Frisian Flag 2015

[chris4ov]

Hi All
Thinking of going for a few of days, probably second week. Point about Friday noted.
Any advice on accommodation would be gratefully accepted.
Cheers
Chris

[mikee115]

I see on the Scramble SIS page that the FL ANG F15s are due to be on exercise Thracian Eagle from the 20th April. Does anyone know if they will be leaving Frisian Flag after the first week to participate in Thracian Eagle?

Thanks
Mike

[roberto]

FL ANG F15's are staying at Leeuwarden untill first week of May, rumour is that LA ANG F15's are going to Tracian Eagle

Canadian Hornets are invited for FF15 to replace the Portuguese F16's who cancelled a couple of weeks ago, praticipation not 100% sure yet, keeping fingers crosssed

[powerslave]

So do we know who as confirmed so far?

Ian

[Outpost]

http://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensi ... warden.pdf

http://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/vlie ... -flag-2015

Sorry all in Dutch. But Google will translate a lot of it.

[powerslave]

Can't read Dutch,but I'm pretty sure there is no mention of who is taking part.

Ian

[Outpost]

Florida Guard F-15 unit deploying to Europe

The U.S. Air Force is sending another rotation of combat aircraft to Europe to bolster security in response to the ongoing Ukraine crisis, this time tapping into the Air National Guard to support strategic interests an ocean away.

Twelve F-15 Eagle fighter jets and about 200 airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing, a Florida Air National Guard unit from Jacksonville, are en route to Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-U.S. Air Forces Africa officials announced Friday. It’s the first Air National Guard theater security package to deploy to Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, USAFE officials said.

The unit will operate from several locations in Eastern Europe, including Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria. Leeuwarden is the first stop, Maj. Sheryll Klinkel, USAFE-AFAFRICA spokeswoman, said Friday. The planes will train with NATO allies during the deployment.

The Air National Guard F-15s are the second so-called theater security package to deploy to Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the Pentagon’s effort to show its commitment to peace and stability in the region and reassure NATO allies in the wake of Russia’s annexation of the Ukraine territory Crimea last year.

The theater security package “is a strategic capability that allows the Air Force greater flexibil-ity against evolving threats,” Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, was quoted in a USAFE-AFAFRICA news release.

It’s “another way the Air Force presents forces at the right time to the right combatant commander. It reassures our allies and partner nations that our commitment to European security is a priority.”

In February, the Air Force deployed 12 A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft and about 300 airmen from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., the first theater security rotation on the Continent. While the unit initially was flying from Spangdahlem Air Base, it’s since moved around, training recently at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.

The theater security package rotations are expected to last about six months, depending on mission and U.S. European Command requirements, USAFE officials said.

The Ukraine cease-fire, signed Feb. 12, seems to be holding, though international monitors have not yet been given full access to contested zones, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the Washington Post this week.

[EGDR]

There has been a post on Scramble outlining security measures for the exercise, worth a read if you are planning to go

http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php? ... 73&start=9

[powerslave]

Most of the red areas on the map I seem to remember are farmers fields,don't think they get on to well with the spotters round there.

Ian

[michael.p]

Does anyone have a log of what's at Leeuwarden please.
mike.p

[powerslave16v]

Go onto the Scramble forum,quite a few serials on there.

Ian

[Spine24]

Frisian Flag serials: http://www.milspotters.nl/database/

[Outpost]

Freq's and Call signs http://www.scannerforum.nl/index.php?topic=26681.0

[andrewn]

AM Launch Thursday 16th April, 39 a/c (in departure order):

