Cobra Warrior 23-1 Discussion

[RUNWAY23]

Hey do any of yous know the dates for Cobra Warrior?
Thanks

[reaper493]

Should be 6th - 24th March for Cw 23-1. Hopefully they get two in this year!

Arrivals look to be 2/3rd March.

Mike

[RUNWAY23]

Thanks reaper, any speculation on what’s coming? I know these things can change last minute

[tommc]

Thanks reaper, any speculation on what’s coming? I know these things can change last minute

Take your pick from the following Word Jumble:

UK
Turkey
Saudi
Finland
Cancelled
Confirmed
Rumoured
India
Sweden
Germany
Italy
etc...........

[reaper493]

Saudi's to Coningsby seems fairly plausible - but this has been the rumour for each CW for the past few years.

Rumoured to be four nations to Waddo - at least one of the nations will bring F-16s.

[SpilsbyPete]

I also heard the Saudi's at Coningsby
The reason was Coningsby would be open on a Sunday

Belgium,Germany Italy and Sweden will be at Waddo

But as we all know Rumours
Could be 2+2=5

Let's see

[reaper493]

Germany, Italy and Sweden have not been mentioned as players this time round in any of the rumors I've heard, so that's a 3rd version!!

Italy almost certainly not coming from fairly official sources this time round.

[BOLLO]

I hear the WAVE car park is now closed and poss no sign of it opening up soon ???

[reaper493]

Yep - full thread on it further down.

viewtopic.php?t=227056

Will be chaos if it's not open.

[iain s]

I also heard the Saudi's at Coningsby
The reason was Coningsby would be open on a Sunday

Belgium,Germany Italy and Sweden will be at Waddo

But as we all know Rumours
Could be 2+2=5

Let's see

Oh really?

Yes let's just see

[FFDspotter]

Scramble SIS currently have Cobra Warrior Participants as:
- Waddington:F16s (Blu), JAS39 (Swedish AF), ..... (GAF)
- Coningsby: Typhoon F2/T3 (RSaudiAF)

https://scramble.nl/planning/sis-summar ... lag%2023-1

I'm not sure if this is confirmed or not, but thought it was worth mentioning!

[reaper493]

Yet another version of participants!

Think that's the fourth different one I've seen now

[FFDspotter]

Yet another version of participants!

Think that's the fourth different one I've seen now

Damn was worth a shot. Hoped this would be more similar to what people were expecting
Only a month or so now... you'd think these participant versions would be narrowing down

[AK01]

Scramble SIS currently have Cobra Warrior Participants as:
- Waddington:F16s (Blu), JAS39 (Swedish AF), ..... (GAF)
- Coningsby: Typhoon F2/T3 (RSaudiAF)

https://scramble.nl/planning/sis-summar ... lag%2023-1

I'm not sure if this is confirmed or not, but thought it was worth mentioning!

This is marked as, and therefore, rumour only. And I think pretty much the same as mentioned above, only Italians aren't mentioned.
Pieter,

[reaper493]

Some NOTAMs appearing.

B0324/23 (Issued for EGTT EGPX) - SWANWICK MILITARY NORTH WILL BE UNABLE TO OFFER AN ATS TO
ANY AIRCRAFT NOT INVOLVED IN EXERCISE COBRA WARRIOR. SQUADRONS
ARE ADVISED TO PLAN AHEAD AND ENGAGE WITH 78SQN PLANS EARLY. 20 22 24 0900-1500,
20 MAR 09:00 2023 UNTIL 24 MAR 15:00 2023. CREATED: 06 FEB 14:08 2023

B0322/23 (Issued for EGTT EGPX) - SWANWICK MILITARY EAST WILL BE UNABLE TO OFFER AN ATS TO ANY
AIRCRAFT NOT INVOLVED IN EXERCISE COBRA WARRIOR. SQUADRONS ARE
ADVISED TO PLAN AHEAD AND ENGAGE WITH 78SQN PLANS EARLY. 20 22 24 0900-1500,
20 MAR 09:00 2023 UNTIL 24 MAR 15:00 2023. CREATED: 06 FEB 14:06 2023

B0237/23 (Issued for EGTT EGPX) - SWANWICK MILITARY EAST AND NORTH WILL BE UNABLE TO OFFER AN ATS
TO ANY ACFT NOT INVOLVED IN EX COBRA WARRIOR. SQUADRONS ARE ADVISED
TO PLAN AHEAD AND ENGAGE WITH 78SQN PLANS EARLY. 10 MAR 09:00 2023 UNTIL 10
MAR 15:00 2023. CREATED: 26 JAN 22:08 2023

B0236/23 (Issued for EGTT EGPX) - SWANWICK MILITARY EAST AND NORTH WILL BE UNABLE TO OFFER AN ATS
TO ANY ACFT NOT INVOLVED IN EX COBRA WARRIOR. SQUADRONS ARE ADVISED
TO PLAN AHEAD AND ENGAGE WITH 78SQN PLANS EARLY. 08 MAR 09:00 2023 UNTIL 08
MAR 15:00 2023. CREATED: 26 JAN 22:07 2023

B0235/23 (Issued for EGTT EGPX) - SWANWICK MILITARY EAST AND NORTH WILL BE UNABLE TO OFFER AN ATS
TO ANY ACFT NOT INVOLVED IN EX COBRA WARRIOR. SQUADRONS ARE ADVISED
TO PLAN AHEAD AND ENGAGE WITH 78SQN PLANS EARLY. 06 MAR 09:00 2023 UNTIL 06
MAR 15:00 2023. CREATED: 26 JAN 22:02 2023

[Thor]

Some NOTAMs appearing.
...

Reading those, it looks like they're following the usual Mon/Weds/Fri exercise flying days so I'd expect other sorties on the infill weekdays and possibly late afternoons on the Ex ones.

[roughcutter]

All speculation, I guess we won't know until "the rubber slaps the tarmac"

[Thor]

All speculation, I guess we won't know until "the rubber slaps the tarmac"

Maybe, maybe not..

[reaper493]

There's a patch image floating round in Facebook - which backs up the rumours!

Turkish F-16s and Kc-135
Belgian F-16
Finnish F-18
Indian Mirage 2000

Will post later unless someone else beats me to it.

[vulcan222]

yep! that was me who posted the patch!
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=59 ... _tn__=EH-R