FighterControl

Did anyone ascertain the serial of the F16 & Hawk that were hangared across from the East side Park & View behind the Luftwaffe A400 please?
I think they pulled the 4 x Jordanian Falcon Extra 300's out of this hangar later in the day.

Cheers
MPH

Hawk I don’t know but the first F16 was the Dutch J616 which will be transported back to Volkel for gateguard duties. Later on the Danish E006 and ET197 were added.

Could well be a Red Arrows Hawk as one was towed over north side on the Friday and didn't leave on Monday with the rest

Thanks for the replies.
I'm certain it was a Red Arrows Hawk.
Judging by the colour scheme, I would say J-616 fits the bill nicely.

Cheers
MPH

Can anybody tell me when the Qatar typhoon left and was it park at the west end MTIP

Can't remember what time it left but was parked with the other Qatari assets around the mid point

hvaneupen wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:47 pm

Hawk I don’t know but the first F16 was the Dutch J616 which will be transported back to Volkel for gateguard duties. Later on the Danish E006 and ET197 were added.

I recall the Dutch Starfighter preservation guys saying that the F-16 at Volkel had been replaced, And another airframe was going on gate guardian duties. And the older of the 2 was the one for RIAT special duties?

britaylor wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:14 am

Can anybody tell me when the Qatar typhoon left

My first picture of it passing P&V West was at 15:48

Kev

Vulcanone wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:18 am

hvaneupen wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:47 pm

Hawk I don’t know but the first F16 was the Dutch J616 which will be transported back to Volkel for gateguard duties. Later on the Danish E006 and ET197 were added.

I recall the Dutch Starfighter preservation guys saying that the F-16 at Volkel had been replaced, And another airframe was going on gate guardian duties. And the older of the 2 was the one for RIAT special duties?

No. J616 was the first of the fy80 batch delivered to 311sq (after J252 for instruction and J258 which both crashed). By some J616 is seen as the first Volkel F16 and certainly is the oldest in existence. The former gateguard was J240 which is more or less a Leeuwarden frame and will be scrapped in due course.

HI,

Could someone please send me a checklist for riat 24 please.

Regards
Richard

thanks to Mark and Kev re QATAR typhoon

RICHARD DEACON wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2024 3:46 pm

HI,

Could someone please send me a checklist for riat 24 please.

Regards
Richard

dennisblade's log for Sunday is an excellent starting point, it's on page 49 of this thread :- viewtopic.php?f=335&t=237200&start=960

Thanks very much for that.


Regards
Richard

Has anyone got a list of the visiting support aircraft that arrived on the Mo day please.
TIA
M

I am sure somebody will have - if not I have a list but I am not home until tonight

BIFFOVSKI wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:27 pm

Has anyone got a list of the visiting support aircraft that arrived on the Mo day please.
TIA
M

This is what I logged landing -

CC-3 086 finnish casa 295m (08.26)
T-751 swiss challenger (10.02)
No 199 64-HG french CN-235 (10.19)
CN-AOG OG moroccan C-130 (10.22)
0452 czech Air Force casa 295m (12.00)
847 Swedish C-130 (12.16)
21-0118 turkish A-400 (13.14)
486 saudi C-130 (13.48)
747 greek C-130 (13.53)

I was going to do a full log with callsigns as well but as it started raining I put my book away and just photographed everything I saw. I've written it out now and it's 5 pages long and would take me an age to type it out.

I wonder if anyone logged all the callsigns? I'd love to see that list and match them up to all the serials I have!!

CN-AOG was the Moroccan C-130, 84007 was the Swedish one.

199 64-HG is French Air Force not Spanish

bizfreeq wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:22 pm

199 64-HG is French Air Force not Spanish

amended

hvaneupen wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2024 3:38 pm

Vulcanone wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:18 am

hvaneupen wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:47 pm

Hawk I don’t know but the first F16 was the Dutch J616 which will be transported back to Volkel for gateguard duties. Later on the Danish E006 and ET197 were added.

I recall the Dutch Starfighter preservation guys saying that the F-16 at Volkel had been replaced, And another airframe was going on gate guardian duties. And the older of the 2 was the one for RIAT special duties?

No. J616 was the first of the fy80 batch delivered to 311sq (after J252 for instruction and J258 which both crashed). By some J616 is seen as the first Volkel F16 and certainly is the oldest in existence. The former gateguard was J240 which is more or less a Leeuwarden frame and will be scrapped in due course.

Cheers for that