FighterControl

hi all,

does anyone know if there is another saudi f15 delivery any time soon or if there is any detachments due anytine soon?

MTIA

APACHE123

Keep eyes peeled for eastbound ALTRV.
Steve.

But don't forget the Minnesota (and Wisconsin?) ANG F-16s are due across for Frisian Flag very soon.

Potential for confusion?

Next lot going via Lajes it seems .

POSs last Thursday/ Friday of the month for the Frisian ANG boys and girls.
Steve.

BOLLO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:33 pm

Next lot going via Lajes it seems .

Wouldn’t count on it.

From what I'm told they are not coming this way

BOLLO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:01 pm

From what I'm told they are not coming this way

WHAT! ........not even through the loop.......now that is a real shame...

Scramble mentioned that the most recent deliveries went direct to Nellis AFB for Red Flag

BOLLO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:01 pm

From what I'm told they are not coming this way

Yeah... We'll see.

Scramble reports that the six at Nellis are wearing their Saudi serials (0628-0633). There must be a chance that they will go from Nellis across to (say) Seymour Johnson/Eglin, and then across to Lajes/Moron/Rota and on down the Med.

Two of the six have been tied up to their FMS serials:-
0630 = 12-1066
0631 = 12-1071

another two POSSIBLE ties up reported on Scramble 0628/12-1040 , 0629/12-1065 info from photos on Saudi Twitter site & assuming the aircraft are line up in Saudi serial order 0628-0633

as for delivery i would have through that there is a good chance they will go back to St Louis to be prepped for delivery flight
presumably Boeing are responsible for delivery to customer or then again it would seem possible that they have already been handed over to the Saudi's
& they will be responsible for the delivery flight but with a return to St Louis still possible

628 12-1040
629 12-1065
630 12-1066
631 12-1071
632 TBC
633 12-1073

The ‘0’ in front of the Saudi serial has been painted on by mistake and will be removed.

As for the delivery, why speculate?! Once they move they will be picked up and reported. FYI, they will deliver from Nellis but will have to make a stop on the east coast of the USA before they cross the pond.

Regards

Mark

This link was posted on touchdown

Some really nice pics and videos

https://twitter.com/MbKS15

You don't need a tweeter account

632 confirmed as 12-1072
Regards
Mark

Precinct7

I think you might find that an operational Saudi AF Sqn isn't going to go all the way to Red Flag and then leave the Jets back at St Louis for the Boeing guys to do the job of flying them back. Saudis do have their own tankers.

This batch of 6 jets were flown from St Louis to Nellis for RF and are now on their way to the east coast of the USA with a USAF KC-10. They will cross the pond in the next day or two on their way to KSA.
Regards
Mark

3 x KC-10 currently eastbound over the US


GOLD01 86-0032 north of Memphis at 35'

HOIST83 87-0124 over southern Utah at 25' ex Nellis

HOIST89 79-1712 north of Denver at 35'

Gold01 dropped the Saudis off after they had finished refuelling. H83 at FL250 is still in a refuelling block. The others are too high so have obviously finished.
Regards
Mark