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According to Fencecheck this will be the place to be next week:

The German Air Force will be holding its yearly Large Force Employment (LFE) Exercise at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho from October 1st, 2013 - October 16 2013


Mission Employment exercises will take place on,

ME-1 10/03/13
ME-2 10/07/13
ME-3 10/09/13
ME-4 10/11/13
ME-5 10/16/13

This years participants will include,

GAF FTC - GR1 Tornado
TRW 51 - GR1 Tornado
FBW 33 - GR4 Tornado
GFD - LJ-35 Jamkite - Jam Kite indeed!
NATO - E-3A AWACS
428th FS - F-15SG
409th TFS - CF-18
391st FS - F-15E
159th FS - F-15C
190th FS - A-10C
64th AGRS - F-16C/D
VAQ-136 - EA-18G
VMA-542 - AV-8B

If that´s not enough, there´s a WTI at Yuma (and El Centro?) also ongoing, anyone fancy a couple of days out West? And you can spot more "Jam Kites" at Miramar on Saturday!
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Re: Mountain Home

Post by Bennie »

Starman wrote:According to Fencecheck this will be the place to be next week:

The German Air Force will be holding its yearly Large Force Employment (LFE) Exercise at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho from October 1st, 2013 - October 16 2013


Mission Employment exercises will take place on,

ME-1 10/03/13
ME-2 10/07/13
ME-3 10/09/13
ME-4 10/11/13
ME-5 10/16/13

This years participants will include,

GAF FTC - GR1 Tornado
TRW 51 - GR1 Tornado
FBW 33 - GR4 Tornado
GFD - LJ-35 Jamkite - Jam Kite indeed!
NATO - E-3A AWACS
428th FS - F-15SG
409th TFS - CF-18
391st FS - F-15E
159th FS - F-15C
190th FS - A-10C
64th AGRS - F-16C/D
VAQ-136 - EA-18G
VMA-542 - AV-8B

If that´s not enough, there´s a WTI at Yuma (and El Centro?) also ongoing, anyone fancy a couple of days out West? And you can spot more "Jam Kites" at Miramar on Saturday!
Sounds very tempting, but my time is too limited! :(
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Re: Mountain Home

Post by Gerard »

Starman wrote: TRW 51 - GR1 Tornado
FBW 33 - GR4 Tornado
we should get used to calling them TAW51 and TAW33 in english :wink:

On October 1st the Luftwaffe will change the names of these units to "Taktisches Luftwaffen Geschwader" (translated: "Tactical Airforce Wing").

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