Ramon AFB 11-05-08 (too much pics, sorry)

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Ramon AFB 11-05-08 (too much pics, sorry)

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finally some real action. 1 take off abort / tail hook usage, 1 (hydraulic) emergency and lot of smoke at the end of the runway. Too bad that after the take off abort, the other 4 planes ready for take of had to stay on the ground while we had to leave for an inbound AH-64D

Inside F-16 maintenance hangar
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Inside AH-64 maintenance hangar
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Preserved on based
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Guests of the day
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we only saw 3 Gulfstream 550. Problem, it was 3x the same bird :twisted:

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Local birds
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this is our tail hook boy

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and than we had the surprise IDF BBQ :lol:
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Wow Marco that is a nice base visit and catch :D
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Post by Joris Heeren »

Hi Marco,

Nice pics. Has anyone of your group been able to sneak into the cockpits of the AH-64DI Sarafs to get their US serials and/or construction numbers (DIN... or DIR...)?

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no I do not thinks so, only the maintenance hangar was a possibility, but I believe no. There was 1 unmarked olive drapped AH-64 outside, no markings, but s/n PV162 / BO10162.

The other AH-64's we were kept of by far. We were surprising them by our visit. We were on visit with the Negev Sq and not announced to them that we were going to visit them....
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The first picture of a flying AH-64 is an AH-64A.
Do they have more A's or are all the others D's.

Grtz. :?:
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Post by Denmen »

pjottr wrote:The first picture of a flying AH-64 is an AH-64A.
Do they have more A's or are all the others D's.

Grtz. :?:
Photo 8 has also an AH-64A in it...
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Great day in the desert!
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Post by StMaartenpiloot »

great photos Marco, toda raba
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Still love the look of the camo on the F16's and especially on the Apache's
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Wow!! Very nice :shock: .
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Marco wrote:no I do not thinks so, only the maintenance hangar was a possibility, but I believe no. There was 1 unmarked olive drapped AH-64 outside, no markings, but s/n PV162 / BO10162.

The other AH-64's we were kept of by far. We were surprising them by our visit. We were on visit with the Negev Sq and not announced to them that we were going to visit them....
Thanks for the feedback! Any pics of PV162? This one was supposed to become the first remanufactured Saraf (I saw it at Mesa as 'IS1' in 2003) but apparently they changed plans...
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Post by Marco »

not by me, maybe Hans Rolink???
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Joris Heeren wrote:
Marco wrote:no I do not thinks so, only the maintenance hangar was a possibility, but I believe no. There was 1 unmarked olive drapped AH-64 outside, no markings, but s/n PV162 / BO10162.

The other AH-64's we were kept of by far. We were surprising them by our visit. We were on visit with the Negev Sq and not announced to them that we were going to visit them....
Thanks for the feedback! Any pics of PV162? This one was supposed to become the first remanufactured Saraf (I saw it at Mesa as 'IS1' in 2003) but apparently they changed plans...
Hi Marco,

Thanks for sharing your stunning shots! Not often publish pics from Ramon.
About your AH-64A/D PV162, Israeli AF like to tease our spotters because this s/n was ex 950 but in real 719 is seen operational with 113sq in desert c/s in June2006 so indeed numbers changed!

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Post by Edwin »

Hi Maurits,

Please don't jump to conclusions this easily! Where did you get this information from? In fact AH-64A #950 (PV162) and AH-64D #719 should be two seperate airframes, which were both noted in June 2006. If you can prove otherwise, I'll be glad to hear from you again.

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Post by Kruidenplukker »

Yep, nice base for decent approach shots as well, albeit a bit hot and hazy ;-)

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