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Today we hoped for many AMI and AME transports. At 0830 46-55 landed in semi-darkness. Later on the French CASA departed that landed yesterday. For other nationaties perhaps a lucky shot, but we were discontent with the total current Netherlands AF fleet of C130s G-273 and G-275 acting as TLP transp...

Gulstream 10029 (all white , no marks) is still there.
No covers on the fence yet.
Place looks calm and lots of sunshine!

Early morning the weather cleared and quite a crowd turned up. Base Commander decided there would a families day. Extended family that is, spotters included. Parking was at base ramps and when these were full, the main runway was used. Obvously the flying display was not carried out. Very dirty log ...

Just to fill in a question mark. The fourth person form the left is Fred (Willemsen). I would say the atmosphere was comparable to what Fred and I experienced some ..... (almost) 40 years ago. Time stood still (we hope). Oh and btw we checked this afternoon and RAF Herks were still there. Will proba...

Still there, and easily viewable.
Beautiful picture in the early morning light.

Eric, Thanks for additions/corrections. 00450 seems to be in AMARC, and we did see 00460 two weeks so you must be right. I'm quite certain about 40180. Took a pic of this one at EHSB in 09-2006. KC10 was 50033 OK. An UH60 unloading a C17, ahum, that's a miracle... Rob, Just thinking it must have bee...

Yes I have, but far away with a simple digicam. Let's wait whether one of our German colleaugues got him on base or at Landstuhl or Mendig, we think he might have been heading towards one the two -Ramstein being busy too busy for patterns-. If not, I'll post my pic at the FF. Posting here is too com...

Ramstein 17-08 (0900-1700) dirty log 40112 C21 arr 21100 C17 arr Charleston 00300 C20 circuits 23885 UH60 in red/white scheme (a la USCG) dep N85 CL601 circuits 40180 C12 arr+dep 37987 KC135 100ARW arr +dep 33126 C17 McGuire arr HH 55148 C17 Hickam (hahahaha) arr N471EV 747 Evergreen arr 40082 C21 a...

Just two weeks ago we saw at exactly the same location taxiing in: CY/660, CU/606, CT/620, NU/603 While we were there we saw only one person. He was walking his dog and left 30 minutes later. No gendarmes there. Armed F1s even did some checks right in front of us before returning back inside the she...

Indeed not very much sunshine. Here's our log of today (0930-1630): F16s: FB24, FA82, FB23, FA134, FA102, FA69, FA86, FA99, FA132, FA111, FA118, FB20 SF260: ST43 The Italian as stated above. Obviously no aircraft for support, but two F16s carried the beautiful 37 Stormo travel pods: one red and one ...

26 july 1100-2200 In order: 60002 C17 437AW arr/dep 40085 C21 76AS dep UH60 ??? 70120 KC10 305AMW dep RS71-264 C130E 37AS circuits N14075 DC10 World AW arr/dep 90404 C20 99AS dep 50002 C5 436AW dep N485EV 747 Evergreen arr/dep N479EV 747 Evergreen dep 00313 KC135 22ARW McConnell dep 66155 C17 60AMW ...