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| Seoul Airshow/ADEX 2011 | ||||
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| One of our editors was able to travel, for a few days, all the way to South Korea with the sole purpose of attending the first two days of the Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exibition (ADEX) 2011. The ADEX was advertised having opening day on 18 October, business days 19 through 21 October, and public days the weekend of 22 and 23 October. The location of the event was listed as Seoul Airport, better known to us as Seoul Airbase or Seongnam Airbase, K-16 and ICAO identifier RKSM southeast of central Seoul, South Korea. The event was organized by the Korea Aerospace Industries Association, Defence Industry and supported by the Ministry of National Defense, ROK Army, Air Force and Navy amongst others. The general layout of the airbase, with two northsouth oriented runways, with the static show on the easterly part facing the nearby active runway, provided plenty photo opportunities of the action. The afternoon sun after about 14:00 hours caused some backlight challenges though. The following report is based on sightings from 17, 18 and 22 October. | ||||
| Static: | ||||
| 49-570 | EC-47Q | pres | ||
| O-49047 | C-54E | pres | ||
| O-50599 | C-54G | pres | ||
| O-17661 | C-118A | pres | ||
| 55-036 | C-130H-30 | 15 TATW | ||
| 20-046 | CN235-220M | 258 TATS | ||
| 64-700 | E-737 | ACS | 17/18 | |
| 80-339 | F-4E | 153 FS | ||
| 10-559 | F-5E | 101 FS | ||
| 02-038 | F-15K | 102 FS | ||
| 92-013 | KF-16C | 155 FS | ||
| 67-512 | Hawk Mk67 | 216 FTS | ||
| 06-015 | KA-1 | 237 TCS | (G-015?) | |
| 22704 | AH-1S | 109 HAB | ||
| 05-004 | HH-32A | 235 SRS | (c/n 97-04) | |
| 900842 | CH-47D | 301 HLAS | (c/n M4018) | |
| 01-619 | HH-60P | 233 CSRS | (c/n 70-1619) | |
| 11-070 | TA-50 | 115 FS | ||
| 07-012 | T-50 | 1 FW | ||
| 3 | KAI Surion | KAI | £ | |
| 1007/K | Boo-Hwal | |||
| 950905/905 | P-3C-111+ | 613/615 NS | ||
| 82-0651/- | OA-10A | 25th FS as 51 OG r/g | ||
| 05-5149/HH | C-17A | 535rd AS | 22£ | |
| 63-7978/ZZ | KC-135R | 909th ARS | ||
| 77-0353/- | E-3B | 961st AACS | ||
| 81-0031/ZZ | F-15C | 44th FS | ||
| 81-0032/ZZ | F-15C | 67th FS | ||
| 91-0399/WW | F-16CM | 13rd FS | £ | |
| 92-3886/WW | F-16CM | 14th FS | £ | |
| 97-26754 | UH-60L | A Co 2-2th AVN | ||
| 06-07025 | AH-64D | A Co 4-2th AVN | £ | |
| 07-07028 | AH-64D | A Co 4-2th AVN | ||
| 166574/NG-707 | MH-60R | HSM-71 | (c/n 70-3276) | |
| HL8222 | B737-7B5 BBJ | Korean Air | ||
| HL8032 | Global XRS | Korean Air | ||
| N787BA | B787-8 | Boeing | ||
| N888VS | G550 | Gulfstream | ||
| HLC030 | AT-4LSA | SOC Aviation | ||
| Also here were were two mock-ups, being a RQ-4 and F-35. The USAF E-3B was not carrying any marking as this aircraft was only recently added to the unit. | ||||
| The Korean E-3 was only present on the 17th and 18th while the USAF C-17 on the static only performed an flying demo on the 22nd. | ||||
| £ = also used for flight display | ||||
| Exhibition halls: | ||||
| 00-000 | T-50 | KAI | ||
| HL1141 | KC-100 | |||
| Elsewhere: | ||||
