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On 9 June EC2/5 performed the last QRA (& foto-shoot). On 23 June they were 'relieved of duty'. They were replaced by 2 RafaleC from Mont de Marsan, who now occupy the QRA shelters. They will stay until (end of?) September. From thereon the southern QRA will move to Istres. Once EC2/5 re-equips on R...

EC2/5 was released of QRA duties end of June, still operations with the M2000 would continue on until 14 Juillet defile, so I took the chance to visit Orange one more time in the M2000 era. I was not disappointed! During the morning, several departures were noted, with some farewell / fly-by passes ...

T.24-02 in descent voor EIN voor landing rond 14:15LT (rond timing flightplan)

The three C-130s that brought the Black Eagles ground crew & spares, etc. in the beginning of June are returning on Thu 21st. July. Besides flying the same route, it's is also the same aircraft as reported on FC and the usual ADSB sources. Last stop IST (TR) for a lunch break. 35-730 C-130J-30 from ...

Wanneer staan deze toestellen gepland terug te komen uit Italië?
(... zou deze week de 'derde' week zijn)

Love the colours & lighting / edit

13-07 480445 was flying as "Omega1" and sequence says this is D-484, however as this was visually confirmed as D-485... surprising. However on 11-07 480446 was seen as "Omega5" so was this D-484 then? We need visual confirmation on this Both airframes seem to be at Gilze.

Herby wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 11:00 EFATT C-130J 55+01 is doing its first official flight on June 20th to Berlin for ILA 2022.

It is indeed in the static display at ILA Berlin

Always thought they stood a chance but positively surprised they went for the C-390M. The aircraft has a commercial engine meaning reliable and easy to maintain and swop out. Embraer had a lot riding on this deal since Netherlands is on the NATO A-list in terms of profile so they will build on this ...

Dutch PM Rutte held a small gathering of European heads of state and NATO SG Stoltenberg who all flew in to RTHA on June 14th. Portugese AF Da50 17403 was the only true mil, Polish SP-LIG true gov and was in full Polish Republic livery. Other a/c were true CIV (one example for reference). In prepara...

Also in Rotterdam for PM Rutte's mini NATO summit Poland (SP-LIG - full state of Poland c/s) - Romania (YR-IGP) and other civil stuff such as D-AFAN with Danish PM.

Heads-up for an event which marks the 80th anniversary of 480FS; it's lineage goes back to a WWII bomber squadron. Festivities are planned for Friday 10th of June , I heard it from a local (Dutch) spotter :o I know nothing of any visitors, only mention the date for now. Therefore no speculation on m...

Hey Wolbie just about to add my log but you beat me to it. 17-52 79 is the 2nd F-35 of the group (typo). 63-8871 (Mule12) is equipped with the MPRS pods and flew in support of the growlers. Mule 24 was with the first 2 F-35s and Nacho71 with the final 2 Locals did not come out to play (being a Frida...

Small backlog of our one day visit to Spangdahlem. Morning started dull-grey, with sun coming out later, good lighting until sundown. Although t/o & landing from 05 was expected, it was 23 all day, with no noticeable wind. So afternoon piccies taken under/near the approach lights ready to be scrubbe...

ANG Tanker Det April/May 2022 - 108Wg / 141 ARS (McGuire AFB - NJ ANG) 62-3514 ARR 25APR RCH406 - 2x ESSO flights - DEP 06MAY RCH406 62-3578 ARR 25APR RCH530 - 3x ESSO flights - DEP 06MAY RCH530 Both have done very little flights in the second deployment week. Looks like 62-3514 had a tech issue, or...