MCAS Yuma (KNYL/NYL) 2015 MIL

[falcx]

Noted at Yuma on Saturday February 7th were the following;

162501 YN-62 CH-53E HMH-361
xxx YN-58 CH-53E HMH-361
xxx YN-63 CH-53E HMH-361
165840 YS-07 MV-22B VMM-162
168298 YS-12 MV-22B VMM-162
168323 YS-14 MV-22B VMM-162
168347 YS-01 MV-22B VMM-162
168601 YS-02 MV-22B VMM-162
168602 YS-06 MV-22B VMM-162
xxx YS-05 MV-22B VMM-162

Also former RoKAF Hawk T-59, 67-506/NX506XX was seen.

The evening before (the 6th), two C-130's were parked on the apron but had departed by the time
I got back on the Saturday.

Any help on the missing bu numbers much appreciated.

Regards,
Charles

[Borispole]

A visit on Weds 27-May-15 saw only 2 Harrier squadrons present and very little flying but there was still enough to make an interesting log.

VMA-211:
CF-06 165579
CF-22 163879
CF-55 unidentified
CF-56 164117
CF-59 unidentified

VMA-214:
WE-00 164566
WE-01 165572
WE-02 165595
WE-04 (165573)
WE-05 165385
WE-07 (165566)
WE-12 (165002)
WE-14 unidentified
WE-22 unidentified

F35s:
VK-02 168720 VMFA-121
VK-06 (168724) VMFA-121
VK-07 168725 VMFA-121
VM-12 (169025) VMFAT-501

No F5s flew but codes LS-00, 04, 07 and 08 could be read from the ones parked under the shelters.

Base Flight were using UH-1Ns:
(5Y-03) 158554
(5Y-04) 158257
5Y-05 158557

Arriving around an hour before dusk presumably on detachment were 3 A4G from Draken International: N143EM, N144EM, N147EM

Already present for the day were the following operated by Air USA:
N397ZA L39ZA also marked as 112
N503XX Hawk T.67 also marked as 67-503
N508XX Hawk T.67 also marked as 67-508

KC130J 166473 QH-473 of VMGR-234 perormed several approaches in the afternoon

Parked amongst the civil was MiG21UM N315RF also marked as 4418

[Elmar]

A short stop (1,5 hrs) on the way from Tucson to San Diego (via Yuma and El Centro) produced the following:

MCAS Yuma- KNYL 11-06-2015

KC-130J 169018/QH VMGR-234
KC-130J 166765/QB VMGR-352

Based:
F-5E 761541/03, 761556/05 VMFT-401
F-35A 168719/VK-01 VMFA-121
F-35A 168722/VK-04 VMFA-121

AV-8B’s from VMA-211 code CF:
164553/01, 165382/50, 165427/02, 165579/06, 165583/00

Also noted on the ramps were a couple of MV-22's and 3x UH-1N's from the baseflight. All unid'd due to the well known heatwaves..