Nellis 27/28 Jan 2025 - Red Flag

[slogen51]

Work in progress - just a list of what was seen by us over a day

3 F-15EX
20-0001/ET
20-0004/OT
20-0005/OT

4 B-2
93-1086 Spirit of Kitty Hawk
(82-1068) Spirit of New York
88-0331 Spirit of South Carolina
(93-1085) Spirit of Oklahoma

B-52H LA
60-0002
60-0008 '8AF'
60-0024
60-0058

Royal Australian Air force
6 F/A-18
A44-204
A44-208
A44-211
A44-216
A44-218
A44-224

4 EA-18G
A46-301
A46-304
A46-305
A46-306

6 F-35A RAAF
A35-017
A35-041
A35-043
A35-051
A35-060
A35-061

A30-004 E-7

USMC 8 F-35B VMFA-211
CF-00 cag
169621/CF-01
169927/CF-02
170050/CF-03
170060/CF-04
CF-06
CF-08
CF-09

US Navy 7 EA-18G
AF-500 special colours
AF-501
168389/AF-503
NL-520
NL-521
NL-522
NL-523

USAF 17?? HL F-35A **** my photos only show 14 on both days I was there and we only read 11 so I need to double check with the rest of the crew
5239 421FS Black Widows
5247 421FS
5276 421FS
5281 421FS
5363 421FS
5368 421FS
5445 "421FS"
5454 421FS
5585 421FS
5692 421FS
5273 421FS
(5539) no 421FS badge - check
(5586) 421FS
(5609) 421FS

26 SW F-16C/D seen ( only read off 25 missing 1?)
90-0806 red/white - 77FS
90-0826 tiger 79FS
90-0830 blue/white 55FS
90-0842 blue/white 55FS
89-0845 blue/white 55FS
91-0348 tiger 79FS
91-0355 blue/white 55FS
91-0359 tiger 79FS
91-0371 red/white - 77FS (very low Viz!)
91-0377 red/white - 77FS
91-0379 tiger 79FS - Special
91-0381 blue/white 55FS
91-0384 blue/white 55FS
92-3910 red/white - 77FS
93-0546 blue/white 55FS
93-0548 tiger 79FS
93-0552 blue/white 55FS
94-0040 red/white - 77FS
97-0108 tiger 79FS
(97-0110) blue/white 55FS
01-7053 blue/white 55FS
00-0218 tiger 79FS
00-0221 mlt
00-0222 tiger 79FS
00-0226 tiger 79FS

13 MO F-15E ( 11 read off )
87-0208 389FS Thunderbolt
87-0209 389FS Thunderbolt
91-0323 391FS Tiger
91-0600 no colours
90-0236 391FS Tiger
90-0250 391FS Tiger
90-0237 391FS Tiger
90-0249 391FS Tiger
90-0259 391FS Tiger
91-0333 391FS Tiger
91-0319 not noted
Plus one in the 'live' revetments where the KC A-10 were


8 JZ F-15C/D ( only 6 read off)
84-0025 '159MXG'
85-0102 '159FW'
83-0010
82-0010
-0037
- 0041


F-16C LV 706 AGRS
85-0412
85-1474
85-1467
85-1479
85-1501 special '926Wg'
85-1556
-0232
86-0244

4 HH-130J
13-5785/FT
11-5727/FT
19-5948/MY

1 AC-130J
18-5913

..590/DM EC-130H

7 HH-60J
14522
14504
14528
14515
14502

6 RAF Typhoon - 6 Squadron
ZK328
ZK349
ZK359
ZK360
ZK378
ZK438

ZZ335 Voyager

E-3G OK
76-1604
76-1607





Credit PW for the bulk of the heavy lifting backed up by my 200-500 Nikon lens

Lack of internet prevented further updates!

[slogen51]

Request for help!

Over 27/28 Jan 25 we saw 14 different HL F-35A and read off 11 as three were blocked by each other - see previous post

Can anyone confirm which HL were present at Nellis for the start of RF-25-1?

