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Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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Had the opportunity to spend some time in Tbilisi a few weeks ago. Here are some offerings

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Military/Police/Border Patrol

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...some sort of "corrosion corner" in the background of the picture of the Georgian Embraer 190 4L-TGV
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uEUAS ... 16-h612-no :?:

A Mil Mi-14 Haze.... :shock:

Loved to see the Soviet -and "older Western" jets... :)
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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Awesome stuff!
Do you have a full list of borts for the Mi-8s etc please? (or more photos).
I had no idea they had so many Hueys!
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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Stratofreighter wrote:...some sort of "corrosion corner" in the background of the picture of the Georgian Embraer 190 4L-TGV
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uEUAS ... 16-h612-no :?:

A Mil Mi-14 Haze.... :shock:

Loved to see the Soviet -and "older Western" jets... :)
Yes there definitely was a section of the airfield I wasn't able to get to that had some more Mi-8/17s and a few unknown civilian jets. Sadly none of them moved, and I didn't ever end up in a position to get any photos of them.

Yes the Mi-14 was the highlight of the trip! Albeit defunct now, it was an amazing and welcome find!
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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AndyMarden wrote:Awesome stuff!
Do you have a full list of borts for the Mi-8s etc please? (or more photos).
I had no idea they had so many Hueys!
Mi-14:
White 08

From the Mi-8s I have:
Blue 07
Blue 08
Blue 09
Blue 19
Blue 41
Blue 42
Blue 45
Blue 49
Blue 51

And Mi-17s:
Red 02 (Georgian Police)
Blue 32 (Georgian Police)
White 33 (Georgian Police)
White 34 (Georgian Police)

I am not sure if the old Mi-8s in the boneyard are old Police airframes, or military. There are no markings one way or the other. It is fully possible that the current police Mi-17 airframes were former military airframes that were replaced by the Hueys years ago.

The funny part was finding the hanger full of UH-1Hs. Most were marked as Georgian military, but some, assumedly parts birds, were still marked as US Army. I assume most were transfered to the Georgian Gov't sometime after the Vietnam War.

Oh and to make things even worse, there was a line of no less than 5 Mi-2s that were behind a wall, I never go to see them up close!! Oh the shame!!
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Thanks!
The nine Mi-8s were all the stored ones, yes?
Could you identify any Hueys?
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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AndyMarden wrote:Thanks!
The nine Mi-8s were all the stored ones, yes?
Could you identify any Hueys?
Yes, the Mi-8s were stored, the Mi-17s were still being used

Some of the Hueys still had their US Registration numbers on them, but I was only able to get just a few

64-13739 Georgian "81"
74-22444 Georgian "24"
74-224?? Georgian "27"

those were the only ones I was able to get any info of
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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GREAT !!.
An-2s are a treat !.
Keep m coming !.
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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andel wrote:GREAT !!.
An-2s are a treat !.
Keep m coming !.
Wish I had the chance to get more, don't foresee having that opportunity again!
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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Most of these Hueys are ex USAREUR ones.
Some off these where in service with the Vicenza based 6 AVN.CO until late 1999 , early 2000.
After the unit was deactivated theire UH-1H's where sent to Coleman Barracks AAF for storage.After some years in storage with the based maintenance unit at Coleman Barracks AAF some off these UH-1H's where overhauled etc and sold or donated to the Georgian AF
Some of these UH-1H's where seen multiple times during visitis to Coleman Barracks AAF by spotters.
I can't check my logbooks at the moment as i'am not at home.
I believe these are some off the ex USAREUR Hueys which where deliverd to Georgia :
74-22444 ex 6 AVN.CO Vicenza
74-22496 ex 6 AVN.CO Vicenza
74-22337 ex 6 VAN.CO Vicenza
74-22368 ex HQ flt Stuttgart Echterdingen AAF is also reported as sold / donated to Georgia i can't confirm if this realy happend.
There are more ex USAREUR UH-1H's deliverd to Georgia but as i say i can't check my books at the moment.
I believe some if not all off these ex USAREUR UH-1H's
Where flown from Coleman Barracks AAF to Ramstein Airbase from where they where deliverd by airfreight to Georgia

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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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73-21700 is another one (22 black)
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Re: Spotting at UGTB Tbilisi, Georgia

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AS15U,
A couple more questions please:
What was the identity of the red An-2 you photographed?
What were the identities of the An-28s you photographed?
Thanks
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