48FW F-35A delivery summary (41 as at 11/08/2023)

[Alf]

20-5588/LN is reported as having made its first flight yesterday (credit Tally on Scramble).

[Starbuck]

20-5588/LN is reported as having made its first flight yesterday (credit Tally on Scramble).

So that should make three over there now sporting LN tails I think, I can't remember the numbers of the other two.

[Andy Marden]

5581 and 5584

[colt41]

Flying in the USA for the 495fs.
20-5581
20-5583
20-5588

[Starfighter_F-104G]

Flying in the USA for the 495fs.
20-5581
20-5583
20-5588
20-5589
20-5590

[BOLLO]

BLUE 81 305AMW KC-10 in to Fort Worth today on a CR-017E mission code and an E/B ALTRV has gone up for tomorrow ???



G0377/22 - AIRSPACE RESERVATION
TR: 5600N 03000W - 5600N 02500W - 5600N 02000W - PIKIL - SOVED -
MIMKU
FLW SEPARATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED WITHIN SHANWICK OCEANIC AIRSPACE:
MNPS/NAT HIGH LEVEL AIRSPACE(HLA) 60NM, NON-MNPS/NAT HLA 120NM. FL250 - FL270,
12 OCT 16:33 2022 UNTIL 12 OCT 20:58 2022. CREATED: 11 OCT 08:14 2022

[slogen51]

Retro 31/32 arrived in the dark on 27/10/2022

(20-5581) LN & (20-5583) LN are mentioned at the scramble forum

[slogen51]

Thanks

Today's sighting of 5584 was 5484

[slogen51]

20-5581 and 20-5583 flew 3/11 as Taco 04 and Taco 02 respectively

[colp]

Would imagine the next 3 sitting over in the US can't be far off coming over either.

[slogen51]

10/11/2022 Retro 32-34 arrived in the dark

Thanks to Colp

"Just gave the tails on 240.650 can confirm Retro 32 20-5588, Retro 33 20-5589, Retro 34 20-5590"

( Retro 31 was an F-15E back from rework - allegedly 91-0316)

[Ollie]

Credit to GFontana767 on Instagram, 20-5595 has made at least 1 flight marked up for Lakenheath. Not 100% sure but it looks as if its marked for the 493rd

[luke28]

Good spot, definitely looks like a Grim Reapers logo on the left hand side

[colp]

Interesting I think assuming 5493 is obviously a Reaper, then 495th would have 20 out of 24 F35A's required for the full SQN now. If it's that straight forward!

[Starbuck]

Interesting I think assuming 5493 is obviously a Reaper, then 495th would have 20 out of 24 F35A's required for the full SQN now. If it's that straight forward!

Yeah it is indeed interesting, from talking with a few at LN, the Reapers are due to stand up Q1 2023 and there's now a decent number of Reaper pilots with the 495th.

Maybe LN might get the first before Christmas if we're lucky.

[Ollie]

Credit to GFontana767 on Instagram, 20-5598 has made at least 1 flight marked up for Lakenheath.

[EAGLE]

Credit to GFontana767 on Instagram, 20-5598 has made at least 1 flight marked up for Lakenheath.

20-5594 also seen flying with LN Markings in his photos, so that's another that can be added to the list

[colp]

Plus a gap between 20-5595 and 20-5598, so there's another 2 I guess. Not necessarily for LN admittedly!

By this time next year we'll probably have 40+ of the little blighters

[Bolar]

20-5591,20-5592 20-5593 Weapons School 6th Weapons Squadron
20-5594 LN Test Flights taken place
20-5595 Test Flights taken place
20-5596Test Flights taken place
20-5597 Test Flights taken place
20-5598 LN Test Flights taken place
Anyone got links to photographs of 20-5594 to 98

[sschofield]

Plus a gap between 20-5595 and 20-5598, so there's another 2 I guess. Not necessarily for LN admittedly!

By this time next year we'll probably have 40+ of the little blighters

I've not seen any unit allocation for 5596 and 5597 yet, but a few of this latest batch (5591/2/3) have gone to the 6th WPS at Nellis, so that's certainly a possibility!