Savannah/KSAV 2020

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First deployment of the year here has seen the following 164AS/OH ANG C130s operating this week all with red/blue fin stripes
86-0419 "Skull 76"
87-9283 "Skull 75"
87-9287 "Skull 70"

Skull 62 visited on Jan 3rd I didn't see it but SBS said it was 88-4405

At the FBO today were VMFA-115 F/A18s
163168/VE-01 flag tail
163162/VE-07
165183/VE-12
1651(77)/unmarked

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Noted today were the following Hornets
163168/VE-01, 165183/VE-12 VMFA-115
164956/DR-206, 164891/DR-211, 164980/DR-312 plus DR-202 not read VMFA-312

Also visiting were:
60-0349 gr/yl KC135R 77ARS/AFRC
88-4405 rd/bl C130H 164AS/OH ANG
166249/G T6B TAW-4

Also, NASA ER-2S N809NA is operating from Hunter AAF for the next few weeks it arrived last Wednesday and flew a mission yesterday

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Noted on a truck in a parking area near Junction 5 of Northbound I-95 just north of KSAV in South Carolina was a USMC C130. Nose, wings and tail were missing and the only marks were USMC titles above the main wheels. No idea where it was coming from or going to.

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Arriving yesterday were the following 179FS/MN ANG F16Cs:
91-0341, 0349, 0405, 0408, 0420
92-3915
96-0081, 0082
Support was Miami Air B737 N758MA

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Arriving over the weekend were the following 125FS/OK ANG F16Cs all "OK" rd
89-2007, 2010, 2022, 2070, 2076
90-0713

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Visiting Tuesday 11th were the following MH60Rs
168079/HQ-(7)63, 167047/HQ-(7)70 special marks HSM-46
166552/AJ-706, 168182/AJ-707 HSM-70

Doing a couple of low approaches Wednesday 12th were
(169591)/VM-30, 169593/VM-32 F35B VMFAT-501

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The OKs have gone home but the 179FS are still here and have been joined by at least two more (one being 91-0410)

On Friday 21st the following 159FS/FL ANG F15Cs arrived bl/wt fin stripes
78-0489 0519
79-0057
80-0049
81-0023
82-0037 (in 122FS marks)
85-0128
86-0143, 0145, 0148, 0152, 0162

The Eagles are apparently in for ThunderEx 2020 and the following may also have been involved
03-3115 bl/yl C17A 183AS/MS ANG "Ruler 49"
05-5149 yl/rd C17A HH 15Wg "Manu 61"
88-4405 rd/bl C130H 164AS/OH ANG "Skull 55"
61-0298 wt/rd KC135R 126ARS/WI ANG "Brewer 11"

Visiting were:
165974/F 165989/F T6A CTW-6
166232/E T6B TAW-5
98-3541, 99-3563, 05-3776 all bk/rd T6B 14FTW CB
162015/E-51 TH57C TAW-5
plus two UH60s as "Army 869" flight

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Two more 179FS F16s noted this morning
90-0831 & 91-0474

Visiting at lunchtime was 14-0184 Mi-17 as "Army Copter 0184" marked as Mi-17E4

[Marijn]

Any pictures of this Mi-171 ?

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Unfortunately not. It was in the sand scheme with black serial on the boom

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Noted today were the following F/A18s

164872/13 VMFAAW-533 tanks but no other marks
164274/216 Blue aggressor scheme
164952/DR-202 VMFA-312
164900/DR-205 VMFA-312
164980/DR-312 VMFA-312

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Noted here yesterday (14th) were the following TAW-5 aircraft all coded "E"

T6B: 1666040, 166047, 166081, 166098, 166105, 166194, 166197, 166226

TH57C: 162038/74, 162041/77, 162066/102, 162674/112, 162677/115, 162814/128

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Stopping for gas today were the following VFA-106 Hornets all coded "AD"

168490/251
168907/143
169647/252
169648/253
169649/254

VMFAAW-533 ED-09 and ED-13 were also in.

[Lordofthedragons]

Do you know the next stops for those hornets?

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Do you know the next stops for those hornets?

Back to Oceana from Key West or v.v?