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Today (Monday 20th Feb) I managed to see the display for IDEX. It took place between 1300-1400 and the following were noted in the various flybys: UAE Army: 2x AH64 - 078 confirmed plus 0(6)4 which was extremely difficult to identify, not 100% sure on that one 1x Bell 407 - unidentified 1x Chinook -...

Hi At the IDEX site this afternoon were 3 helis on display and easily visible from the main road that runs past the site (Al Khaleej Al Arabi St/30th St): 2635 UH60 UAE Army 362 AW139 UAE CG 191 SA565 UAE Navy Plus there were some active military aircraft that overflew the site earlier today (althou...

Noted 5th May 2016 Navy Wildcat: ZZ381, ZZ396, ZZ514, ZZ515, ZZ517 Newly delivered ZZ535 was parked outside the hangars all day and did not move Lynx: XZ691/336 ZD257/302 ZF557/426 Merlin: ZJ118/B ZJ126/K ZJ132/Q ZJ135/T ZJ136/U ZJ137/W Visitor: ZH861 Army Wildcat: ZZ389, ZZ395, ZZ511, ZZ520, ZZ523,...

Nice list Charles. On 19th Feb I was able to read the following as well:

16-03081, 16-03083 (serial presented as 63081, 63083)

31601, 31603, 31604, 31605, 31606, 31607, 31608, 31610, 31611

A look from the outside this morning (Sat 20th Feb) revealed the following non-based aircraft to be present: Aussie Super Hornets still here: A44-201, 202, 204, 210, 212, 224 plus E7 Wedgetail A30-001. A330MRTT A39-004 was parked at KLAS overnight Friday. RAF Typhoons: ZJ920/QO-A, ZJ921/QO-G, ZJ9112...

Seen 18 Feb were the following Iraqi F16C/Ds: 1602 1603 1605 1611 1615 1616 It would appear the stored US Army DHC8s are being re-activated, 2 were parked by the old Go hangar and are now wearing military serials 50338 c/n 338 still shows the previous civil reg N8300F very faintly visible beneath it...

122 FW / 163 FS "IN" "Blacksnakes" are currently deployed with 10 A10s of which 8 flew today (18 Feb). They are based for another week I understand from speaking to a local 78-0626 78-0658 78-0692 79-0170 79-0213 80-0191 80-0192 80-0217 80-0230 80-0243 213 and 230 did not fly today. 170 wears specia...

Night stopping on 18 Feb are the following Canadian Texans:

156124
156110
156111
156122
156101
156121

>Can these be photographed? or just viewable for number gathering?

They can be photographed when flying, mornings are best. They can be read easily from outside also. They fly from 0745L 6 days a week, Sundays off

TW4 from Corpus are operating from here at the moment with the following T6 Texan IIs seen on 12 Feb. According to the crew they will be based until sometime in March, this is the second year they have deployed this time of year and the signs are that it will become a regular event as it has proven ...

Operating from Victorville (or George as I prefer to remember it!) on 14/15 Feb were RAAF A330 Tankers A39-001 and A39-002. Possibly preparing to take the F18s home?

Hi Reinold

Some updates for the log on 6th Feb:

Blue Angels 1-7 were present, one other confirmed was 163464/4

Also landing approx 1530 was KC130J 166765/QB-765 whilst C17 07-7182 landed around an hour earlier

The rehersal for Weds 20 Jan was a bit better than the previous day with a slight improvement in the fog which meant that the Fighter aircraft were visible. There were still much less aircraft than would be expected on the main day, I expect as each day goes by then additional aircraft will be added...

Sad news on the Russian Knights. The Indian Tejas x2 have turned up however and are confirmed as KH-2014 and KH-2017. The '14 was at the Yelahanka Airshow in 2011 but as far as I know this would be the first public appearance of '17 More info on the Tejas at Bahrain at this link: http://www.livefist...

Hi The rehersals for the annual Republic Day (26th Jan) flypast started today 19th Jan and in typical Delhi fashion it was affected by the fog. Being the first day it would appear that just the lead aircraft of each of the formations took part with one Mi-17 at 1045L followed a few minutes later by ...