Geilenkirchen (ETNG/GKE) - 2012 MIL

[Bennie]

Visiting today was 1-214th Avn UH-60, callsign Duke88.
Departed around 1345lt

Grtz,
Elmar

Another visitor is inbound at this time: GAFE21T.

[Elmar]

GNY4621 visited today. Departed just before 1200lt
Should be a Lynx MK88a from MFG3

Grtz

[Bennie]

GNY4621 visited today. Departed just before 1200lt
Should be a Lynx MK88a from MFG3

Grtz

ARGUS39 is inbound now, ETA around 13:30 local on 9-11.

[Bennie]

GNY4621 visited today. Departed just before 1200lt
Should be a Lynx MK88a from MFG3

Grtz

ARGUS39 is inbound now, ETA around 13:30 local on 9-11.

ARGUS39 only made a single approach before heading East again (most likely back to Wiesbaden).

[andel]

A not so satisfying visit this morning produced the following
60-0345 KC-135T did not depart
LX-N90452 E-3A dep/arr
LX-N90449 E-3A dep
OO-TFA B-757 arr/dep
and the flight-line
LX-N90455 E-3a
LX-N90456
LX-N90454
LX-N90450
LX-N90445
The other Michigan tanker was u/s and apparantly inside a hangar.

[Richard de Florennes]

noted today beetween 08:00 and 12:25 hours and - after business near Aachen - between 17:00 and 22:05. The second tanker was pulled out of the large main hangar at 17:00 hours and performed engine test runs around 19:00 hours. A long day rewarded by the most beautyful tanker seen since many years.

GEILENKIRCHEN FRIDAY 2012-09-24 RW27
Weather: increasingly cloudy, clear air, some sun, showers with reduced visibility by afternoon, windy, calm by late evening

Based aircraft (NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force):
E-3A NAEW&CF 90452 T08:10 L12:21 a1
E-3A NAEW&CF 90449 T09:03 L16:15 a2

Detached aircraft (tanker support for NAEW&CF):
KC-135T 127thWG 00345 MI ANG spec c/s T19:45
KC-135T 127thWG 91512 MI ANG T22:05

Additional movements:
Boeing 757-28A (NAEW&CF) OO-TFA L09:37

[Bennie]

September 17th inbound: ARGUS3K

[Viper810]

Calling Magic Command
REACH 3026
Aircraft: KC-135R
Serial: 63-8026 | 151ARW | 191ARS [Salt Lake City, Utah ANG]
15 min out, A1 status

[Viper810]

The other one is
REACH 8027
KC-135R 58-0027

[Bennie]

Radar data shows that RFR7090 departed Frisbee for Cranwell (EGYD) on September 17th.

[Hanske]

Quote from the E-3A component FB page:


On Friday, 21 September, late morning we have an operational arrival planned for the Red Arrows with 10 Hawks. They will depart later in the afternoon for an air show in the Czech Republic.

Op vrijdag 21 september arriveren de Red Arrows laat in de morgen voor een operationele tussenstop. Zij vertrekken later in de middag naar een airshow in de Tsjechische Republiek.

Am Freitag, den 21. September, wird es morgens einen operationellen Landeanflug geben. 10 Kampfflugzeuge des Kunstflugteams Red Arrows werden in Geilenkirchen erwartet und im späteren Verlauf des Nachmittags für eine Flugshow weiter in die Tschechische Republik fliegen.

[Flying Dutchman]

Royal Air Force - Red Arrows

STA 10:15z
STD 11:44z

(zulu times +2h for local)

[Bennie]

September 21st inbound: DUKE68.

[Bennie]

September 24th inbound: RCH4828.

[Bennie]

September 24th inbound: RCH4828.

Also visiting: CEF6005.