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Military visitor for 25 January

74-2133 YJ r C-130H 36 AS,374 AW Repat 52 from and to VTBU.Short visit from around 04.00Z to 05.00Z.

known January visitors 12 Jan L8-3/23 60103 C-130H RTAF,601 Sqn Lucky 641 from VTBD,to VTBU 15 Jan 63-8036 KC-135R 197 ARS,AZ ANG RCH289 from and to VTBU 23 Jan L2k-8/47 46158 BT-67 RTAF,461 Sqn Vampire 158 from VTBU,to VTBD

25 January delivery,

HS-PGN A319-132 Bangkok Airways BGK59 arr this morning.

U-Tapao weekend 24/25 January notes 24 Jan 86-0026 wt C-5B 22 AS,60 AMW RCH(881) still present 25 Jan 87-0040 bk/gd C-5B 22 AS,60 AMW RCH349 arr 11.07Z,planned out later,but still present as of 14.30Z. 05-5152 HH r/y C-17A 535 AS,HI ANG Repat 53 arr 22.58Z/24 Jan,dep 05.33Z/26 Jan.

U-Tapao weekend 24/25 January notes 25 Jan N765NA B767-306ER North American Airlines NAO130/980 arr 22.32/24 Jan,dep 00.27Z. N765NA B767-306ER North American Airlines NAO1131 arr 14.00Z,dep 16.45Z as NAO981. Both the NAO flights above are US military charters.

Unit for the crash helicopter is 36 CAB,Texas ArNG.

Tail number still not known.

Phuket visitor for 20 January,

2112 HS-NVA ERJ-135LR RTN,201 Sqn RTN2112

Any details known of their color schemes and if they were carrying aggressor style codes on the air intakes? 268 and 375 should be wearing the three-tone black/grey/white arctic color scheme, but 86-0304 is new for me with the unit and confirmation of the color scheme worn would be great! I didn't ...

Will the French ever suceed in securing an export order for their Rafale?.

One of the versions of the F-16 has to be the prime candidate for this order.

Some of the less boring airline visitors extracted from the computer(with additions from the BKK bear when not stuck in traffic here) for this day(23 January) were, AP-BEU A310-308 Pakistan Airlines PIA892 B-2175 MD-11F China Eastern CES5070 B-5168 B737-80A Air China CCA959/960 B-6292 A320-214 China...

Atsugi visitors 24 January,

165413 VK-01 F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-121
165681 VK-06 F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-121
164662 VK-10 F-A-18D VMFA(AW)-121

Kadena notes for 24 January, 05-5149 HH r/y C-17A 535 AS,HI ANG 97-00103 UC-35A Co A 6-52 AVN Det 86-0268 AK F-16C 18 AGRS,3 Wing 86-0304 AK F-16C 18 AGRS,3 Wing 87-0375 AK F-16D 18 AGRS,3 Wing 04-4082 FF F-22A 27 FS,1 FW 161406 P-3C VP-5 158915 P-3C Unit nn (161)126 P-3C Unit nn 156514 33 EP-3E VQ-1

22 January visitor, 74-2133 YJ r C-130H 36 AS,374 AW Repat 52 arr from Yokota(RJTY),nightstopped and departed to VTBU(U-Tapao) arriving there 06.31Z. 2 HMM-265 CH-46E seen here during this week(not sure of the exact date) were, 156437 EP-08 (157699) EP-10

Don Muang visitors for 24 January, A6-SSV ERJ-135BJ Empire Aviation c/n 14501041 B-16711 B777-35EER EVA Airlines EVA76 Suvarnabhumi diversion due to low visability,departed there,then on to Taipei. A check on the computer found the following additional diversions here on the 24th,details, HS-TAW A30...

Don Muang visitors for 24 January, A check on the excellent RTAF museum revealed the following changes since my last visit on 16 December(as noted on the Don Muang 2008 report), The 4 ex Republic of China AF F-5A had gone,and the following ex RTAF G-222 was sttting where they were, L14-6/39 60312 Th...