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Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurricane

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Both Navy Bases along the southern Texas coast have shut down,at least half of the T-45 from Nas KIngsville,T-6,T-44,TC-12 from Nas Corpus Christi and personal have been evacuated to Nas Fort Worth the rest of the aircraft were secured in hangars,all non-essential personal have been told to at least move to Fort Worth-Dallas Area out of the path of the Hurricane.Without hitting landfall yet,storm surge is expected to be 12-14 feet in places causing flooding all along the Southern Texas Coastal areas.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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The count for NAS Fort Worth is 28 T-45's from Kingsville, and 7 T-38's from Ellington.
Not sure on the count for Alliance but they got the T-6's and T-44's from Corpus. Not sure where the TC-12's went.
Meachem close to Fort Worth got 6 CH-47F's for potential evac work down south.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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USCG is sending some evac choppers as well. Seen on ADSB was MH-65D 6511 flying south over Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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4 More Chinooks arrived at NAS Fort Worth for disaster relief in South Texas.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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The following was noted at NAS Fort Worth Aug 26 and Aug 27, 2017:

NAS Kingsville T-45's (from south to north as they were parked on the T-Line (BuNo's have been confirmed)):
167084/B-216, 167105/B-272, 167106/B-274, 163654/B-254, 163609/B-209, 163642/B-242, 167100/B-222 (spc c/s), 167088/B-240, 163615/B-215, 167093/B-250, 165641/B-287, 165067/B-293, 165061/B-261, 165068/B-268, 165645/B-291, 163602/B-202, 167075/B-295, 165073/B-273, 167090/B-245, 163638/B-238, 167099/B-321 (white tail c/s), 167085/B-234, 165638/B-284, .../B-..., 167079/B-299, .../B-...
All returned home Aug 28 and Aug 29.

Ellington Field NASA T-38's:
N966NA, N918NA, N923NA, N902NA, N960NA, N924NA, N906NA.

Pope C-130's for Disaster relief:
11-5725, 12-5768, 13-5782.

Unknown CH-47 unit for rescue work:
12-08884 (F), 10-08408 (F), 90-00213 (D), +1 more D model.

Unknown UH-60 unit for rescue work:
O-20231, O-20154, +3 more.

HSC-28/HSC-7 MH-60S unit for rescue work:
167834/BR-45, 167872/BR-33, +3 BR coded, 168575/AC-613.
These left for College Station for rescue ops. Much closer to the Houston area. These departed for home Sept 3 as water rescues have drawn down significantly.

HM-14/HM-15 CH-53E came into NAS Fort Worth on Aug 28 and departed for San Antonio the following day.
164771/BJ-540, 164773/BJ-551, 164864/BJ-547, 162504/TB-17.

As the water rescues have drawn down and the focus is now more on food and supply efforts many C-130's have come through the NAS Fort Worth base. The following have been noted:
80-0326 CN ANG
90-2103, 93-2105 AK ANG
94-7321 GA ANG
94-6701 IL ANG
92-0554 NV ANG
91-1234, 91-1236 KY ANG
91-1652, 91-1653 MO ANG
92-1532, 92-1538 WY ANG
84-0212 DE ANG
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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The following was noted at Alliance Airport, Aug 26 and Aug 27, 2017:

NAS Corpus Christi T-44's:
160978/G-457, 161061/G-461, 161078/G-405, 161063/G-463, 160852/G-452, 160972/G-412, 16076/G-476, 161073/G-473, 161077/G-477, 160849/G-402, 160983/G-403, 160979/G-406, 160971/G-411, 160968/G-420, 160981/G-421, 160982/G-422, 161973/G-423, 160845/G-445, 160851/G-451, 160853/G-453, 160854/G-454, 161060/G-460, 161065/G-465, 160841/G471, 161076/G-476.


NAS Corpus Christi T-6's:
166254/G-254, 166035/G-035, 166209/G-209, 166038/G-038, 166018/G-018, 166234/G-234, 166183/G-183, 166216/G-216, 166222/G-222, 166022/G-022, 166125/G-125, 166219/G-219, 166063/G-063, 166175/G-175, 166111/G-111, 166133/G-133, 166244/G-244, 166123/G-123, 166225/G-225, 166099/G-099, 166134/G-134, 166176/G-176.


As a "ramp tourist" the Potus visited the south of Texas. He arrived at NAS Corpus Christi with both B742's. So many support aircraft arrived including 5 HMX-1 MV-22B's at Alliance.
168289/03, 168292/04, 168302/06, 168327/09, 168332/10.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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The following was noted at Meachem Airport, Aug 26, 2017:

Unknown unit CH-47F's:
04-08705, 04-08708, 04-08710, 07-08730, 08-08045, 09-08794.


By Aug 27 these airframes were gone. Perhaps they moved further south to be closer to the disaster area.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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The Blackhawks at NAS Forth Worth JRB are being relocated to Conroe, TX North of Houston and the Seahawks also at JRB departed for Ellington Field South East of Houston.

The T-45's at JRB are spreading their wings once more and are likely to have all departed back home by the end of Aug 28.
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Re: Nas Kingsville and Corpus Christi Closed Due to Hurrican

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Updated tailnumbers in the above posts.
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