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7th June
164993 C130T 18:25 / 9th June CNV3280 US Navy.

9th June
164993 C130T 7th June / 11:23 CNV3280 US Navy.

11th June
1227 C17 11:51 / 14:17 UAF1229 UAE AF.
ZZ335 A330 15:41 / 19:23 RR2758 RAF
1229 C17 19:40 / 13th June UAF1227 UAE AF.

12th June
05-4613 C40C 07:13 / 13th June SPAR23 USAF

13th June
1229 C17 11th June / 08:35 UAF1227 UAE AF.
05-4613 C40C 12th June / 19:07 SPAR23 USAF
1300 KC330 14:25 / 14th June UAF1300 UAE AF
08-8198 C17 20:19 / 15th June RCH553 USAF

14th June
1300 KC330 13th June / 11:11 UAF1300 UAE AF

15th June
08-8198 C17 13th June / 14:57 RCH553 USAF

17th June
00-9001 C32B 22:09 / 18th June DRIP36 USAF

18th June
00-9001 C32B 18th June / 15:21 DRIP36 USAF

20th June
99-0004 C32A 05:57/ 21st June SAM200 USAF
15+01 A319 19:33 / 21st June GAF913 Luftwaffe

21st June
99-0004 C32A 20th June/ 16:09 SAM200 USAF
15+01 A319 20th June / 14:41 GAF913 Luftwaffe

26th June
MM62332 G5 18:34 / 19:12 IAM1496 Italian Air Force.
99-0402 C37A 16:18 / 27th June SAM216 USAF

27th June
99-0402 C37A 26th June / 16:47 SAM216 USAF
1302 A330 13:47 / 28th June UAF1300 UAE AF
15002 A310 20:27 / 28th June CFC4142 Canadian AF

28th June
1302 A330 27th June / 10:31 UAF1300 UAE AF
ZZ337 A330 10:51 / 12:45 RR2846 RAF.
15002 A310 27th June / 14:03 CFC4142 Canadian AF

29th June
10-0217 C17 11:46 / 14:39 RCH3260 USAF
06-6161 C17 13:08 / 15:06 RCH4606 USAF

30th June
ZZ330 A330 09:35 / 11:56 RRR2622 RAF.
ZZ330 A330 20:10 / 23:10 RRR2623 RAF.

Its all very quiet at the moment at STN from a military perspective. I was hoping the PM when he flew out tonight to the States would travel using ZZ336 Voyager MRTT, but instead it was the Titan 321neo again which they now seem to prefer long haul. Not hearing any rumours of anything military in the pipeline either.

here's one to break the boredom at last:
from the Stansted google group :
164993 USN C130 due Wednesday (07-06-2023) from St John's at 2000 (I'm assuming local time not Z)

Andy

andygolfer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:16 am

here's one to break the boredom at last:
from the Stansted google group :
164993 USN C130 due Wednesday (07-06-2023) from St John's at 2000 (I'm assuming local time not Z)

Andy

Andy

The Mildenhall list also has it booked for there as well.

thanks, hopefully it's destination will be clear well before 20.00, I can make Stansted in 20 minutes but Mildenhall is about an hour - fingers crossed for the former!
Andy

It’s showing on FR24 as destination Stansted.

At last something interesting to follow. I don't think the C130 is staying, its just a night stop.

The USN C130 164993 is just airborne from Keflavik so if it is coming to Stansted it will be considerably earlier than 20:00

4993currently approaching the Outer Hebrides.
Roger

Arrived at 18.25L Wednesday as Convoy 3280 and took a right turn off 04 and parked on the Compass Base.

Due out to Sicily10.30 Friday from an answer to my question on the Stansted Google group
Andy

Stansted google group is reporting two UAE AF C17s due today. first arr. 11.45, dep 15.00. second arr. 19.50 and night stop departing 09.00 tomorrow
I'm assuming the times are local, the correspondent usually posts them as local times but DSTM please.