I reckon our missing three serials are 5539 , 5609 and 5538 "388og" ** noted by scramble on 26th Jan but the same report mentions as many as 17 or 18 HL at Nellis - we didn't notice any F-35A in the revetments on the other side of the runway

In the line one F-35A didn't have a 421FS badge - I suspect that is 5538 "388OG" - has anyone got a photo of it at Nellis

Basically has anyone else got a eyeball list of the HL they noted ?

Thanks

[Freeman Lowell]

Hi Mike,
We were able to read 5539 & 5609 amongst the line of HL F-35As on the main ramp at first light on Wednesday 29th, if that helps.
Freeman & Brian

[slogen51]

Awesome that will do for me

Thanks

[Andy Marden]

I was at Nellis 28/29 Jan.
There were 14 HLs present at that time, all of which were read.

5239
5247
5273
5276
5281
5363
5368
5445 "421FS"
5454
5539
5585
5586
5609
5692

Four other serials seen earlier were not around:
5477
5538 "388OG"
5567
5607

I am painfully aware of this because I dropped all 14 of those I saw, but would have needed all 4 of the ones I did not see....

[raameagle]

On the morning of the 29th I also read the 14 listed by Andy. I dropped all of those too but would have made 2 of the 4 that had been in a few days earlier but had departed :-(

Regards

Mark

I was at Nellis 28/29 Jan.
There were 14 HLs present at that time, all of which were read.

5239
5247
5273
5276
5281
5363
5368
5445 "421FS"
5454
5539
5585
5586
5609
5692

Four other serials seen earlier were not around:
5477
5538 "388OG"
5567
5607

I am painfully aware of this because I dropped all 14 of those I saw, but would have needed all 4 of the ones I did not see....

[slogen51]

Great

Thanks for the help

I am fairly happy that our missing three serials were 5539 5609 and 5586 - I only need 5609

( I only thought one may have been 5538 "388OG" as although we couldn't see the bottom of the tail I could see from photos that the Black widow unit badge was missing however a photo admittedly from 2022 shows 5539 also with out a unit badge on the tail)

[slogen51]

Thought I would add in the based aircraft which we noted on 27+28 Jan 2025 ( we left around midmorning on Tuesday 28/1 as we had quite a lot to pack in)


F-35 - LN : 5705, 5712, 5691 ( we saw 6 LN F-35A)

F-35A WA : 5160, 5250, 5275, 5348, 5362, 5487, 5593, 5608 "USAFWS" , 5612

F-35A OT : 5118 , 5244, 5267 "USAFWC" , 5472 , 5606

F-22A OT : 4066 , 4068, 4073, 4120, 4124, 4128 , 4188 "53TEG"
F-22A WA : 4116 "433WPS"

A-10 OT : (79)-0169, 79-0171, (79)-0199, 80-0242, (82)-0658
A-10 WA : 78-0721 pot!!

F-15E OT : 90-0251 no colours, 90-0258, 91-0322, 91-0601 no colours, 92-0365, 96-0200 pot!! Plus one marked 422TES
F-15E WA : 90-0257

F-16C/D OT : 88-0420, 90-728 blue rudder could be a WA, 90-0740, 90-0809, 90-0839, 91-0374, 91-0404 ,92-3926

F-16C/D WA y/bl aggressors : 86-0303 brown , 86-0365 blue, -0229 , -0345 , 90-0707 blue aggressor

F-16C/D WA r/bk : 88-0174 , 88-0416 , 88-0439, 88-0447, 88-0495, 88-0503, 88-0533,
89-2065, 89-2067, 89-2072, 89-2083, 89-2090, 89_2116 "16WPS", 89-2092, 89-2119, 89-2124, 89-2149,
89-2176, 90-0739 no colours, 90-0744

Couple of viper queries - have 89-2172 but this could be 88-0172 - I need 89-2172! ? And a black/grey aggressors (??)-0292

Some non flag visitors read off
N805X and N806X CRJ900 with modified noses - seemed to fly when the F-15EX flew
N2319 B350
165836 C-40 USN

3 F-15EX
20-0001/ET
20-0004/OT
20-0005/OT

6 KC A-10 flew - there were others visible in the revetments unreadable from outside
78-06631, 78-0655, 79-0091, 79-0109, 79-0113, 79-0152

[raameagle]

Mike,

OT F-15E marked 422TES is 91-0325.

