The following took it's first flight yesterday 06 February 2024

BOE092 21-46092 KC-46A AE63C8 KPAE-KPAE

Hi all. Currently at BFI 05 Feb 2230z are Plus 3 KC46A for USAF. With 21-46089 having left one assumes these are 21-46088 21-46090 plus one other. Cannot see the point of not having serials on them. They're obviously USAF aircraft, the 6ft by 4ft US flag on the tail, that tends to give it away. Add...

On 05 February 2024

BOE093 (21-46093) KC-46A AE63C9 had it's first flight, but diverted back to KPAE about 10 minutes in.

Hi Stewart,

Unfortunately there is no logs for Mildenhall around that time in BAR/BARG or SEAR. I found a report for June 67 in Anglia Aeronews but nothing reported for the 3rd. Hope someone else can help.

Steve

Thanks Steve - but are those times Zulu (as indicated by the Z) or local? If Zulu, then need to subtract 7 hours, so the two arrivals at 19:32 and 20:36 would have been 12:32L and 13:36L - and I'd have expected to have seen them from the boat trip on Friday afternoon - or at least parts of them to ...

VR-57 Ramp 16____ C-40 Present Sat 9AM, not seen Friday 16____ C-40 Present Sat 9AM, not seen Friday Any news on what these are? 169793 and 165835 are the based aircraft there Can't guarantee anything but from ADSB-x playback 22-9-23 15.32 Z 169793 C-40A Dep 16.01 Z 165833 C-40A Dep 19.32 Z 169036 ...

BOE088 (N8297V/21-46088) KC-46A AE63C4 Departed KPAE/Paine Field, WA and ferried earlier today to KBFI/Boeing Field, WA

The US has authorized the sale of 40 new F-16's to Turkey and upgrades for current aircraft after Turkey ratified Sweden's Membership of NATO.

Also 40 x F-35's for Greece, apparently.

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/us-approv ... urkey-oks/

adderman wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:55 pm

1445z Friday 26th.

Plotting on the deck at KPAE(FR-24), no callsign showing.
21-46092 AE63C8, not sure if this has flown as yet.

Thanks adderman, no hasn't flown yet.

I have a query about the c/n of the Pitts coded 2. BARG quote 2232 but other sources (eg Planebase) suggest 2235. Both of which were Chilean. Anyone able to confirm please and advise the source of info. Many thanks, Bob Scramble doesn't have any c/n's unfortunately. I did find a pdf of the official...

BOE091 (21-46091) KC46A/B762 AE63C7 Airborne from KBFI/Boeing Field, WA on a test flight

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae63c7

BOE404 (44-3614 KC-46A) 87CD2F JASDF Airborne out of KBFI/Boeing Field, WA on a test flight

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=87cd2f

05:12 HOBO21 63-8878 KC-135 AE05B1 Departed

ACARS courtesy of tbg1.airframes.io has this as LAGR31/HOBO21 planned as EGUN - EGUN

Also showing on ACARS is LAGR33/HOBO11 58-0125 KC-135 AE04C1 planned for EGUN - EGUN

05:03 CNV4746 166696 C-40A AE4A60 arrived from NAS Oceana, VA

Sadly being reported that 2 US Navy SEAL's involved in the original raids on 11th January, have now been declared ''missing presumed dead'' after search and rescue efforts were called off. Apparently one fell overboard into the sea and the other went in to rescue him and neither re-surfaced. RIP htt...

Night Freight C47 added late this afternoon, this is shaping up nicely... :D Assuming this is “Night Fright ” C-47 Skytrain 42-100521 formerly of the 79th Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group that flew with the USAAF from Membury airfield (Station 466) during WW2. I was also under the ...

Does anyone know the story between this one-off Snowcam jet? When? Which airframe? Why? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSFGuukX0AEzb11?format=jpg&name=large Not definitive by any means. Found this post on another website regarding the same photo, where one of the replies claims it is XZ116 and gives a...

PUDGY18 15-46010 KC-46A AE5750 Departed KNFI/Boeing Field, WA on delivery to 305/514 AMW at McGuire AFB, NJ

BOE469 21-46089 AE63C5 KC46A Departed KBFI/Boeing Field, WA on another Test Flight

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae63c5

BOE090 21-46090 KC-46A AE63C6 Airborne from KPAE/Paine Field, WA