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This could be a very tight thing, with possiibly 12-14 crew members in the Atlantique and 8-9 seats in the Xingu. But some technicans and the flight engineer would perhaps left behind.

Obviously 23F Atlantique 2 28 made an emergency landing at Bremen after it’s flight over the Baltic Sea. It first circled north of Bremen and landed on the right engine only (!) due to fire on the left one around 13.15h.

It is planned that TLwG 33 will depart to Nörvenich in summer 2022 due to WIP on the base. Many people in the villages near the base do not like too much flying activities and noise and that is the reason why some if not half of the active TLwG 33 Tornado fleet is expected to go Jagel and/or Hohn fo...

The first Eurofighters will depart around 12.01. to Laage because of the beginning heavy WIP at the base. They should depart as one-ship or in pairs until the end of January 2022 when the QRA will go to Laage.

Due to colour state RED at Wunstorf (heavy fog at 200 feet with 100 feet vertical view), 54+07 and 54+37 circled around their base for some time and made several missed approaches, it was decided to land at Leipzig. 54+18 and 54+29 also landed there, coming back from a mission.

Arriving back from Manching on 22.12. after it´s check was A400M 54+12 and this ends the dramatic shortage of aircrafts for LTG 62 due to Airbus´ too slow maintenance procedures (at Madrid, Sevilla and Manching) in the last months. All in all in December the following 18 aircrafts were active: 54+06...

Active TLwG 51 Tornados in the morning on 20.12. were: ECRs 46+24, 46+28 and 46+57 plus IDS 44+69 and 44+75 (both departed for bomb dropping at the Vliehors Range) Both IDS landed just as a goose swarm flew through the approach, 44+69 did evasive maneuvers and overshot in full afterburner. 44+75 did...

Noted here for the disbandment parade of LTG 63 were:

A400M 54+37 of LTG 62
A.319-133 15+03 of FBS
Do 228NG 57+05 of MFG 3

Landing at Jagel in connection with this were Eurofighter GT 30+77 of TLwG 73 and GT 31+25 of TLwG 74 and a TLwG 33 Tornado IDS.

On December 14th, 2021 the German Air Force performed it’s last two C-160D Transall flights of all times with 50+55 flying from 10.00 h local for more than an hour and 50+36 as the oldest one in service landing just after 13.00h as GAF601 under the command of Oberst Markus Kleinbauer. The first prod...

Today it was announced that on 14.12. the last Transall flights will happen. Presumably two or three C-160D will take off at 11.00h (weather permitting) with one aircraft and the formation in command of Kommodore Oberst Kleinbauer. One day later the wing will disband during a closing-down ceremony. ...

Active on 13.12. with the LTG 62 fleet were A400M 54+28 and 54+31.

Visiting were:

Eurofighter GS 31+44 of TLwG 71 and C-160D 50+36 of LTG 63 while 50+55 performed two touch and go´s in the morning. NH90TTH 79+30 of IntHubAusbZ did an overshoot.

With a very fast and low overflight plus a nice sound after take off C-160D 50+79 of LTG 63 left Hohn just after 10.00h local for the last time on 7.12. en route to Zweibrücken. Crew ferry was 50+83 which left one hour earlier and returned in the afternoon. One week before 50+51 was written from use...

No, late flying.

Visiting on 3.12. were

50+88 C-160D of LTG 63
14+02 Global 5000 of FBS BMVg

while C-21A 84-0085 of 86.AW, 76.AS performed some touch and go’s.

Planned arrival on 2.12. as GAF699 from Sevilla is new A400M 54+38 for LTG 62.