Nellis AFB ( KLSV/LSV ) - 2011 MIL

[Piet Luijken]

Red Flag 2011-2 info, taken from Nellis AFB website:

The next Nellis Red Flag exercise will take place Jan. 24 to Feb. 4 when the base hosts Red Flag 11-2.

The exercise will include U.S. forces aircraft from Nevada, Florida, South Dakota, Louisiana, Missouri, Germany, Arizona, Minnesota, Belgium, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Kansas flying F-15s, F-16s, E-3s, A-10s, B-1s, B-52s, C-130s and KC-135s. In addition to U.S. aircraft, the United Arab Emirates Air Force will take part with the F-16E.

A media day is scheduled for Jan. 25. Interested media can call (702) 652-2750 to RSVP.

[Piet Luijken]

Red Flag 2011-3

RF2011-3 will be held from 2-19-2011 till 3-12-2011, acc websites.

[Wellhead]

Hello,

I will be visiting Las Vegas in March and do some spotting
at Nellis, El-Centro, Yuma and The Tucson Area.
I have done some research on the internet and Scramble.nl
and found some interesting info and pictures.The only thing
I could not figure out is how many mm I need.(a specially Nellis)
My maximum focal length is 400mm and my crop factor is 1.5
i.e. that will be +/- 600mm is this sufficient for Nellis, El-Centro,
Yuma and The Tucson Area or do I have to invest in a converter?

Please let me know you opinions and experiences.

Regards,

Ronald N.

[mazzel]

400 is more than enough for all mentioned fields except maybe Nellis. When shooting from the speedway a little more won't hurt for shooting fighters.

[Oscar01]

Hi,

Here is my result for Nellis. Most of the a/c are on picture as well. There are a few new a/c for Nellis, but still flying with old markings. If you have any additions, or comments, feel free to post them.

Visit / red flag:
85-0081/EL B-1B
86-0111/EL B-1B +2
60-0021/LA B-52H
60-0062/LA B-52H +3
83-0076 KC-10A
86-0034 KC-10A
96-0003 C17 arr
82-3292 C-130H 934aw
82-3294 C-130H 934aw
82-3295 C-130H 934aw
CH-07 C-130H
CH-11 C-130H
79-0003/OK E-3
79-0005/OK E-3 +1
58-0071 KC-135 22arw
58-0112 KC-135 nm, only pa ang tail
59-1448 KC-135 134arw +2 or +3
3017 / 3020 / 3027 / 3047 / 3057 / 3064 / 3079 F-16E/F uae
78-0631 / 79-0093 / 79-0109 / 79-0111 / 79-0114 / 79-0118 / 79-0121 / 79-0122 / 79-0164 all A-10 AFRES coded KC
91-0345 / 93-0516 / 97-0108 all F-16C/D SW
91-0342 / 91-0351 / 91-0403 / 91-0360 / 91-0472 / 91-0481 / 92-3918 / 96-0080 / 96-0083 all F-16C/D SP
87-0359 / 88-0435 / 88-0532 / 88-0535 / 89-2018 / 89-2023 / 89-2038 / 89-2035 / 89-2039 / 89-2096 / 90-0796

Residents (incl OTs and some others that flew with locals)
A-10A/C

F-15C/D/E
76-0057 pres
78-0480/WA
78-0484/WA
78-0489/WA
78-0502/--
78-0503/WA
78-0511/WA
78-0520/MA
78-0528/-
78-0538/WA
79-0012/WA
80-0040/OT
80-0041/OT
82-0018/WA
82-0022/OT
83-0019/WA
83-0026/FF
83-0040/USAF WC
83-0050/WA
84-0018/OT
86-6170/OT
90-0251/WA
90-0256/WA
90-0262/WA
91-0322/OT
91-0325/OT
91-0327/USAF WS

F-16C/D
83-1159 148FW markings
84-1301/WA
84-1220 148FW markings
84-1236 148FW markings
84-1244/57 ATG
85-1413/WA
85-1418/WA
86-0220/WA
86-0251/WA
86-0271/WA
86-0272/WA
86-0273/WA
86-0299/WA
87-0307/WA
87-0321/WA
88-0420/OT
88-0423/OT
90-0726/WA
90-0746/WA
90-0750/WA
90-8139/WA
91-0374/OT
91-0470/WA
91-0473/WA
91-0475/WA
92-0926/OT
93-0553/16WPS
442/OT
0217/WA

F-22
011/WA
066/FF
096/HO
109/WA
111/OT
113/HO
116/WA WPS
124/OT
128/OT 

Regards,
Oscar

Ps1: pictures to follow.
Ps2: today at Altus 15 C-17 and 25 to 30 KC-135s

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[Oscar01]

