Yuma/KNYL 2021

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Lagavulin
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Yuma/KNYL 2021

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Finally got some time to sort out my notes from visits 20/21 April.
A large number of aircraft on field went unidentified through heat haze, wrong place/wrong time and security interventions.
Here’s what was noted,
VMX 1
AH1 169275/MV44. UH1s 169246/MV??, 169247/MV3?.
F35s 169680/MV56, /MV57.
V22s 168215/MV0 (no other digit on side fuse)
166726/MV03, 166718/MV04, 168291/??01 (prkd in VMX area)

VMFT 401 F5s
761536/01 blue/grey, 761541/03 brown, /04 brown,
761556/05 brown, 761559/06 blue/grey, 761576/08 blue/grey.

VMFA 211 F35s
169620/CF00, 169621/CF01 (red), 169587/CF02, 169416/CF03,
169589/CF04, /CF07

VMFA 122 F35 /DC10

C12s 163553, 163559
KC130s 165737/BH737, 167927/QD927, 168069/BH069
169225/NY225, 169228/QH228, 169230/QB230, 169536/NY536

KC135s N752MA, N753MA

F16s AL ANG
87-217, 87-218, 220, 271, 87-276, 283, 87-332 (red tail),
341, 342, 400, 88-151 (red tail) + 1 other

F18s /SH161, /SH344

CH53s
/CJ04, /CJ14, /CJ??,
/EN25,
/HH01, /HH11,
/PJ??
164361/YK361, /YK502
/YN10, 162482/YN482, /YN860
/Y?081
/??381

Mi24 (N120AX)/120 (reg from adsb)

T34 160490/SH90

V22s
166497/YL33 (spl mrks), 166498/EG14, 166737/YR10, 166744/PF07,
167918/EM15, 168008/PF03, 168011/YP06, 168023/ES11,
168226/ES06, 168351/EM??, 168612/YP00 (spl mrks), 168623/YR09,
168636/ES00 (spl mrks), /E(S?)05, /??08, /EG0? + 3 others

Did not get anything from AH1/UH1 ramp, however noted 4 x H6s.

Nice launch sequence started at 18.00 local Tuesday evening, 20th.
3x KC130, 3x V22, small groups of AH1/UH1 (18a/c), 8x CH53, 4x V22,
4x F35, all within 30 minutes.

Any corrections/additions welcome.
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Re: Yuma/KNYL 2021

Post by Le Addeur noir »

The CH-53Es with triple digit modexes will have Bu numbers that end in the same 3 munbers of those modexes. As 164361 is YK-361. YK-502 should (IIRC) be 162502. 081 should be 163081, etc.
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