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Those of you considering a visit for the BIAS Airshow on Fri 30th/Sat 31st Aug should bear in mind that both the local Aviation Museums are shut. At the Military Museum (Trolley bus 85 from city centre) the Mig-15 & IAR330 can be seen from the road, as can the IAR93 through the windows of its buildi...

Noted around midday on 23 May were the following (all read off from the "ramp" leading to arrivals hall) 2701, 2703, 2704, 2706 & (2707) C-27Js Esc902 (2702 was at Banasea & 2705 in Portugal) 6150 Stored (C-130B) plus 9142 & 9143 C-130Hs Esc902 801 & 810 An-26 (wfu?) Esc902 1104 An-30 Esc902 55, 75 ...

RCH4160 C-17A 01-0186 just up from KDOV with "POTUS" mission code (41##)

This biennial event continues until 25th May Static 20-5596 F-35A LN 22-03479 AH-64E (block6) (Ansbach based) 10-20260* UH60M (Europe deployment) 2702 C-27J Esc902 1606 F-16AM Esc53 715 IAR-99SM 293 EC135 Unitatea Spec.d. Av. MIRA 273 S-70 SMURD 1124 LJ75 SMURD 69 & 26 SA330L 140 SA330 Grupul 256 Ro...

"F-35C 169023/NJ-427 VFA-125" this was read as 169032 end-Jan'24
"F-35C 1?????/NJ-311 VFA-147" read as 170099 end-Jan
"F/A-18F 16????/NA-111 VFA-22" 168488 end-Jan

We logged the following around HAI 156827 Dump not read A-7E with 156833, 156851, 157480, 157481, 159496, 158829. 152181 Dumped P-3A with 151366 & 151389 159935 Dumped A-7H with 160617 160060/60 Dumped T-2E with 160061/61 300 Stored C-130B/H with 303, 743, 744 (read as 741) & 746 all grey 723 Stored...

Thats not what you posted above "GIPS" - please confirm, we had 036 on flightline on the 9th as the only special marks one

741 probably mispole of 744 - my bad logging! One had one set of props, one had three, cant comment on the engines though

Per ADSB the Montenegrin B412 has already left (northbound, well past Tirana) 13.30Z Tuesday

GIPS wrote: ↑13 Apr 2024, 06:49 No sign of the new trainers??

Winds out of limits nearly all week

Re below, you are absolutely correct, 905 it is. The photo doesn't lie!

These two MB339s were involved in Volfa:
N347EM
N348EM

Exercise Volfa24 took place here from 11th-22nd March. The following were noted at various times (thanks to Delta Reflex) Rafale B - EC4 308 / 4 HA, 314 / 4 HP, 326 / 4 HY, 338 / 4 IO, 347 / 4 FN Mirage 2000 D - EC3 636 / 3 JV, 637 / 3 XQ, 657 / 3 JM, 664 / 3 IW, 681 / 3 AG, 686 / 3 JH Mirage 2000-5...

Steadfast Defender 24 / Nordic Response Participating Aircraft Details 04-15th March USMC VMFA-542 "WH" F-35B Evenes, Norway 170064/WH-01,170065/WH-02, 170066/WH-03,170068/WH-05, 170069/WH-06, 170070/WH-07, 170071/WH-08, 170072/WH-09, 170073/WH-10 USMC VMFA-312 (“DR” but with additions) F/A-18C/D, A...

The only Bell in the publicity photos was 147, I doubt that's definitive.
16 confirmed for the Atlantique (unless there was another one)
I think your NH90 could be Swedish (light grey?) numbers 46 & 48 were involved.