Spangdahlem 11-12 may 2013

[mirage 69]

according to Flugzeugforum there will probably be an "open house" at Spangdahlem in the weekend from 11-12 may!

Grtz Rene

[gortje]

according to Flugzeugforum there will probably be an "open house" at Spangdahlem in the weekend from 11-12 may!

Grtz Rene

I hope that when this day will be held at 2013 it will be a day like into 2011, but with more flying planes and bigger airshows.
When they will held an Open House, i hope they will have some flying A-10s.
The Open House into 2011 was very nice and very good organized.
Everybody were frisked at the gates but when we're bringing with buses to the new platform we can stay everywhere we want. Everything was typical Americans, the food, the music,etc.
We also appreciated that the planes were not behind the fences.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com

[SquAdmin]

Deactivation of 81st FS is planned in March and the A-10's will already be gone by then. So don't expect Hogs at this event...

[Jeroen Bos]

Sorry for asking, I'm a kind of a newbe... Can you just go and visit the Open House (when confirmed of course) or do you have to be registered in advance?

[gortje]

Sorry for asking, I'm a kind of a newbe... Can you just go and visit the Open House (when confirmed of course) or do you have to be registered in advance?

Hi,

Last year (2011) it wasn't needed to register yourself.
Maybe they will change if this year if this day will be held.
The security is very strictly with their controls at the gates, so it is forbidden to bring any drinks, pocket knifes, etc with you!!
And about the A10s on Spangdahlem, the most of their A10s are already moved back to Moody AFB into the USA.
This year they will return all their A10s. So we haven't expect any A10s this day into 2013.
I hope they will invite some nice squadrons with their planes. We should see.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com

[Jeroen Bos]

Sorry for asking, I'm a kind of a newbe... Can you just go and visit the Open House (when confirmed of course) or do you have to be registered in advance?

Hi,

Last year (2011) it wasn't needed to register yourself.
Maybe they will change if this year if this day will be held.
The security is very strictly with their controls at the gates, so it is forbidden to bring any drinks, pocket knifes, etc with you!!
And about the A10s on Spangdahlem, the most of their A10s are already moved back to Moody AFB into the USA.
This year they will return all their A10s. So we haven't expect any A10s this day into 2013.
I hope they will invite some nice squadrons with their planes. We should see.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com

Thanks Roelof-Jan, and let's hope for some interesting stuff!

[nilsko]

This month's AirForcesMonthly seem to give another picture. They actually talked to the 52nd FW (nice one, why didn't anyone think of that.. ) and they stated and I quote "...moves previously approved by Congress are stopped until spring of FY13, pending a new Continuing Resolution.."

So maybe still some Hogs after all at Spang.

The 4 Hogs that left in October where said to be temporary loaned to the Moody wing.

[jp 74]

This month's AirForcesMonthly seem to give another picture. They actually talked to the 52nd FW (nice one, why didn't anyone think of that.. ) and they stated and I quote "...moves previously approved by Congress are stopped until spring of FY13, pending a new Continuing Resolution.."

So maybe still some Hogs after all at Spang.

The 4 Hogs that left in October where said to be temporary loaned to the Moody wing.

Looks like good news, However i doubt that Hogs loaned to Moody wil return to Europe.
So maybe hogs till spring!

[gortje]

Hi,

When you read the information on http://warthognews.blogspot.nl you can read all the latest news of the A10s that are flying all over the world.
When you read the information on http://warthognews.blogspot.nl/2012/11/ ... ow-at.html you reed that these four A10s of Spangdahlem has still the tail code SP but it seems that they already been transfered to the 23rd Wing of Moody AFB.
I think that all the A10s of Spangdahlem will be transfered to this or an another Squadron.
We can read that the 81th FS of Spangdahlem will be mooved before March 2013.
So i think we haven't exspect any A10s from Spangdahlem on this Open House.
It is sad to see that the withdrawal has already begun and that they do this so quietly without an spottersday or something.
What i've read on this blog is that already eight of the A10s from Spangdahlem are mooved to the USA for CONUS.
When i'm right, there are now i think already twelve A10s left on Spangdahlem. When i'm wrong i like to hear it from you.

Back to the Open House on Spangdahlem 2013.
It will be very nice when they will invite the A10 West Coast Demo team to give all the visitors an nice show.
So we should see or it continues.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com

[nilsko]

A spottersday would be nice, but SP doesn't have a great trackrecord when it comes to base vs. spotter relations.. Anyways, we'll see what happens..

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[Tigerspoon]

Hi,

When you read the information on http://warthognews.blogspot.nl you can read all the latest news of the A10s that are flying all over the world.
When you read the information on http://warthognews.blogspot.nl/2012/11/ ... ow-at.html you reed that these four A10s of Spangdahlem has still the tail code SP but it seems that they already been transfered to the 23rd Wing of Moody AFB.
I think that all the A10s of Spangdahlem will be transfered to this or an another Squadron.
We can read that the 81th FS of Spangdahlem will be mooved before March 2013.
So i think we haven't exspect any A10s from Spangdahlem on this Open House.
It is sad to see that the withdrawal has already begun and that they do this so quietly without an spottersday or something.
What i've read on this blog is that already eight of the A10s from Spangdahlem are mooved to the USA for CONUS.
When i'm right, there are now i think already twelve A10s left on Spangdahlem. When i'm wrong i like to hear it from you.

Back to the Open House on Spangdahlem 2013.
It will be very nice when they will invite the A10 West Coast Demo team to give all the visitors an nice show.
So we should see or it continues.

Regards,

Roelof-Jan Gort
http://www.rjgfotografie.com

Only 4 Hogs have left Spang already, and that's 100% for sure. The "rest" is still at Spangdahlem, flying almost 2-3 times a day with a maximum of 5 acft. per wave!

[K-9]

Despite it remaining quite around this show ....
An A-10 seems to be confirmed for the Radom Airshow, just recently.
Which might just give us a " pharewell " at Spangdahlem during the 11th or 12th of May !

Regards, Rene

[Ronaldsnl]

Looking to the recent news that USAF has cancelled ALL airshow participation for the reminder of this fiscal year I'm wondering this Open house will push through at alll....

[mirage 69]

Is this show also cancelled due to budget cuts?

[Robert]

Effective today, active-duty, Reserve and Guard units will cease all aviation support to the public. This includes the cancellation of support to all air shows, tradeshows, flyovers (including funerals and military graduations), orientation flights, heritage flights, F-22 demonstration flights and open houses, unless the event includes only local static assets.