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Log Okinawa-Naha & Kadena Feb 2018.

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adderman
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Log Okinawa-Naha & Kadena Feb 2018.

Post by adderman » Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:13 pm

Hi Folks

Log for a few days spent on Okinawa earlier this month.

Naha 07/02/18.
03-3095 Be A65 Pres gate.
37-8321 F4EJ Pres gate.
76-8688 F104 Pres gate.
81-5327 T33 Pres gate.

Active over next 4 days, apologies for lack of unit marks. Photos while trundling past in an A330 and other types not always conclusive. Thank goodness the JSDF have large serials on their aircraft! Dates noted are first noted.

E2. All badged for 603rd
34-3451 7th
34-3452 9th first noted at Kadena but was back here in evening.
34-3453 8th
34-3454 7th

F15J. all same badge poss 305th TDY from Nyutabaru?
22-8806 7th
22-8810 9th
22-8811 9th
32-8815 9th
32-8824 8th
42-8828 7th
42-8843 9th
52-8854 9th
62-8869 7th
82-8898 7th
82-8899 9th

F15DJ
02-8071 9th
82-8092 7th
82-8093 7th
92-8097 7th

F15J
82-8902 8th
92-8908 7th
02-8916 7th
92-8913 7th
02-8919 7th
02-8920 8th
02-8921 7th
02-8922 7th
12-8924 7th
12-8925 7th
22-8932 8th
22-8933 10th on QRA
22-8938 7th
32-8941 7th
32-8943 7th
42-8944 7th
42-8945 9th
42-8947 7th
42-8949 7th
52-8954 9th
52-8956 8th
52-8957 7th
62-8959 7th

P3.
5035 7th
5040 7th
5044 7th
5055 8th
5073 10th
5076 9th
5082 7th
5091 7th
5093 11th stripped in hangar, only 1 of 4 engines fitted.
5094 7th
5097 7th
5101 7th

T4. NSH(Nansei Shien Hikohan)
16-5668 7th
26-5682 9th
56-5740 9th NSH
66-5742 7th
66-5743 9th NSH
96-5772 9th
96-5882 7th
16-5800 7th
16-5801 7th NSH

125
82-3009 9th

C130
75-1075 9th
75-1076 9th

CH47
52970 9th

LR-2(KA350)
23054 9th Still here on 11th with another vis in hangar behind!

UH60JA
43107 11th only 1 of 6 read off!

On the 9th the morning spent on Senaga Island, best place for arrival shots when landing from the south. From the hotel forecourt you can pretty much read everything outside with a 45x pole as you’re slightly above ground level so in February when it’s +10c heat haze isn’t an issue. If the QRA and maint hangars at the southern end are open, you can glean a few bits out of them as well.

Kadena AFB 09/02/2018
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Takes 90 minutes on the 120 bus from Naha to Kadena town then a mile walk alongside route 58 towards the viewing deck at the ‘Road Station Kadena’ on the northern edge of the base. The place itself is surrounded by a 15ft wall but the RSK gives excellent views over the ramps with lots of P8 and other transports readable. Other ramps further back towards the town can be read by using various apartment block fire escapes!
The C130s can only be read from the Rt58 footbridge on the SW side of the base overlooking the Katenakichi Golf Course.

Noted 1300-1730.
05-5145 C17 March
06-6158 C17 Travis
12-5762 MC130J*
13-5775 MC130J* ‘AMC’
13-5776 MC130J
13-5777 MC130J*
57-1454 KC135 ‘ZZ’
57-1502 KC135 AMC
59-1475 KC135 ‘ZZ’
59-1482 KC135 AMC
62-3498 KC135 no unit badges at all
62-3552 KC135 AMC
63-7987 KC135
63-8022 KC135
64-14841 EC135 ‘OF’
77-0355 E3* ‘ZZ’
84-00152 C12* US Army
84-00155 C12* US Army
86-0083 C12J* US Army, first B1900 made in years!
87-0023 MC130H
88-0264 MC130H*
91-26405 UH60* ‘ZZ’
95-0122 E8 ‘GA’
96-0004 C17 McChord
96-26210 UH60* ‘ZZ’
156529 EP3 US Navy ‘529’
157316 P3* US Navy ‘316’
158210 P3 US Navy ‘210
161596 P3* US Navy ‘596’
162957 C130J* US Marine Corps ‘QD-957’
163004 P3 US Navy ‘004’
168754 P8 US Navy LC-754
168758 P8 US Navy LC-758
168759 P8* US Navy LC-759
168997 P8 US Navy ??-997 in hangar serial off nose.
169005 P8* US Navy LC-005

F15

44FS ‘ZZ’ Black tip
80-0013 81-0051 82-0036 83-0024 85-0110 85-0114 85-0124

67FS ‘ZZ’ Red tip
78-0548 80-0012 81-0040 83-0010 83-0023 83-0046 85-0103 85-0121

F35

34FS ‘HL’
Only read 4 of 8 seen with 12 on the TDY.
14-5098
14-5106
15-5124
15-5126

An outstanding afternoon bagging a dozen rockets and I made 28. The walk took a couple of hours but fortunately there are several garages and food outlets en-route. Bus back to Naha took nearly 2 hours even though it’s only 15 miles! Cost was Jpy 1830 rtn.

Mike J Parsons

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