Atsugi (RJTA) - 2009 MIL

[md11scud]

Atsugi visitor for 27 October,

163394 LD-294 P-3C VP-10 Full markings arr 11.34.

Is this the correct serial? I cannot find a 163394 - maybe 163294?

Rgds

Pete

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi visitor for 27 October,

163394 LD-294 P-3C VP-10 Full markings arr 11.34.

Is this the correct serial? I cannot find a 163394 - maybe 163294?

Rgds

Pete

It should be 16(3)294.

Photop showed P-3C LD-294.

[Le Addeur noir]

A number of VFA-102 F/A-18F have had their markings removed since 01 December.

Noted so far,

165883 ex NF-101
165888 ex NF-106
165890 ex NF-114
165891 ex NF-111
165893 ex NF-113

The eight other jets with VFA-102 still ahve unit markings at this time.

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi notes for 13 December,

This day saw the arrival of the following new based F/A-18E of VFA-115,

166859 NK-200 Full markings
166864 NF-305
166865 NF-306
166866 NF-307
166868 NF-310
166869 NF-311

[Le Addeur noir]

This day saw 5 further new arrivals for VFA-115,

166860 NF-301
166861 NF-302
166862 NF-303
166863 NF-304
166870 NF-312

Another visitor noted was,

05-5149 HH or/y C-17A 535 AS,HI ANG dep 15 Dec

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi notes for 15 December,

This day saw the departure of VFA-192 with 10 of their F/A-18C to the USA with the following Hornets departing,

164029 NF-300
164030 NF-301
164010 NF-303
(164045) NF-304
(163996) NF-305
(164025) NF-306
(164067) NF-310
(164050) NF-311
(164023) NF-312
(164002) NF-313

This leaves 2 VFA-192 F/A-18C unaccounted for,

163990 NF-302 (l/n Apr 09)
164016 NF-307 (l/n Dec 08)

A sixth F/A-18F of VFA-102 has lost it's markings by this date,

165878 ex NF-107

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi notes for 16 December,

Test flying from Nippi Industries was the following CH-46E,

156430 no marks l/n as EP-03 of HMM-265 in April 2009.



Based SH-60F 164078 NF-620 of HS-14 was seen flying today.

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi visitors for 19 December,

165584 WF-04 AV-8B VMA-513
165419 WF-05 AV-8B VMA-513

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi visitors for 21 December,

84-00152 C12U Co A,6-52 AVN

3 C-130T were present on this day(plus an unidentified C-40A) serials,

165313 JW-313 VR-62
165314 JW-314 VR-62
165379 RU-378 VR-55

[Le Addeur noir]

Atsugi visitors for 22 December,

92-1156 YS-11NT JASDF,403 Hikotai (Miho based)
6904 YS-11TA JMSDF,205 Kokutai (Shomofusa based)

[Le Addeur noir]

New arrival for the logistics detachment herer is VR-57 C-40A 166693 which arrived on 30 December as CNV4321.