Exercise Ramstein Flag 30/9 to 11/10/24

[PSYCHO]

Wildfires 20 km or so east of the LL canyon. Helo and CL215 ops off the coast. May affect LL ops but hopefully not

[nwalch]

Booked my flights for the spotters day on the 8/10

Hope the weather holds up

See you there.

[slogen51]

Cool

Any Idea what's due - standard NATO stuff I expect but Andravida is a Phantom base so always worth it

[nwalch]

Cool

Any Idea what's due - standard NATO stuff I expect but Andravida is a Phantom base so always worth it

This is the current list from Scramble SIS but I guess we will see when people report back from the first Spotters Day tomorrow. Yes fingers crossed for some Phantom action. They have been busy in the gorge this last week.

JAS39C (5x) HungarianAF MH101
Rafale AdlA
Mirage 2000-5F AdlA GC01.002
F-35A AMI
F-2000A AMI
F-16AM PortugueseAF
F-16AM RomanianAF
F-16C PolishAF
JAS39 SwedishAF F21
EF2000 SpanishAF ALA11
F-35A (8x) USAF 48th FW/ LN

F-16C (upto 8x) THK Cancelled.

[slogen51]

Cheers not looking too bad

[Thunder]

Wildfires 20 km or so east of the LL canyon. Helo and CL215 ops off the coast. May affect LL ops but hopefully not

Haven’t seen the news today yet but the fire was not under control yesterday. If venturing into the mountains be very observant of your surroundings, weather and winds. These fires can travel 20km in a couple of hours. Check alternate escape routes and have a plan, might sound over exaggerated but believe me it ain’t.

[PSYCHO]

Wildfires 20 km or so east of the LL canyon. Helo and CL215 ops off the coast. May affect LL ops but hopefully not

Haven’t seen the news today yet but the fire was not under control yesterday. If venturing into the mountains be very observant of your surroundings, weather and winds. These fires can travel 20km in a couple of hours. Check alternate escape routes and have a plan, might sound over exaggerated but believe me it ain’t.

Further to my last post, some locals here in Punda/Pounta (at the top end of the canyon) were saying there was no canyon flying today because of the fire. Whether that is because of potential problems with the effects of the fire and smoke itself, or the helo and CL215 ops taking place around here, Im not sure. Many of you will have seen the helos overflying the top end of the canyon today, and this evening from our clifftop dinner venue, we observed two CL215s making regular scoop runs off the coast at Trepeza until dusk. After scooping the airplanes climb away towards the fires east of here and cross the potential exit route from the top of the canyon at a similar level to the jets as they leave heading north. Whilst I cant find any NOTAMs to verify any restrictions, common sense would suggest the situation has compromised LL ops for the time being on this route.
If you are not attending the spotters day and heading to the LL area, be prepared for another possible blank tomorrow. Hopefully things will improve - especially for the locals who are in the most danger.

[Thunder]

https://forest-fire.emergency.copernicu ... situation/

Fire appears to be spreading South and West, still not under control by the looks of it

[slogen51]

Sounds like something has happened at Andravida - just heard the Spanish, French and Portuguese have diverted.

[AM-016]

USAF F-35 BURST TIRE

[slogen51]

From reports it sounds like exercise flying is restricted to one mission in the afternoon

[nwalch]

From reports it sounds like exercise flying is restricted to one mission in the afternoon

Doesn’t surprise me as it’s an 9:30 meet on Spotters day rather than 8ish on the April exercise and the photos I’ve seen from yesterday are all from the “afternoon side”. Great shots though and the grass is cut.

[SpilsbyPete]

Hi

Has anyone seen a sort of Log for Ramstein Flag

TIA
Pete

[slogen51]

Was going to ask the same - anything on scramble?

With only one mission it won't be easy to see everything

I heard the Greek Rafales and F-16C are operating from Araxos

[PSYCHO]

Was going to ask the same - anything on scramble?

With only one mission it won't be easy to see everything

I heard the Greek Rafales and F-16C are operating from Araxos

Correct Mike

[slogen51]

I can see myself spending more time at Athens!

