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German messageboard Flugzeugforum quotes Tornado's (TLG 33) now deployed to Spangdahlem will (all) return on Wednesday 7th June, while Eurofighters of TLG 31, now participating in Arctic Challenge, will return on SAT 10th. Information from regional German newspaper.

D-603 was -evenals gisteren- actief als NAF603. Is deze alsnog naar de UK vertrokken ? Volgens ADSB Exchange idd 23 mei naar UK, overnacht op Northolt en op 24 mei richting Midlands / Carlisle voor de lopende oefening met DHC detachement. Volgens milspotters / RAF News tot vrijdag 2 juni. Alleen NA...

Nice shots including the 1st C390, any idea when is this going to be accepted by Portugese AF?
Your weather is off, typically un-portugese

A40-025 is the MRH-90 helicopter involved in the incident (22MAR2) . Articles mention "Netherlands, Germany and Sweden are beginning to phase out their MRH-90 fleets in favour of American helicopters" which is not correct. It is Norway who has axed their 14 unit NH90 fleet, while Sweden intends to s...

On December 8 2021 '447' left for Manching as 'NATO10'. While Leonardo has been awarded the FLEP (final LEP) upgrade to be performed in Italy, regular depot maintenance work and some upgrades are being done in Manching. While upgrades and re-fits usually take a very long time, could anyone confirm t...

We had the famous four seasons in one day as well. That is why we ventured out three days and shuttling between Waddington and Coningsby for all the participants. Very nice set of 02 end. One remark on 'latter days of service' I think the Indian AF are putting their M2000 fleet through upgrades and ...

8 x F-16 USAF = 175th FS 8 x F-15 = 131st FS 6 x F-15 = 194th FS 8 x F-15 = 122nd FS 4 x A-10 = 104th FS 4 x A-10 = 107th FS 6 x A-10 = 163rd FS 4 x A-10 = 190th FS 6 x F-35 = 315th FS 2 x KC-46 = 133rd ARS Good to see so many different units participating. With ANG F-15s participating in Frisian F...

Still going strong! We saw 155481 working the Fallon ranges in March 2015, just before deploying to Iraq on SOC duties. Looks like they were with NASA before and after that. Always nice to see a CalFire report. We visited them also in '15, with winter time just about right for access.

OK
004/010 (AM) and 067/210 (BM) are at Charleroi
018 (AM) and 064 (BM) have been at Lajes since mid-December
019/366 (AM) and 209/368/369/882 were at Lakeland, 5 of these en-route to Lajes 21JAN
So 1 of these last 6 numbers is grande-kaputt at Lakeland?
(12 - 4 = 8 )

JPS wrote: ↑21 Jan 2023, 16:29 RCH82 63-8020 and RCH83 63-8045 just departed KBGR.

Reach 82 &83 are heading due east off the coast of New York which should take them to Lajes for a Sat21 22:30Z landing. No news on how many F-16 in tow

Bunzing wrote: ↑21 Jan 2023, 16:36 Reach 81 59-1459 is dragging NAF625, currently west of Jacksonville.

Reach81 went up north to Nantucket, dropping of NAF625 most likely, made a U-turn and went south again. Just made a T&G at Charleston AFB 18:55Z

Thanks for the heads-up Piet. Looks like RCH83 flew McDill-Bangor and landed just now, not dragging anything over.

It was also a tool to attract new staff, but not so anymore Why is that? AFAIK there is still a huge shortage of personnel. Very much so unfortunately Patrick, but they have seen the luchtmachtdagen does not attract new staff anymore. They are exploring other channels, but with the general shortage...

For 2023 only 'Marinedagen' in July. Discussion still going on within RNLAF whether 'luchtmachtdagen' will come back as before since organizing it puts too much strain on air base personnel and a lot of civil works are going on at Leeuwarden, Volkel, etc. in the coming years. It was also a tool to a...

Thanks for picking this up Piet. Reading the NOTAM... A) is Santa Maria FIR, could you guide me through the B) and C) timings, is this the reservation for their FIR only and therefore approx arrival time Lajes is between those times? Since 1458z to 1907z is too short a timeframe to fly from Lakeland...