WA F-16C ??-0292 is FY87.

Regards

Mark

Thought I would add in the based aircraft which we noted on 27+28 Jan 2025 ( we left around midmorning on Tuesday 28/1 as we had quite a lot to pack in)


F-35 - LN : 5705, 5712, 5691 ( we saw 6 LN F-35A)

F-35A WA : 5160, 5250, 5275, 5348, 5362, 5487, 5593, 5608 "USAFWS" , 5612

F-35A OT : 5118 , 5244, 5267 "USAFWC" , 5472 , 5606

F-22A OT : 4066 , 4068, 4073, 4120, 4124, 4128 , 4188 "53TEG"
F-22A WA : 4116 "433WPS"

A-10 OT : (79)-0169, 79-0171, (79)-0199, 80-0242, (82)-0658
A-10 WA : 78-0721 pot!!

F-15E OT : 90-0251 no colours, 90-0258, 91-0322, 91-0601 no colours, 92-0365, 96-0200 pot!! Plus one marked 422TES
F-15E WA : 90-0257

F-16C/D OT : 88-0420, 90-728 blue rudder could be a WA, 90-0740, 90-0809, 90-0839, 91-0374, 91-0404 ,92-3926

F-16C/D WA y/bl aggressors : 86-0303 brown , 86-0365 blue, -0229 , -0345 , 90-0707 blue aggressor

F-16C/D WA r/bk : 88-0174 , 88-0416 , 88-0439, 88-0447, 88-0495, 88-0503, 88-0533,
89-2065, 89-2067, 89-2072, 89-2083, 89-2090, 89_2116 "16WPS", 89-2092, 89-2119, 89-2124, 89-2149,
89-2176, 90-0739 no colours, 90-0744

Couple of viper queries - have 89-2172 but this could be 88-0172 - I need 89-2172! ? And a black/grey aggressors (??)-0292

Some non flag visitors read off
N805X and N806X CRJ900 with modified noses - seemed to fly when the F-15EX flew
N2319 B350
165836 C-40 USN

3 F-15EX
20-0001/ET
20-0004/OT
20-0005/OT

6 KC A-10 flew - there were others visible in the revetments unreadable from outside
78-06631, 78-0655, 79-0091, 79-0109, 79-0113, 79-0152

[slogen51]

Thanks for that

Forgot to mention 9 Thunderbirds including three twin sticks - I think they all departed to Florida - Daytona Beach?

[dotwatcher01]

Mike, I have a pretty sharp ( ) shot of F-16D 89-(2)172/WA landing over Cheyenne, obv it would be against the rules to post it here....

[slogen51]

That is awesome

Thank you very much

I was going to have a look at the serial presentation difference between 88-0 and 89-2 F-16D -

(Just had a look at our Tucson log - logged 49 F-16C/D including 1102 Slovenia or is it Slovakia - and dropped every single one!

Although we did log 438/AZ which is probably 84-1438 which is annoying as I need 88-0438 which according to scramble was last reported as a SD)

[raameagle]

Slovakia. 1101 should be there too.

Regards

Mark

That is awesome

Thank you very much

I was going to have a look at the serial presentation difference between 88-0 and 89-2 F-16D -

(Just had a look at our Tucson log - logged 49 F-16C/D including 1102 Slovenia or is it Slovakia - and dropped every single one!

Although we did log 438/AZ which is probably 84-1438 which is annoying as I need 88-0438 which according to scramble was last reported as a SD)

[chymron]

Hi Slogen
On the subject of the '49 F-16C/D', we arrived on the Wednesday afternoon (Jan 29) at Tucson in the midst of the rain storm and were somewhat frustrated in our attempts to read off many, would you be kind enough to publish your list if it covered that day, it would be most appreciated.
Mick

[slogen51]

I would be happy to post it

Unfortunately perhaps we were there on the 24th Jan

[chymron]

Appreciate your response, but unfortunately that would not help me, being nearly a week apart.
Of course, if there may be others who might benefit, then I leave it to you whether you publish.
Again, thanks, Mick.