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Trip here to see the ex RAAF P3s, and noted were:
N656T, N661MK, N662JD, N664SD, N665BD all parked next to the fence and easy to see.

On the way home stopped by Reynolds Air Park and saw
153442 NP3C marked Naval Research being used for spares

Noted here yesterday
F16s for QF conversion: 83-1155/AZ, 85-1434, 85-1450, 85-1464, 85-1477

AH64Ds: 96-5001/N822BA, 05-05498

F/A18C: 164059/NG-302
F/A18E: 166447/NH-212
F/A18F: 16679(0)/NJ-111

Lots of other Hornets seen but just codes noted

Noted on a quick look over the fence yesterday were: P8A 168428/LA 168433/LD 168440/- 168754/LC 168756/- 168761/LN 168854/- 168858/LD 168998/LD 168999/- 169001/- 169005/LC 169006/- 169011/LA 169326/- 169330/- 169334/LC 169335/- 169336/LC 169337/LA 169339/LA 169340/LA 169341/LC 169342/LC 169344/- 169...

F/A18s noted today:
VMFA-251 164212/DW-01, 164971/DW-971
VMFA-312 164905/215
VMFA-115 ??/VE-11
Plus AJ-406 VFA-37 marks flying with VMFA-251 and 164960 no marks flying with VMFA-115

KC135R 63-7992 bk/yl 153ARS/MS ANG arrived as "Keys 81"

There is an Army Guard exercise going on at the moment with the following UH72As noted DC NG: 72054/055/212/214 NC NG: 72048/049/246 No mks: 72047 UH60s last threes 897 and 097. Believe the second at least is KY NG as it is calling Wildcat 097 C17s seem to be involved and noted over the past few day...

Noted yesterday arriving as "Bengal 41" flight were:
164679/WK-04 VMFAAW-224
165199/unmarked
They were joined later by "Bengal 44"
165206/WK-04 in full marks. So we had a C and a D in with the same code.

Catching up on some recent highlights: 16/1: 168179/AJ-711 MH60R HSM-70 19/1: 165183/AD-357 F/A18C VFA-106 flying with VMFA-115 25/1: 94-0263 RC26B just marked 263 on tail 8/2: 164905/215 F/A18C VMFA-312 marks. ??/AD-316 flying with VMFA-115 161832 T34C SFSWL 13/2: 168182/AJ-707 MH60R HSM-70 15/2: 1...

Noted today were:
94-0118 flg T1A VN 71FTW
02-3650 bk/rd T6A CB 14FTW
06-3840 bk/rd T6A CB 14FTW
07-3894 bk/yl T6A CB 14FTW
(164956)/NA-206 F/A18C VMFA-312 BuNo not read
TH57Cs E-74/75/77/96/103/115/126/127/136

Noted here yesterday were:
90-0535 si/rd C17A 89AS
62-3545 wt/bk KC135R 22ARW

Plus some F18s at the FBO, all parked badly so no BuNos were readable
VMFA-115 VE-07/09/10/11 (09 has the full colour flag tail)
VMFAAW-224 WK-04
VMFAAW-533 ED-04/12
Plus one with no marks at all

Unusual visitor today was RDAF C130J B-536. Stopped in for about an hour then departed, dropped some parachutists in the area and departed. Call sign was (I think) Crusher 31

Noted today were the following Hornets

164717/ED-07 VMFAAW-533
164738 ED-14

164889/NA-200 VMFA-312 (special marks)
164980/NA-211

164876/WK-07 VMFAAW-224
16????/WK-08 (F/A18C)

Plus TH57 E-69/E-114/E-137

A few Hornets noted today

VMFAAW-224
164878/WK-01 grey tiger marks
164876/WK-07
164897/-

VMFAAW-533
164699/ED-02
164697/ED-12

VMFA-251
(164222)/DW-222

Noted on a quick look yesterday were:
2012 Green (USCG)
16-863/LI (H)C130J (typo corrected from 583!!)
N51004 all white
N5105A Lockheed scheme
Plus another HC/MC130J in the shelter I couldn't read

Some Hornets noted today were: 164950/WK-00 F/A-18C VMFAAW-224 black tail 164726/WK-03 F/A-18D VMFAAW-224 164897/- F/A-18C (VMFAAW-224) Bengal call sign 164231/DW-04 F/A-18C VMFA-251 First time I've seen a single-seater in 224 marks Seen yesterday 162400/VE-05 F/A-18A++ VMFA-115 163166/VE-12 F/A-18A...

Noted today was:
02-1101 bk/yl C17A 758AS marked "Pittsburgh" in tail strip