F-18C HN-450 / HLv31 Lynch 25
F-18C HN-441 / HLv31 Lynch 26
F-18C HN-440 / HLv31 Lynch 27
F-18C HN-429 / HLv31 Lynch 28
Falcon 20 G-FRAU / FRA Player 40
Eurofighter 3057 / TLG31 Igor 01
Eurofighter 3075 / TLG31 Igor 02
Eurofighter 3110 / TLG31 Igor 03
Eurofighter 3104 / TLG31 Igor 04
F-16A J-642 / nm Fist 11
F-16A J-197 / (311) Fist 12
F-16A J-009 / 322 Fist 13
F-16A J-016 / 312 Fist 14
F-15C 82-0016 / OR ANG 123FS Poker 11
F-15C 81-0023 / FL ANG 159FS Poker 12
EF-18A C.15-57 12-15 Ala 12 Dalton 15
EF-18A C.15-34 12-50 Ala 12 Dalton 16
EF-18B CE.15-12 12-75 Ala 12 Dalton 17
EF-18A C.15-66 12-24 Ala 12 Dalton 18
Eurofighter 3064 / TLG31 Shock 71
Eurofighter 3065 / TLG31 Shock 72
F-15C 84-0031 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 15
F-15C 86-0151 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 16
F-15C 86-0161 / FL ANG 159FS Grim 17
F-15C 80-0024 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 18
F-15C 85-0106 / OR ANG 123FS Fang 15
F-15C 86-0155 / FL ANG 159FS Fang 16
F-16A J-508 / 313 Ivan 05
F-16A J-644 / 322 Ivan 06
F-16D 4086 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Skimmer 21
F-16C 4071 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Skimmer 22
F-16C 4075 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 05
F-16C 4066 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 06
F-16A J-201 / 322 Archer 1
F-16A J-516 / 322 Archer 2
F-16A J-062 / 313 Archer 3
F-16A J-013 / 323 Archer 4
plus AS.532 S-440 / Wildcat 06 which flew that morning as well

[andrewn]

Thursday 16th April PM Launch, 37 a/c, listed in RECOVERY order:

King 11-14 - EF-18 12-15,12-50,12-75,12-20
Fang 16 - F-15 80-0024
Fist 11&12 - F-16 J-201,J-013
Archer 1-4 - F-16 J-642,J-197,J-009,J-516
Shock 73&74 - Eufi 3064,3094
Igor 01&02 - Eufi 3110,3065
Fang 15,17,18 - F-15 86-0161,85-0106,86-0151
Bow 05-08 - F-16 4066,4067,4071,4075
Poker 11-14 - F-18 HN-450,HN-441,HN-440,HN-429
Igor 03&04 - Eufi 3104,3075
Shock 71&72 - Eufi 3080,3097
Ivan 05&06 - F-15 81-0023,78-0489
Skimmer 21&22 - F-16 J-644,J-508
Dalton 15&16 - F-16 J-616,J-513
Player 40 - Da20 G-FRAU

[andrewn]

Friday AM Launch, 39 a/c, listed in order of Departure:

F-16C 4066 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 05
F-16C 4071 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 06
F-16D 4086 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 07
F-16C 4075 / 32 BLT 10 ELT Bow 08
Falcon 20 G-FRAU / / FRA Player 40
Eurofighter 3110 / TLG31 Ivan 05
Eurofighter 3064 / TLG31 Ivan 06
F-15C 80-0024 / OR ANG 123FS Poker 11
F-15C 81-0023 / FL ANG 159FS Poker 12
F-18C HN-432 / HLv31 Skimmer 23
F-18C HN-407 / HLv31 Skimmer 24
F-18C HN-441 / HLv31 Skimmer 22
F-16A J-201 / 322 Dalton 15
F-16A J-516 / 322 Dalton 16
F-16A J-197 / (311) Archer 1
F-16A J-062 / 313 Archer 2
F-16A J-642 / nm Archer 3
F-16A J-013 / 323 Archer 4
F-16A J-644 / 322 Igor 01
F-16A J-009 / 322 Igor 02
F-16A J-016 / 312 Igor 03
F-16A J-136 / 312 Igor 04
F-15C 84-0031 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 15
F-15C 86-0155 / FL ANG 159FS Grim 16
F-15C 85-0106 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 17
F-15C 82-0016 / OR ANG 123FS Grim 18
F-15C 86-0161 / FL ANG 159FS Fang 15
F-15C 86-0151 / OR ANG 123FS Fang 16
Eurofighter 3080 / TLG31 Shock 71
Eurofighter 3094 / TLG31 Shock 72
Eurofighter 3104 / TLG31 Shock 73
Eurofighter 3065 / TLG31 Shock 74
Eurofighter 3057 / TLG31 Bite 75
Eurofighter 3075 / TLG31 Bite 76
EF-18A C.15-57 12-15 Ala 12 King 11
EF-18A C.15-66 12-24 Ala 12 King 12
EF-18B CE.15-12 12-75 Ala 12 King 13
EF-18A C.15-34 12-50 Ala 12 King 14
F-18C HN-440 / HLv31 Skimmer 21

Visitors
FinForce 145 - PC-12 PI-05
GAF N01 - Eufi 3015 TLG74

[venom]

Superb.
Log. Buddy
Colin

[Kevin Brewer]

Did anyone present on Monday 20th April ID the Cougar(s) flying around please? I read off S-453 with mark one eyeball but it looked to me as if there might have been another one flying too.

MTIA

Kevin