Hogs to deploy

[Oscar01]

Hi,

12 Hogs will deploy tomorrow. They were scheduled for yesterday and also for today, but weather at first destination prevented them to launch.

Of course if wx is bad, they might delay again.

Regards,
Oz

[Tigerspoon]

deployment to afghanistan???
are these all "SP" coded??

[J.J.]

If Oscar01 is right, this should be an unexpected Operation Enduring Freedom combat deployment to Afghanistan. I'm surprised, because in January 2010 (after a six-month rotation) 12 AC-10Cs of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield - deployed from the 355th Fighter Wing (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona - were replaced by A-10Cs of an Air National Guard "Rainbow Team", consisting of jets from the 104th Fighter Squadron, 175th Wing (Maryland Air National Guard), Martin State AP Air Guard Station, Baltimore, Maryland (tailcode MD) and from the 184th Fighter Squadron, 188th Fighter Wing (Arkansas Air National Guard), Fort Smith Regional Airport, Fort Smith, Arkansas (tailcode FS) - scheduled for a four-month rotation.

Could be that Air Combat Command (ACC) will deploy a second A-10C EFS to Kandahar Airfield in support of a force-buildup in Afghanistan, announced by President Obama.

BTW: Stopovers from Spang en route A'stan would be Sigonella, Sicily, and Al Udeid AB, Qatar.

I would be very grateful for any more related info.

For archived A-10 OEF deployment info please check:
http://warthognews.blogspot.com/search/ ... fghanistan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://warthogdeployments.blogspot.com/ ... istan.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Oscar01]

It is *not* an AEF deployment.

They depart for Lajes and then further to US.

Oz

[r.e.hendriks]

This morning I saw two flights of six A-10s heading inbound Navpi.

Callsign: TABOR31-36 and TABOR41-46

Best regards, Rob.

[Sleegertje]

Thanks Rob.
Does anybody knows the numbers and when they will return.
Thanks in Advance,
Regards, Rene Sleegers

[Thijs]

81 flt gave their tail no's on Boom 283.050 @ 1044 app. 81/86-193,
82/86-166, 83/84-009 & 84/86-178..

Credit Graig Davies at Milscanners

[r.e.hendriks]

81 flt gave their tail no's on Boom 283.050 @ 1044 app. 81/86-193,
82/86-166, 83/84-009 & 84/86-178..

Credit Graig Davies at Milscanners

These are not the A-10s. They are as I posted before TABOR31-36 and 41-46.
So no 81 a.s.o. Looking at the serials, these are LN Eagles.

Best regards, Rob.

[Thijs]

Should be the F-15's heading to the Canary Islands.

Thanks for pointing out Rob

[Oscar01]

Hi,

Of topic: indeed those were the F-15s: Huron71-74 (2 rtb), 81-84, 91-94.

Back to the hogs, serials will hopefully follow tonight (if they are readable from pics).

Cheers,
Oz

[Tigerspoon]

is it already known when they'll be exp back at spang!?!

[Otto]

Ref TABOR31/TABOR41 - Coronet East 057 - US notams A0150/10 & A0158/10 activated.

Off topic

08/2 HURON71 4x F-15C (84-0027, 86-0159, 86-0156, 86-0147) - Coronet East 095, Support REACH61.
08/2 HURON81 4x F-15C (86-0182, 86-0166, 86-0171, 86-0176) - Coronet East 095, Support REACH71.
08/2 HURON91 4x F-15C (86-0163, 86-0167, 84-0009, 84-0010) - Coronet East 095, Support REACH81.

07/2 TREND43 4x F-16 - (01052, 00220, 00223, 01050) - Coronet East 044. AAR Support BLUE94 & BLUE95.

[Oscar01]

And back to topic.... (but the off-topic was highly appreciated! )

Here you have the serials in order of departure:
275
945
960
976
980
983

985
988
991
650
654
656

Cheers,
Oz

[Sleegertje]

Hi Oscar,
Many thanks for the serials.
Coincidence they departed in order of number....
Regards, Rene Sleegers

[Elmar]

Support (not tanker support)for this deployment was probably KC-10A 83-0079 from 305th AMW.
It departed Spang after the A-10's take off and also headed out for Lajes.

Also noted were:
70-0462 167th AS WV ANG
70-0465 155th AS TN ANG
87-0027 436th AW
06-6168 436th AW arr as Rch176

Also some A-10s/F-16's were noted but two with a big ??
A-10A 647/SP noted inside hangar with 647 on the nose, fy 78 or 82 ? did not know they had a '647' fly with 81st FS
F-16C 90-0820/SP, is this a new one for 22nd FS or just a misread with 90-0828?? Was hard to ID, paint was very blurred...

Grtz