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Those days, RAF Phantoms were easily distinguished from USAF and Luftwaffe F-4s because they did not smoke.

Just our luck to see some Marines F-18s come in on a hot, quiet Saturday

Friday August 17, overcast skies. Just after our arrival at 4 pm this Huey landed. [attachment=3]Huey-Yuma.jpg[/attachment] Harriers and F-5s took off and came back later. [attachment=4]F5_1546.jpg[/attachment] Traning unit from the East Coast. [attachment=0]KD_AV8.jpg[/attachment] Two-seater. [atta...

At Boone there is an ARNG maintenance facility. This Blackhawk was sitting outside close to the fence [attachment=0]UH60.jpg[/attachment] Strictly in Nebraska, just across the river this Iowa ANG A-7 has been preserved [attachment=1]IA70-963.jpg[/attachment] At Sioux City we were lucky to catch a ta...

Another unit slated to be realigned. No more IA F-16s. On 21 August we arrived around 1 PM, and we were in the right place. Four a/c departed, with last checks being performed right in front of us. [attachment=1]IA87-225.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=0]IA87-265.jpg[/attachment] These later returned, ...

No, just teasing. Below are pics from 23 August arrivals (for the Airshow) and departures. Weather was mostly overcast. At the south of the base there is a place to watch the ramp and the runway. 55WG_ramp.jpg Give it a bit of zoom 40787.jpg Arrivals were this C-17 80055.jpg And an E-3 OK77_0356.jpg...

Fortunately we spent some time at the runway end the day before and the day before that.

We retrieved the note from the waste bin. It says that the dual was 332, that may be better.

Another raw log while on the road: Des Moines IAP (1330-1500) 4 F16 departed on a mission and came back: 87-340, 86-303, 87-265, 87-225. 4 F16 came back from visit elsewhere: 87-324, 86-349, 87-291, 86-366 On ramp last threes: 352, 236, 327 (singles) and dual 327. All were coded IA Boone AASF (1700)...

18/8: This looked today like a very hot, desolated place. Under sunsheds contours could be spotted of 5 Apaches and 3 Sea Kings, most probably Brits. To our surprise at noontime 4 F18s landed and we were in the right place as well. single-seaters:163440/SH-232, 163715/SH-236 double-seaters: 164245/S...

We split up. Bennie has gone home, he has to work. We continued our journey after Tucson and Davis-Monthan, of which Bennie has promised to post a full log no later than next Wednesday. First stop on the way was Yuma: Active 17/8 (from 1600!) HH-1N: 158554/5Y-03 AV-8B: 165006/WF-00, ??/WF-08, 164139...

Some fifteen years I spent my holidays at Crete. We were at the lovely beach of Stavros, not far from the base. After a few years I had enough. I drove to the base, parked the car where it would not be noticed and walked inside the olive orchard on the west approach end. In some two hours I saw (and...

Geilenkirchen 0800-0900
Awacs LX-N90448

Norvenich 1000-1100
Tornado 4302 JB33 t&g's
EF2000 3072, 3076, 3078, 3079, 3083 JB31
Colibri's D-ASHD +1 (approaches)

Geilenkirchen 1200-1230
Niks,nichts,nothing
Both Alabama tankers seem to be staying over for the weekend.

Three years ago we did the Ellsworth base tour. It starts at the museum which is located close to the main gate. First you drive to a ICBM silo that was used for instruction. You get to go off the bus and look inside. Very impressive. Then we drove along the various buildings at the base, but we nev...

We arrived at 9AM and seeing the RWY26 VASI we were sure to be on the right side. Just a little curious as to why security police was stopping traffic at the perimeter road, we headed towards our usual site. After 15 minutes we heard an aircraft taking off from the wrong side. Oh, no not KLM... http...