Skrydstrup (EKSP) 2023

[michel N]

From 6 until 16th of March, 5 LN F-35 will be detached to Skrydstrup

https://www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/202 ... krydstrup/

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Again, with a little bid more details.

https://www.nordschleswiger.dk/de/nords ... strup-luft

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Today the five 48.FW F-35A arrived from Lakenheath with AFRC/815.AS C-130J-30 05-8152 acting as support.

They will stay for two weeks.

Identified were 20-5571 and 20-5590.

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With credit to Vet Boy Slim at fightercontrol : 20-5570/71/74/83/90

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Noted here on 8.3. taking off from 9.52-10.00h, (landing 11.30-11.45h) were the following Fighter Wing/ESK 727 jets:

F-16AM E-005 (Have Glass V), E-007 (Have Glass V), E-075, E-107, E-601, E-607 and BM ET-022 (Have Glass V), ET-615 plus QRA „Moon Beam“ E-006 and E-603. Taking off earlier at 9.10h were two more unidentified F-16 which didn’t return.

The afternoon mission was later than normal, (due to the visit of the F-35), departed from 14.24-14.31h and comprised

F-16AM E-004, E-005, E-074, E-075, E-107, E-601, E-607 and BM ET-022.

The F-35A detachment of 48.FW, 495.FS flew
with 20-5571/LN, 20-5574/LN, 20-5583/LN and 20-5590/LN in the morning and the same three of them (except 20-5583/LN) in the afternoon. The last landing was at 16.10h.

In the afternoon EH-101 Merlin Mk.512 M-502 of ESK 722 flew one mission.

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F-16AM E-604 ist the seventh AM in Have Glass V colourscheme.

Active „Moon Beam“ QRA at Bornholm are E-008 and E-604.

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A somewhat more quit flying day was on 03.04. with the following active F-16AM of Fighter Wing/Esk 727:

E-007 (Have Glass V), E-018 (Have Glass V), E-597, E-601 and E-607 plus „Moon Beam“ QRA E-008 and E-605 (Have Glass V) departing from 10.00-10.20h in the morning.

Taking off only in the afternoon wave from 13.02-13.05h were E-007, E-018, E-597 and E-607.

Departing was T-17 T-413 in „Baby Blue“ colours.

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On 25.05. the followng low flying day happened at Fighter Wing/Esk 727:

Only F-16AM E-005 (Have Glass V), E-007 (Have Glass V) and E-074 plus F-16BM ET-613 (Have Glass V) departed in the morning from 9.50 to 9.52h.

The adternoon mission took off from 12.52-13.05h and comprised again of E-005, E-074 and ET-613 plus E-004, E-598.

Three different unidentified T-17 departures were seen, of which only T-417 came back in the afternoon.

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