KC-135R Blue 91.

Cheers!

Thunderbolt

[Theo03]

EXP 28 July

Flight of 6x A-10 from 74th FS

have already 1 serial

80-0140

[J.J.]

Very interesting, Theo03.

A-10C 80-0140 from the 74th FS was part of Moody's original twelfe-ship fighter package which deployed as 75th EFS to Bagram AB, Afghanistan, in September 2008. After the widely known A-10 groundings due to wing cracks, this aircraft (together with some others) was inspected and probably repaired at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and then returned to Bagram. Related to all of that, this six-ship A-10 flight must be on his way back to Moody.

BTW: Already, there were some other aircraft swaps during Moody's ongoing A-10C combat deployment.

To further update my growing Warthog News, I would be very grateful for any more details of this latest change.

Please note: Warthog News is also the top online source for any A-10 combat deployments.

Please visit: http://warthogdeployments.blogspot.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[maurits]

Evening,

Today the ten IDF/AF F-16Is paid a full stop at Lajes on their way back from Nellis to Israel. Also two KC707s tankers were noted 260 and 275.

credit: http://italy-mil-aviation.forumfree.net ... 8248&st=15

Maurits

[Thunderbolt]

The 10 F-16 and 3 707 departure today.

Cheers!

Thunderbolt

[J.J.]

According to Portuguese photographer and Warthog News contributor André Inácio, on July 28, 2009, five A-10Cs from the 23rd Fighter Wing, Moody AFB, Georgia, arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, for stopover on their way from Bagram AB, Afghanistan, to CONUS. Logged were: 78-0697 (74th FS), 79-0192 (74th FS), 80-0140 (74th FS), 80-0226 (74th FS) and 81-0944. With the exception of 81-0944 (without unit markings, ex 190th FS, 124th Wg, Idaho ANG), these jets were deployed with the original 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircraft package. 81-0944 was one of the replacements, deployed after partial A-10 groundings do to wing cracks.

See: http://warthognews.blogspot.com/2009/07 ... s-are.html

[J.J.]

Meanwhile, from André Inácio I got the pictures. Please take a look on my updated post: http://warthognews.blogspot.com/2009/07 ... s-are.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Maurizio]

Five AMX's "Retro 11" and KC-10A 30081 "RCH 060" are on their way to Lajes today .

[Thunderbolt]

Hi Maurizio

Just Four AMX's landed today in lajes more KC-10 and three C-130.

King Regards

Thunderbolt

[Thunderbolt]

Hi,

Today landed 6 AMX and 1 KC-10 at lajes.

Anyone knows the Call signs

King Regards

Thunderbolt