Types of aircraft being used

Post by **Snafu** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:48 pm

Based on what's been heard on the scanners is it possible to list the types in action. Here's what I've heard so far:

A10,F15, F16, F18, B1-B, Rafale, Typhoon, Tornado GR4, CP-140 Aurora, E-8C JSTARS, Tristar, RQ-4B Global Hawk, MV-22 Osprey, Sikorsky CH-53, A-310, KC135, DC-10, EP3, Sentinel, E3D, B707 AAR, KC10

Post by **Ben Montgomery** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:49 pm

Nimrod R.1, AC-130U?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:51 pm

VC-10s

Post by **MacksAviation** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:54 pm

Post by **Ben Montgomery** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:56 pm

CF-18s!

Post by **PR9** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:01 pm

Galeb (but not any more).

Post by **Queeg** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:19 pm

Mirage 2000, Mirage F1?

Post by **Thunder** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:23 pm

AV-8's, Tornado ECR

Post by **T_J** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:37 pm

Vice Admiral Bill Gortney confirms that that A-10 and AC-130s were used over the weekend.

http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/pcindex. ... yssey+Dawn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TJ

Post by **page_verify** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:50 am

U-2s, but no B-1Bs?

Post by **TS010** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:11 am

Super Etendard

U-2s, but no B-1Bs?

According to 'Scramble' four B-1's were used over the weekend. Flew as Bone34,35,36,37. All flew from and returned to Ellsworth AFB. Bone36 was an air spare and did'nt continue all the way to Libya.

rmt_1982 · Post by **rmt_1982** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:21 am

A10s gone up again this mornng..

Post by **Snafu** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:44 pm

I picked up Bone 34 early Monday morning on Malta ATC

Post by **T_J** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:39 pm

P-3C in action.

US Navy P-3C, USAF A-10 and USS Barry Engage Libyan Vessels

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59406" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn Public Affairs

USS MOUNT WHITNEY, At Sea (NNS) -- A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52), engaged Libyan Coast Guard vessel Vittoria and two smaller crafts March 28.

The vessels were engaged after confirmed reports that Vittoria and accompanying crafts were firing indiscriminately at merchant vessels in the port of Misrata, Libya.

The P-3C fired at Vittoria with AGM-65F Maverick missiles, rendering the 12-meter patrol vessel ineffective and forcing it to be beached after multiple explosions were observed in the vicinity of the port.

Two smaller Libyan crafts were fired upon by the A-10 using its 30mm GAU-8/ Avenger cannon, destroying one and forcing the other to be abandoned.

TJ

Post by **Snafu** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:16 am

I've just heard Papa Sierra 293 returning to Sigonella and believe this is a P3

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