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It arrived at Point Mugu around 14.00 same day.

Friday 13 April 2018 09.30-14.30 Large Force Exercise, in order of take-off: E-2D 169060/601 nmks E-2D 169063/600 nmks F/A-18F 166968/DD-225 VX-31 F/A-18F 168370/DD-227 VX-31 F/A-18F 166843/DD-223 VX-31 F/A-18F 168492/SD-125 VX-23 F/A-18F 166450/DD-217 VX-31 F/A-18F 165668/201 VX-31 F/A-18F 166451/D...

Crashed 25 km west of El Centro. 'Multiple casualties' according to various news outlets.

https://thedesertreview.com/military-ai ... cdd68.html

In the early morning of friday 16 March, two C-17s were seen taking off, probably having arrived thursday the 15th. Anybody read these off?

I can add (from pictures):
164553
165420
165427
And one that's not 100% sure but looks like 164571.

TLP 18-2 has indeed been cancelled due to Frisian Flag and the Tiger Meet taking place in the same month(s), hence not enough participants for TLP...

12feb18 visitors C-12J 86-0083 nmks C-17A 05-5150/HH 535AS C-20G 163153 VMR Det. Kaneohe Bay KC-130J 167983/QD, 168074/QD VMGR-152 13feb18 visitors C-17A 06-6165 436AW UH-1Y 168783/EP-32 VMM-265 14feb18 visitors KC-135R 60-0360 97AMW C-40A 166696 nmks C-130T 165378/BD VR-64 T-4 25-5682 304 Hikotai *...

No clue on the F-15Ks, too dark. I can confirm: CN235 30-081 (256 sqn mks) HH-60P 01-772 UH-60Ls noted Wednesday: 760 (DMZ-stripes), 748, 754, 746, 612 and either 518 or 618. All last three in white. Also 266x8 flew that day with the x looking like a 3. Maybe the 4Aviation group can confirm some mor...

And the second B-1 was 86-0094/EL 'Knight Hawk'. Also identified by its noseart.

I think there were actually two B-1s but sofar managed to identify only one by its noseart: 86-0118/EL 'Dead Man's Hand'.

Logged the following Navy/ Marines aircraft on February the 6th; 165398 WL-51 AV-8B VMM-161 165430 04 AV-8B VMA-311 163106 2 F/A-18A Blue Angels 162885 7 F/A-18B Blue Angels 163442 5 F/A-18C Blue Angels 163451 5 F/A-18C Blue Angels 163455 6 F/A-18C Blue Angels 163485 1 F/A-18C Blue Angels 163754 3 ...

Are you sure about A44-214? I didn't see it but did log A44-224.

Last month I photographed some of the Tiger decoys on the north-west side of the runway from the viewing tower on that side. From pictures I can positively identify 5171, 5307 and 5330. There is one that looks like 5236 (serial on tail a bit faded) but according to the Scramble database this shouldn...

Funny. I was at Taitung on 17 nov and Hualien on 18. I met the Belgian/Luxembourg guys and a van full of Scotsmen but didn't know more Dutch ppl were there

gortje wrote:Very nice photos Paul Nann!!

Indeed! And nice meeting you at Iwakuni.