Registrations quoted as first 1227 and second 1229 but not confirmed as yet

Stansted are still using runway 04 BTW for anyone planning a trip
HTH
Andy

first one is currently over northern Italy (10.01 BST), now the confusing bit ADSB gives the reg as 1227 and the callsign as UAF 1229!
Andy

and now 1229 is showing on ADSB as UAF 1227 on eastern US coast eastbound
Andy (12.32 BST)

As it has gone a quiet'ish again, how about a bit of speculation on my behalf? If my reading of the US Media media is correct, early-mid July STN Northside could be busy as AF1 may be making visit to the UK at some point. Back in April the BBC said the President had accepted an invite from the King for a full state visit, and it would likely be late June. However, the normally reliable New York Times and Washington Post both last week suggested it will now be in July. The monarch traditionally travels to Balmoral in mid-July, and Parliament goes into recess at about the same time, so any visit would more likely be early in the month as a State visit often includes a Parliamentary address. Lets wait and see what happens.

Pesmog wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:35 pm

As it has gone a quiet'ish again, how about a bit of speculation on my behalf? If my reading of the US Media media is correct, early-mid July STN Northside could be busy as AF1 may be making visit to the UK at some point. Back in April the BBC said the President had accepted an invite from the King for a full state visit, and it would likely be late June. However, the normally reliable New York Times and Washington Post both last week suggested it will now be in July. The monarch traditionally travels to Balmoral in mid-July, and Parliament goes into recess at about the same time, so any visit would more likely be early in the month as a State visit often includes a Parliamentary address. Lets wait and see what happens.

Dropping off helis for Ascot Races which are very soon. So the usual VIP transport for UAE VIPs/Horse owners has been mentioned on the other similar thread.

NorvilleRogers wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:55 pm

Pesmog wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:35 pm

As it has gone a quiet'ish again, how about a bit of speculation on my behalf? If my reading of the US Media media is correct, early-mid July STN Northside could be busy as AF1 may be making visit to the UK at some point. Back in April the BBC said the President had accepted an invite from the King for a full state visit, and it would likely be late June. However, the normally reliable New York Times and Washington Post both last week suggested it will now be in July. The monarch traditionally travels to Balmoral in mid-July, and Parliament goes into recess at about the same time, so any visit would more likely be early in the month as a State visit often includes a Parliamentary address. Lets wait and see what happens.

Dropping off helis for Ascot Races which are very soon. So the usual VIP transport for UAE VIPs/Horse owners has been mentioned on the other similar thread.

is there any evidence for this? it was believed to be a fuel stop and it wasn't parked on a normal cargo offload stand.

It parked on 505 which is close to the airside road behind it so wouldn't have parked there if it was unloading because of blocking the road, They normally park on 509 (east of the Harrods hangar)for unloading,
There was a speculative question on the stansted google group as to whether there were helicopters on board which was quickly given a negative reply and pointed out about the stand (that was a person airside who saw what was going on) that may be where the OP's here got the info from and didn't see the response and thus it snowballed.

There is a UAE AF A330 quoted as 1300 scheduled to arrive at 13.00 today (yes 1300 at 13.00 so I haven't mistyped it before anybody thinks it looks like an error). I think we can be sure that won't have helicopters on board either
Andy


edit - I quoted some stand numbers above and for those not familiar with stansted here's a plan of the northside with the stand numbers etc, it's a bit old ?(the Fayair hangar isn't shown) but the stand numbers haven't changed, HTH
Andy

stansted northside stand numbers by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

UAF1229 showing as 1227 looks to be heading back across the pond out of Cherry Point, maybe an early morning arrival?

Dave

Did a USAF C17 come in Monday evening ? Someone told me that it was scheduled, but I seemed to miss it on ASDB as I was busy and was dipping in an out of it every 30 minutes or so.

The delayed UAE 330 MRTT should also be in lunchtime today, although I can't yet see it on ADSB.