Herc's at CBG October 2023

[STN RAMP RAT]

99-5481 arr. 27th March 19. Bangladesh ex ZH883 (stored).
ZH888 arr. 8th December 20 RAF (stored).
ZH875 arr. 7th April 22. RAF (stored).
84006 arr. 6th July 22 Sweden.
ZH874 arr. 12th September 22 RAF (stored).
ZH878 arr. 19th December 22 RAF (stored).
ZH877 arr. 30th January 23 RAF (stored).
ZH872 arr. 9th February 23 RAF (stored).
ZH879 arr. 28th February 23 RAF (stored).
ZH866 arr. 20th March 23 RAF (stored).
ZH865 arr. 16th May 23 RAF (stored).
ZH869 arr. 24th May 23 RAF (stored).
84002 arr. 5th June 23. Sweden.
G-781 arr. 9th June 23. Netherlands.
ZH889 arr. 16th June23 RAF (stored).
B-536 arr. 19th June23 Denmark.
ZH868 arr. 20th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH871 arr. 21st June23 RAF (stored).
ZH867 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH870 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
MAJ arr. 24th July 23 Qatar.
KC-3805 arr. 7th August 23 India.
409 arr. 11th August 23 South Africa.
169227 arr. 28th September 23 USMC.
505 arr. 16th October 23 Oman.
168066 arr. 18th October 23 USMC.
170037 arr. 23th October 23 USMC.

List updated 24 October to
Delete 5629 Norway which departed on the 20th October having arrived on the 4th September 23.
Delete G-275 Netherlands which departed on the 23rd October having arrived on the 19th September 23.
Add 170037 arr. 23th October 23 USMC.

[Professor_M]

USMC 068 currently visible from crash gate 4 inside the hangars.

Other than that just South african and exRAF outside.

[Evergreen 44]

11:18 bst ZH875 showing ground ping on adsb
I wonder I some are being held in running order rather than having their control surfaces removed and preserved in open storage ?
Regards,
Paul

[Trailspotter]

11:18 bst ZH875 showing ground ping on adsb
I wonder I some are being held in running order rather than having their control surfaces removed and preserved in open storage ?
Regards,
Paul

ZH875 and ZH874 have been at CBG since 2022. They came for upgrade before the MOD decision to retire the entire fleet of C-130Js and were hangared all this time.
PS Not all stored RAF C-130Js have their control surfaces removed yet. I saw some of them towed in/out of GRE for/after ground runs.

[ashtonp]

USMC 8068 outside today at 1400. 9227 visible in large hangar opposite terminal.

[Professor_M]

No rush whatsoever it seems to bring SAAF 409 inside, still outside today.

[Trailspotter]

No rush whatsoever it seems to bring SAAF 409 inside, still outside today.

She was in GRE for some runs a few week ago.

[STN RAMP RAT]

List updated 17th October to
add 505 Oman which arrived on the 16th October.
delete 168068 USMC which departed on the 17th October having arrived on the 7th August 23.

[MrBlueSky]

11:23 168068 OTT Runcorn heading west (Ranger 92) Fl240.

Happy Days

Bob

[STN RAMP RAT]

List updated 18th October to add 168066 USMC arr. 18th October 23 USMC.

[Professor_M]

Nothing notable outside this afternoon when Swedish 84008 arrived - just the stored ex-RAF plus the South African.

[STN RAMP RAT]

List updated 19th October to add 84008 Sweden arr. 19th October 23.

I'm afraid you've jumped the gun there this time - 84008 has just departed.

Sod’s Law. I will undo it. Thanks for letting me know.

[Trailspotter]

20-Oct-2023
RNoAF C-130J-30 "Nanna" 5629 departed home this morning as NOW335T.

[Professor_M]

Dutch G-275 (since departed), Omani 505 and South African 409 were outside at the western end of the airfield when the USMC KC-130J arrived this afternoon.

[STN RAMP RAT]

List updated 24 October to
Delete 5629 Norway which departed on the 20th October having arrived on the 4th September 23.
Delete G-275 Netherlands which departed on the 23rd October having arrived on the 19th September 23.
Add 170037 arr. 23th October 23 USMC.

[Trailspotter]

Delete G-275 Netherlands which departed on the 23rd October having arrived on the 19th September 23.

G-275 is still on the list. And so is 84008.

[STN RAMP RAT]

Delete G-275 Netherlands which departed on the 23rd October having arrived on the 19th September 23.

G-275 is still on the list. And so is 84008.

Thanks and fixed.