KNZY/NAS North Island March 2021 /MIL & CIV

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KNZY/NAS North Island March 2021 /MIL & CIV

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4 March 2021

US Navy
F-18C
BUNO 164892 'Crown 46' //3rd time seeing this bird with no marking, but 1st time with 'Crown' call sign, usually uses DEPOT

Flight International 'Riptide'
Lear 3x
N527PA //using RIPTIDE callsign, but this is marked as a Phoenix Air bird
N52FN

Atlas Air
Boeing 747-400F
N445MC 'Giant 8414 Heavy'

US Navy VRC-30 Providers
Grumman C-2A Greyhound
35/BUNO 162170

US Navy VRM-30 Titans
Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey
32/BUNO 169439

Dept Homeland Security
Beech Super King Air 350
N541G 'Troy 21'

civvie markings but using 'Troy 45' callsign
Cessna 206
N237CA

Minnesota Air National Guard
Lockheed C-130H
96-1003 'Gopher 91'

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
DHC-6 Twin Otter
N344CS
N368SS

Before I went out this AM, following Eurocopter had 2 flights to/from the station-- seen on ADS-Bx
Eurocopter EC25 Super Puma
N582AC //not the first time this bird has been to NASNI
https://www.flickr.com/photos/18842924@N03/
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Re: KNZY/NAS North Island March 2021 /MIL & CIV

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US Navy VRC-30 Providers
Grumman C-2A Greyhound
23/BUNO 162177

Rampart Aviation 'Kahuna'
Casa 212 N434CA
Twin Otter N344CS

YD US Navy VP-4 Skinny Dragons
Boeing P-8A
561/BUNO 169561 'DRAGON 90'

the next 5 I only saw from 1/4 mile away, so I have tailcodes but nothing else. They came in about noon-ish 2 groups fairly close together, and left within 1/2 hour apart 3 hours later.

AK USAF 90th or 525th Fighter Squadron
Lockheed-Martin F-22A
3 birds

SH USMC VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters
F-18 legacy Hornets
2 birds
https://www.flickr.com/photos/18842924@N03/
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