NAF El Centro (KNJK) 2024

[SBGrad]

Stars and Stripes reporting Thunderbirds at El Centro until 1 March.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/202 ... 15268.html

[SBGrad]

Wednesday 28 Feb 81F/27C

US Navy VFA-106 Gladiators 'Empire' AD
1xx F-18E
2xx F-18F

262, 250, 233, 235, 232, 231, 115, 103, 236, 220, 225

US Marine Corps VMFA-214 Black Sheep
F-35B
WE-02/170054
WE-00/170051

US Marine Corps VMA-231Ace of Spades
AV-8B Harrier II
CG-07/165389
CG-00/165355
CG(19) //back by hangars, CAG colors, didn't fly
CG(21) // back by hangars, didn't fly
CG xx // on the arming ramp with 07 &02, didn't fly

US Navy Training Wing 1
T-45C Goshawk
A 180/165622
A 121/165464
A 137/165480
A 172/165614
A 174/165616
A 167/165609
A 131/165474
A 114/165457
A 178/165620
A 193/167083
A 137/165480
A 157/165599
A 122/165465
A 176/165618
A 168/165610
A 179/165621

US Navy Blue Angels
1/165x67
3/165666
4/165985 //F-18F
6/165539
No numbers for 2 or 5

Morning hops: diamonds one flight, solos flew by themselves after diamond landed.

Afternoon, all 6 together

Both flights off base at Shade Tree

5/165205 // F-18F, flying by himself, Blue Angel 7 on scanner

Thunderbirds 2 hops over the field

2xRAF CH47 by hangars

[747woody]

Saturday 16th March.

Seen this morning, nine out of ten Hornets were flying. I don’t think there were any more in the barns, but I may be wrong!

VFA-122 F/A-18F
NJ130/166466
NJ136/166621
NJ137/166455
NJ147/166982
NJ170/166799*
NJ171/166810
NJ173/166848
NJ174/166850

F/A-18E
NJ200/166424
NJ225/165874

T-34C
160475
160478
160937

CH-53E
EN09/

MH-60S x 3 (possibly HSC-3, seen at Imperial on 15/3/24)

Chinook HC6 (RAF) x 2

*The database has this as 165799, but from my photo it's 166799.

[The DJ]

166799 for NJ170 is correct. Scramble DB has it wrong.

[Adraf]

KNJK 04.03.2024

F-16CM 9?-????/4 FDS
F-16DM 9?-????/8 FDS

F/A-18E 165539/6 FDS
F/A-18E 165661/3 FDS
F/A-18E 165664/2 FDS
F/A-18E 165665/5 FDS
F/A-18E (165666)/4 FDS
F/A-18E 165667/1 FDS
F/A-18E (165734)/6 FDS
F/A-18E 165861/AD-103 VFA-106
F/A-18E 166657/AD-115 VFA-106
F/A-18F 165805/7 FDS
F/A-18F 165806/AD-220 VFA-106
F/A-18F 165885/7 FDS
F/A-18F 165931/AD-225 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166455/NJ-137 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166466/NJ-130 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166618/AD-250 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166619/AD-267 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166627/AD-230 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166660/AD-233 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166684/AD-236 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166670/AD-262 VFA-106
F/A-18F 166799/NJ-170 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166810/NJ-171 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166848/NJ-173 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166982/NJ-147 VFA-122

AV-8B 164552/CG-05 VMA-231

[Adraf]

KNJK 08.03.2024

C-27J 10-27028 UFC

C-130J 170000 FDS

F/A-18E (165539)/6 FDS
F/A-18E (165661)/3 FDS
F/A-18E (165664)/2 FDS
F/A-18E (165665)/5 FDS
F/A-18E (165667)/1 FDS
F/A-18E (165864)/NJ-213 VFA-122
F/A-18E (165874)/NJ-225 VFA-122
F/A-18E (165885)/4 FDS
F/A-18F (165805)/5 FDS
F/A-18F 165927/NJ-127 VFA-122
F/A-18F 165929/NJ-123 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166455/NJ-137 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166466/NJ-130 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166621/NJ-136 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166848/NJ-173 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166799/NJ-170 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166810/NJ-171 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166850/NJ-174 VFA-122
F/A-18F 166982/NJ-147 VFA-122
F/A-18 /4 FDS
F/A-18 /7 FDS

F-22A 00-4015/FF 71st FS

F-35B 168727/WF-529 VMFAT-502

MH-60S 167859/WC-41 HSC-23
MH-60

T-34C 160472/SH-472 VMFAT-101
T-34C 160490/SH-490 VMFAT-101
(T-34C 160937/NJ-937 VFA-122)
T-34C 160945/NJ-945 VFA-122

T-38A 65-10342/BB 1st RS

AV-8B 164552/CG-05 VMA-231
AV-8B 165582/CG-19 VMA-231

[SBGrad]

from ADSB...T-45C 167079 flying out of El Centro, over Imperial Dunes. There was another T45 doing roughly the same thing yesterday. I would love to see some T45s with the new grey paint.