Nellis 2019 (non RF) MIL

[paul-760]

Nellis Tuesday 30-April-2019

"Normal" flying; no Red Flag.

Strong wind from the south.
Only runways 21 in use. Positioned myself at the speedway, gate 3-4, for the landings from the north.

1650-57 dep 4x F15, 3x F16, 4x F16, 2x F16. All flex departure 21R/L, break right.
1705 dep 1x F16 21R break right.
1713 dep 1x F16 21L break right.
1740 dep 1x F16 21R break right.
1750 dep 2x F16, 2x aggressor F16, 2x Draken A4-K aggressor, 1x Draken L159 aggressor.
All departures only seen from other side of the field.

1759 arr 1x F16C: 87-0313 WA "13 red" black/white camo. Break right, over speedway gate 6, land 21R.

1801 arr 2x F15: 89-0506 MO, 88-1705 MO "389FS". Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

1805 arr 2x F15: 87-0198 MO, 87-0202 MO. Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

1806 arr 4x F15: 82-0018 MO, 84-0045 WA, 78-0484 WA, 81-0063 OT. Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

1808 arr 2x Draken L159: N277EM, N257EM. Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

1809 arr 1x F16C: 87-0307 WA "red 07". Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

1814 dep 4x F22 runway 21R = other side of field.

1814 arr 2x Draken L159: N258EM, N270EM. Break right, short turn over speedway gate 4, land 21R.

PS. Pics of landing on 21L not very good; far away even with 400mm & crop factor. 21R landings fine.

[paul-760]

Nellis Wednesday 1-May-2019

Normal flying day. No RF.

Mild wind, changing directions. Rwy 03 in use when I arrived around 1400. Positioned myself at the speedway for takeoffs, between gates 6-7.

1410 arr 2 fighters 03L = other side of field.
1535 arr 2x F15 03R seen from other side of field.

1541 dep 4x Draken L159:
N262EM, N159EM, N257EM, N256EM. 03L, break left over speedway.

1546 dep 4x F16C aggressors:
86-0299 "99 red" brown camo,
87-0267 "67 red" white/blue camo,
86-0308 dark silvergrey,
87-0321 "21 red" grey top, blue underside.
03L break left over speedway

1548 dep F16C: 91-0362 WA "16 WPS" and F16D: 90-0839 WA. 03L break left over speedway

1551 dep 03L 4x F15: 82-0018 WA, 81-0063 OT, 83-0027 WA, 83,0026 OT. 03L straight ahead.

1553 dep 3x F16C: 92-0882 WA, 91-0470 WA, 91-0404 WA and F16D: 91-0475. 03R break left over speedway.

1556 dep 2x Navy F18 super Hornet from 03L.
First one turned sharp over gate 4 already; I could only see the bottom.
Second one had "NAWDG" on its tail and #101.

1558 dep F16C: 90-0607 WA, 90-0721 WA, (90?)-0747 WA.
03R break left over speedway.

Parked near the tower: 3x RAF Typhoon and 1x RAF A330MRTT Voyager.

Moved position to Cheyenne.

1649 dep 4x F22:
04-0071 WA
04-0096 WA
06-0109 WA
09-0183 FF
21R break right

1653 dep 4x F16C aggressors:
85-0418 WA "57 ATG" blue camo 18 blue",
85-0220 WA blue camo,
86-0273 WA dark silvergrey,
86-0271 WA blue camo.
21R, break right.

Moved position, back to the speedway. While driving to the other side, the fighters already started to return from the range. Missed the first handful of arrivals or so.

1702 arr 1x F16C 97-0321 WA break left landing 21L.

1703 arr 2x F16C 90-0721 WA, 90-0729 WA. Break left over speedway, landing 21R.

1704 arr F16C 90-0747 WA, F15 82-0018 WA and Draken L159 N257EM. All break right, landing 21R.

1706 arr Draken L159: N262EM grey, Draken L159: N159EM black/white camo and F16A: 86-0299 WA green camo. Break left over mountain, landing 21L.

1708 dep Hercules 21L (other side field).

1708 arr Draken L159: N258EM.

1717 arr F16D: 90-0839 WA and F16C: 91-0362 WA "16 WPS". Break left over mountain, landing 21L.

[paul-760]

Nellis Thursday 2-May-2019

Started at the speedway and then moved position to Cheyenne because aggressors were about to take off from 21R.

1645 arr civil airliner 21L.
1650 dep 4x F15 from 03L (so opposite direction as the expected F16s; F15 were on southeastern apron close to runway 03).
1655 dep 2x F35 and 2x F15 03L.

1658 dep 4x F16 aggressors: 84-0244 WA "44 red" blue camo
86-0291 WA "91 red" brown camo
86-0299 WA "99 red" green/brown camo
86-0280 WA dark silvergrey
21R break right

1700 dep 2x F16: 87-0321 WA grey "21 red" and 86-0271 WA blue camo.
21R break right

Moved to speedway gate 7-8

arr 2x F16 Break right, over speedway, land 21R.
They turned well before my position, so no shots.
Moved back to between gates 5-6 = perfect.

1734 arr 2x F16: 87-0321 (3 steep approaches) and 86-0271.
These had only been gone for half an hour. Break right, over speedway, land 21R.

1814 arr 1x F16: 86-0280 WA. Break right, over speedway, land 21R.

1815 arr 2x F15: 87-0202 MO, 88-0197 MO. Break left over the mountain land 21L.

** corrections welcome **

[Bennie]

Nellis Tuesday 30-April-2019

"Normal" flying; no Red Flag.

Strong wind from the south.
Only runways 21 in use. Positioned myself at the speedway, gate 3-4, for the landings from the north.

1650-57 dep 4x F15, 3x F16, 4x F16, 2x F16. All flex departure 21R/L, break right.
1705 dep 1x F16 21R break right.
1713 dep 1x F16 21L break right.
1740 dep 1x F16 21R break right.
1750 dep 2x F16, 2x aggressor F16, 2x Draken A4-K aggressor, 1x Draken L159 aggressor.
All departures only seen from other side of the field.

1806 arr 4x F15: 82-0018 MO, 84-0045 WA, 78-0484 WA, 81-0063 OT. Break left, over mountain, land 21L.

PS. Pics of landing on 21L not very good; far away even with 400mm & crop factor. 21R landings fine.

82-0018 is an F-15C. Can anyone explain the MO tailcode?

[pjotrtje]

82-0018 is an F-15C. Can anyone explain the MO tailcode?

In March 2019 this guy was still "WA". My guess is it's a typo...

[Oscar01]

In the end probably RF related as well. Today 4 Brasilian A-29s landed Nellis. With quite some support (C-130 and more), these might stay a while....

Lot of other stuff (Green Flag and wsint) present, among others 3 B-52s, 3 B-2s, 10 ID ANG A-10s and lot of others.

Cheers,
Oz