| 54-509/D-4 | C-123K | pres southeast side | ||
| 69131 | F-5A | Boeing southwest side | ||
| N106HX | AH-6i | %* | ||
| Westside/flightlines: | ||||
| 3 | KAI Surion | 233 CSRS | % | |
| 02-257 | AS332L2 | 296sq | * | |
| 85101 | B737-3Z8 | 125 TRS | * | |
| 58-353 | BAe125-800RA | 125 TRS | * | |
| 58-357 | BAe125-800SIG | 296sq | % | |
| 1713 | BAe748-2A/248 | *% | ||
| 51 | CN235-220M(VIP)296sq | 258 TATS | ||
| 20-047, 30-082 | CN235-220M | 15 TATW | % | |
| 55-030 | C-130H-30 | 15 TATW | *%@ | |
| 05-182, 95-180 | C-130H | 15 TATW | @ | |
| 05-186 | C-130H | 11 FW | *@ | |
| 02-029 | F-15K | 233 CSRS | *@ | |
| 01-822 | HH-60P | (623 HS) | *@ | |
| 950511 | UH-60P | 296sq | * | |
| 2351 | VH-60P | 296sq | *@ | |
| 01590, 01595, 01867 | VH-60P | 237 TCS | @ | |
| 06-010 | KA-1 | 213 FTS | spare 18 | |
| 04-074 | KT-1 | 213 FTS | soo *@ | |
| 03-054 | KT-1 | 296sq | spare 18* | |
| 5035 | S-92A | 296sq | %@ | |
| 5050 | S-92A | 296sq | *%@ | |
| 5055 | S-92A | 1 FW | @ | |
| 08-023 | T-50 | 25th FS | solo *@ | |
| 79-0106/OS | OA-10A | 25th FS | * | |
| 79-0211/OS | OA-10A | Det.1 Co A 6-52nd AVN | @ | |
| 86-00082 | C-12J | Co A 6-52nd AVN | * | |
| 84-00164 | C-12U-3 | USoA | * | |
| 84-00154 | C-12T-3 | 99th RS | % | |
| 80-1069/BB | U-2S | 2-2th AVN | @ | |
| 97-26747+ 2 | UH-60L | 296sq | * | |
| HL7465 | B747-4B5 | @ | ||
| Black Eagles T-50B: | ||||
| 10-057/-. 10-058/1, 10-056/2, 10-060/3, 10-052/4, 10-054/5 , 10-051/6, 10-053/7 , 10-055/8. | ||||
| The Black Eagles T-50B, arrived and perfomed the display twice on 18 October. 10-055/8 had disapeared by 22 October and was replaced by 10-057/-. On the far northwest side at least 21 UH-60s of the resident 2-2th AVN were noted. Numbers to follow. TheKAI Surion 003 was towed back and front to the static show hence the reason it is mentioned twice. | ||||
| % = flying ops/flying show 17oct | ||||
| * = flying ops/flying show 18oct | ||||
| @ = flying ops/flying show 22oct | ||||
| Celebration Flight flypast 18 October 2011 | ||||
| in order of appearance: | ||||
| 1 single ship: | ||||
| 40-090 | CN235-100M | |||
| 2 formation: | ||||
| 30-087 | CN235-100M | |||
| 02-041, 02-049, 03-062 | KT-1 | |||
| 04-070, 04-076, 04-084 | KT-1 | |||
| 3 single ship: | ||||
| 95-180 | C-130H | |||
| 4 formation | ||||
| 05-182 | C-130H | |||
| 05-001, 05-002, 06-006, | KA-1 | |||
| 06-009, 06-014, 06-018 | KA-1 | |||
| 5 formation | ||||
| 08-031, 09-034 and 09-036 | T-50 | |||
| 6 formation | ||||
| 08-041, 08-043, 08-050 | F-15K | |||
| 08-052, 08-053 | F-15K | |||
| 7 formation | ||||
| 10-611 | KF-5F | yellow | ||
| 10-614 | KF-5E | red | ||
| 10-620 | KF-5E | purple | ||
| 50-502 | F-5E | red | ||
| 61-652 | F-5E | purple | ||
| 8 formation | ||||
| 92-026 | KF-16C | red smoke, | ||
| 93-046 | KF-16C | yellow smoke, | ||
| 93-083 | KF-16C | red smoke | ||
| 93-098 | KF-16C | purple smoke | ||
| 93-120 | KF-16C | purple smoke | ||
| 93-120 | KF-16D | purple smoke | ||
| The ROK Army formation 17 October 2011was Lead by one Bo105CBS-5, followed by five AH-1, and three UH-60P, all unidentified. | ||||
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