Sorry, forgot the date, that was 28th. Also, forgotthe local a10s. These were:
199 / 200 / 229 / 234 / 946 / 977

Cheers,
Oz

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[Piet Luijken]

NOTAM with flight times for RF2011-2:

LARGE FORCE EXERCISE IN PROGRESS. NO TRANSIENT ACFT ARRIVAL OR
DEPARTURES DURING LAUNCH AND RECOVERY TIMES. MASS LAUNCH AND RECOVERY

TIMES ARE:
24JAN 1815-1915, 2230-2330
25JAN 0100-0200, 0615-0715,
1815-1915, 2230-2330
26JAN 0100-0200, 0615-0715, 1815-1915,2230-2330,
27JAN 0100-0200, 0615-0715, 1815-1915, 2230-2330,
28JAN 0100-0200, 0615-0715, 1815-1915, 2230-2330,
29JAN 0100-0200, 0615-0715.
31JAN 1815-1915, 2230-2330,
1FEB 0100-0200, 0615-0715,1815-1915, 2230-2330,
2FEB 0100-0200, 0615-0715, 1815-1915,2230-2330,
3FEB 0100-0200 0615-0715, 1815-1915, 2230-2330
4FEB0100-0200, 0615-0715, 1815-1915, 2230-2330.

[Le Addeur noir]

F-22A 113 HO is probably incorrect.A reliable Japanese source quotes this jet as being present at Kadena on the current deployment and marked as 3rd OG of the 525th FS.

[Oscar01]

Thanks. Took a good look at the picture and I think it was 093, as 9 looked 11.... But there were more spotters that day, so perhaps anybody could confirm.

Oz

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[Starman]

Gents,

4 F-22As went to Hickam Friday morning, 3 OTs and a WA (5 launched, 1 came back) with 1 of the KC-10s, Oscar, did you get the nos?

FYI 4093 is not at Nellis; based during our visit were WAs 4011, 4109 & 4116/433WPS (plus 4017 not noted), OTs 4111, 4120, 4124 & 4128 (neither 4010/422TES nor 4015 flew last week) plus FFs 4066 & 4068, HO 4096, AK 4103 & TY 4016.

Starman

[Oscar01]

Hi,

Sorry for late reply. I didn't see a KC-10 departing on Friday.

I saw quite some nellis birds leaving and thought a number didn't come back. Also a numer (all?) of the AVs left during flag mission departures, but they didn't return.

Oscar

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[EOR1]

here is a list of all the Red Flag 11-2 players

A-10 KC 303FS 78-0605/303FS, 78-0631, 79-0093, 79-0109,
79-0114, 79-0118, 79-0121, 79-0122/442FW,
79-0123, 79-0164, 80-0201

B-1 EL 34BS 85-0060, 85-0081, 85-0084, 86-0111,
86-0134/34BS

B-52 LA 96BS 60-0021, 60-0032, 60-0062, 61-0036

C-130H Belgium CH-07, CH-11

C-130H Flying Vikings 96AS 92-3282, 92-3284, 92-3285

E-3 OK white 81-0005
multi 79-0003

F-15C OT 85TES 84-0018, 85-0126/85TES, 86-0170
422TES 82-0022, 83-0014, 83-0026

F-16C SP 480FS 90-0833, 91-0342, 91-0351, 91-0360, 91-0361,
91-0403, 91-0407, 91-0481d, 92-3918, 91-0472d,
96-0080, 96-0083

F-16C SW 77FS 91-0345, 93-0536, 97-0108
55FS 91-0381 these 4 SWs were on loan to the 480FS

F-16E UAE 1 sqn 3017f, 3020f, 3027, 3038, 3047, 3057, 3064, 3079

KC-135 McConnell 22ARW 58-0071

KC-135 Pennsylvania 171ARW 58-0112 first week only
59-1504 second week only

KC-135 Tennessee 54ARS 58-0119, 59-1448

these are the aggressors that participated
F-15C WA 65AGRS 78-0480, 78-0489, 78-0502, 78-0503, 78-0511,
78-0517, 78-0520, 78-0528, 78-0543, 79-0012d
65AGRS flew the second week only

F-16C WA 64AGRS 83-1159, 84-1220, 84-1236, 84-1244/57ATG,
85-1301, 85-1418, 86-0220, 86-0251, 86-0271,
86-0273, 86-0283, 86-0291, 87-0307, 87-0321

pictures of all can be seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eor1/sets/ ... 901593026/

[S&B extra]

Welcome on the board, thanks for the report. The UAE F-16's are with Shaheen 3sq.

[Piet Luijken]

Red flag 2011-3 dates are on nellis website:Feb. 21-Mar. 11

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[Piet Luijken]

media day RF11-3 will be on the 22th according a friend who called the PAO.