Operation El Dorado Canyon in April 1986 of course.

Why wouldn’t the F-35 demo be Danish?

Indeed. But there are some strange people who for some reason need to see an aircraft again when it has been repainted….

The two mentioned ramps don't have enough room for all of the Lakenheath fleet, so clearly some of them are parked in shelters.
It's just much easier to operate from a flightline.

chrissly wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:16 pm

22-03465 is missing his topping cheese..

Unlike the UK, most countries do not fit all of their aircraft with the radar.
One in three is not unusual.

1030L Thur 15th. Also, anyone for the 3x UH60 nearby. 431, then two that looked like 367 and 467. FR 24 quote 11-20431 for 1. Assuming they all had the last 3 in white, they will have been these three UH-60Ms from 4-3rd AVN at Hunter, all passed through St Augustine earlier in the week: 11-20387 11...

Yes, but the two in the photos are from 1-3rd AVN, based at Ansbach, not 1-6th CAV which is the rotational unit from Fort Riley. Their machines are older, FY14-FY18.

I just send a photo. Never had any problems doing that. It’s still a jpeg after all.

The photo sites have not used an incorrect source, they have just quoted what was on the plate. There have been many problems with MB339 c/ns over the years, caused by the same c/n being allocated to two aircraft. The batch from around 6711 to 6741 was affected. MM54514 was one of those aircraft. I ...

(21-46089) PUDGY19 has just left Boeing Field, presumably on delivery to McGuire:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae63c5

The aircraft coded 2 in 1987 was c/n 2232 (c/n checked).
The aircraft coded 2 in 1989 was c/n 2235 I believe, although I don't have a record of it being checked.

Rob Schwab
Just about every other spelling appears in the message titles....

Closed in May 2021.

I think that us “spotters” need to remember that the actual airframe makes up a small percentage of the cost of an aircraft. As it says, the USCG “will remove all dynamic (moving) components, digital cockpit, mission systems and engines”. So a lot of dollars worth. So as far as they are concerned it...

Thanks for that, but I think 164859 was reported as YW/21 in May07 - not impossible that it reverted to its old code after a MEU period I guess.

A few gaps from a visit to Miramar on 1 Feb 2007.
Any ideas on these please?:

F/A-18C VMFA-134
MF/06
MF/08

CH-53E HMH-361
YN/08

CH-53E HMH-462
YF/33

On the other side of the runway to the terminal, west of the main Airbus site, in the area of the control tower.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bas ... -5.8929154

By walking through the gate on the Open Day I would think...

It might help if you said what colour scheme the Tornado was wearing (grey or camo).
If it was grey, then MM7022 is likely.

Thanks Barry!
Yep, Prestwick was a long time ago...