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Apparently one B52 made an emergency landing at Nellis yesterday A USAF pilot acquaintance of mine and regular Air Tattoo attendant tells me no stateside USAF units were allowed to take part in RIAT this year by the USAFE top brass. Clearly an exception was made for the local U-2 detachment and als...

We didn’t see them. At 17:30 the final two Growlers arrived, no sign of 6 F35s that left earlier in the day. We left the area at around 18:00 local

The morning so far: 08:55 2x EA18 09:45 KC135R 91476 Bart12 arr 14:38 09:50 4x F35 5278?/VT, …/HL, xxx, xxx 10:08 2x F35 5279/VT, 5336/VT 10:22 2x F35 5281/HL, 5260/VT 10:47 2x EA18 11:20 KC135R 23541 Mule100 11:45 5336/VT, 5339/VT arr 11:00 F16C 96-083/SP dep, 11:50 arr, t/g 15:45 EA18G NL535, NL53...

KC-10 86-0028 now heading northwest over the Netherlands towards UK airspace with callsign Reach331. Heading home?

Hi All,

Is anything known yet about the upcoming return of the 18 F-16s that went to Portugal on exercise?

TIA,

Richard.

well they do mention additional in the press release:

"President Biden announced today that the United States will take the following additional actions to strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defense and European security:"

Quick and dirty list. Notes from Binsfeld and the eastern end of the runway from 8:30 onwards until 14:40: Kc135 r638871 Kc135r 571439 C32 090017 C17 06-6161 60amw C17 F35 5338/VT F35 5360/VT KC135r 38019 F35 5336/VT F35 5339/VT So far no EA18’s in the air. Some did do start ups but were switched o...

Quick and dirty list. Notes from Binsfeld and the eastern end of the runway from 8:30 onwards until 14:40: Kc135 r638871 Kc135r 571439 C32 090017 C17 06-6161 60amw C17 F35 5338/VT F35 5360/VT KC135r 38019 F35 5336/VT F35 5339/VT So far no EA18’s in the air. Some did do start ups but were switched of...

For what it's worth: Russian airlines keep on flying into Turkey, to keep the holiday all inclusive resorts busy this summer. As the Turks see this as essential to their economy I highly doubt they will do anything to assist foreign aircraft leasing companies from impounding these jets.

7T-WHL currently crossing into NL over Ghent.

The deals of both Fokker and the Dutch Air Force are no coincidence of course.

Are they delivering the Black Eagles for RIAT, or an advance team maybe?

Is Araxos the base with the A-7 dump? During the Iniochos spotters day I heard from British friends that a couple of Dutch spotters had been arrested while trying to read the numbers of the dumped Corsairs. Apparently held for a couple of hours before being released.

Ik zag hem eerder al circuitjes draaien boven Hongarije, haast heeft hij dus nog niet...

Vanochtend Polish Gvmt ERJ SP-LIG binnengekomen.

Vanavond wordt een US Army UC-35 verwacht, rond 17:30L. Mogelijk de 99-00102.