[SpilsbyPete]

On Scramble

-Seen at Andravida during the short spotterday on 1 October:

-2x Rafale B EC4 (flew)
-2x Rafale B EC30 (flew)
-2x Rafale C EC30 (flew)
-4x JAS39C Hungarian AF (flew, more in shelterarea?)
-4x F-2000A AMI (flew, one each from each Stormo)
-6x F-16C Polish AF (four flew)
-5x F-16AM Portuguese AF (four flew)
-5x EF-2000/ 1x EF2000T Ala 11 Spanish AF (four flew, more in shelterarea?)
-5x JAS39C/1x JAS39D Swedish AF (flew, more in shelterarea?)
-5 x F-35A LN (flew, more in shelterarea?)

No Romanian F-16s, Italian F-35s or US Navy Hornets seen. Greek participants seem to fly from other bases than Andravida. It seems the Phantoms are not participating (five on big ramp; one went out on a testflight, another one flew a normal mission).

Only one wave (13:30-16:30) flown during daylight hours. Second exercise wave is in the dark. Only spot during the spotterday is the position in front of the tower (so sun in your face until 13:00ish). 'Luckily' only the two Phantoms flew in the morning.
The group of roughly 150 spotters and tourists got kicked off the base before 16:00 as an LN F-35 returned with an emergency but landed safely. A half hour before the group was also instructed to keep the cameras down as the Hungarian Gripens taxied past and two Greek Rafales performed an overshoot.....

[Adraf]

Andravida LGAD 01.10.2024

F-4E 01503 338 Mira
F-4E 01518 338 Mira
F-4E 01520 338 Mira
F-4E 71745 338 Mira
F-4E 71760 338 Mira

F-16AM 15103/spl Esc 201
F-16AM 15107 Esc 201/301
F-16AM 15108 Esc 201/301
F-16AM 15112 Esc 201/301
F-16AM 15142 Esc 201/301
F-16C 4066 10.elt
F-16C 4067 10.elt
F-16C 4073 10.elt
F-16C 4075 10.elt

F-35A 19-5485/LN “48 OG“ 48th FW
F-35A 20-5595/LN 493rd FS
F-35A 20-5596/LN 493rd FS
F-35A 22-5684/LN 493rd FS
F-35A 22-5685/LN 493rd FS

F-2000A MM7303/4-53 4° Stormo
F-2000A MM7319/51-19 51° Stormo
F-2000A MM7322/36-40 36° Stormo
F-2000A MM7348/37-24 37° Stormo
EF-2000A C.16-32/11-32 Ala 11
EF-2000A C.16-33/11-33 Ala 11
EF-2000A C.16-43/11-43 Ala 11
EF-2000A C.16-46/11-46 Ala 11
EF-2000A C.16-48/11-48 Ala 11
EF-2000A C.16-52/10001/11-52 Ala 11

JAS-39C 32 MH101.Sz.D.R
JAS-39C 33 MH101.Sz.D.R
JAS-39C 34 MH101.Sz.D.R
JAS-39C 38 MH101.Sz.D.R
(JAS-39C 39229 F21)
JAS-39C 39260 F21
JAS-39C 39261 F21
JAS-39C 39271 F21
JAS-39C 39279 F21
JAS-39C 39283 F21
JAS-39D 39823 F21

Rafale B 314/4-HP EC 01.004
Rafale B 327/4-HZ EC 01.004
Rafale B 344/4-FK EC 01.004
Rafale B 354/30-FU EC 03.030
(Rafale B 364/30-SM EC 02.030)
Rafale B 366/30-SO EC.030
Rafale C 107/30-HJ EC 02.030
Rafale C 152/30-VE EC 02.030
Rafale DG? ??? 332 Mira
Rafale EG 452 332 Mira

[slogen51]

Just seen this so I will have a look in the morning

Thanks for taking the time to post

[PSYCHO]

A single ltalian Eurofighter is due into Andravida this morning, and departing shortly after but no serial given. So could possibly be an aircraft swap.