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Argus 01 wrote:Around 1100u lt i heard Danish Airforce calling on my scanner, a weak signal, i was unable to see on what freq.
At 11:05u lt i heard some fighters overfly my home at high level (Winschoten, nort-east part of province Groningen). I ran outside and saw 4 contrails heading from north to south at a very high level, I guess FL 350 or higher.
Maybe the fighters ar switched to an Maastricht UAC freq, i did'nt hear them again.

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Oscar01 wrote:These were Fury23 flight
camel1 wrote:USAF B-2 bombers attacked a major Lybian airfield according to the BBC (06:14h)
Heard working Santa Maria on HF at 09:04
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Hi Joost,

Do you know from which user the 397.050 freq is?

Edwin
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Argus 01 wrote:Hi Joost,

Do you know from which user the 397.050 freq is?

Edwin

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joost wrote:
Argus 01 wrote:Hi Joost,

Do you know from which user the 397.050 freq is?

Edwin

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Hi,

according to the belgian news 6 F-16's wil depart this monday (21 march) to the south to help the allied forces.

I wonder what the dutch will sent? If they sent F-16's no airworthy F-16 will be left in Holland as already eleven F-16's moved to Alaska. Maybe some tanker assistance? Or some Attack helicopters like the Apache?

If these operations will take al long time I think many planned execrcises (like NTM, Frisian Flag, TDPU) and airschows will be cancelled due to operational commitments. Hope it will end soon.

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Hornet69 wrote:Hi,

according to the belgian news 6 F-16's wil depart this monday (21 march) to the south to help the allied forces.


They are moving from Araxos to Souda.
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Mirage 2000 Aircraft from Qatar are in position (Souda ? )
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metal57 wrote:
Oscar01 wrote:These were Fury23 flight
camel1 wrote:USAF B-2 bombers attacked a major Lybian airfield according to the BBC (06:14h)
Heard working Santa Maria on HF at 09:04
BBC reported 3 B-2As and 18 other US airplanes involved in airstrikes against Ghaddafi.
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According to U.S. Africa Command there were 19 US airplanes involved in the airstrikes last night: 15 USAF aircraft including B-2As, F-15s and F-16s and 4 USMC AV-8B Harriers.
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Does anybody know from with unit the USAFE F-16 came from?

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I read somewhere (can't recall if it was here or another forum) that the callsigns used when departing Spangdahlem were among others 'Warhawk' making these 480 FS birds. But expect birds to be pooled into one large package thereby bypassing normal squadron OPS.
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According to Danish Media the Danish Vipers flew over Libya for 5 hours, afterwards they returned to their airbase at Sicily. No information was given if they dropped any bombs.
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voske wrote:According to U.S. Africa Command there were 19 US airplanes involved in the airstrikes last night: 15 USAF aircraft including B-2As, F-15s and F-16s and 4 USMC AV-8B Harriers.
So no F22's used..? Seemed to be a good 'exercise'..
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Yespur wrote:
voske wrote:According to U.S. Africa Command there were 19 US airplanes involved in the airstrikes last night: 15 USAF aircraft including B-2As, F-15s and F-16s and 4 USMC AV-8B Harriers.
So no F22's used..? Seemed to be a good 'exercise'..
Big chance they won't go public with that if they had taken part.
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