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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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gluefan1 wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 04:24
tally wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 01:14 The Israeli F-35 tail number allocation saga continues.

AS-29, 947, FMS 19-5555 (pic confirmed Sep 20, 2021).
AS-XX, 947, FMS 19-5557 (pic confirmed Feb 10, 2022).

AS-30, 949, FMS 19-5556 (pic confirmed Aug 12, 2021).
AS-XX, 949, FMS 19-5558 (pic confirmed Feb 10, 2022).

AS-XX, 951, FMS 19-5559 (pic confirmed Feb 10, 2022).

All Israeli and FMS tail numbers confirmed by me. Makes you go bonkers. :grumble:
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Whats going on? Adir AS-30/949 arrived Israel on Sep 26, 2021
One hour ago spotter uploaded pic of another 949 from earlier today at Fort Worth...
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=359 ... 8495961292

Any link of 947&951 pic?

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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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raameagle wrote: 12 Feb 2022, 18:02 I thought that AS-03 was changed from 903 to 907?

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gluefan1 wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 05:29 Checked it with the IAF, that's a LM marking mistakes and it's not the first time (AS-03 was 903 and changed to 904)
The original Adir AS-30/949 (19-5556) arrived Israel on Sep 26, 2021 and the IAF changed it's marking
So it's confirmed AS-31 is 947, AS-32 is 949 and AS-33 is 951 just like your list above
I have AS-3 in my log as 903. Then 904 and potentially delivered as 907.
AS-4 as 904.
AS-5 as 905.

This data comes from a reliable source during flight test but obviously does not match the Scramble database today.

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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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tally wrote: 10 Feb 2022, 20:09 Also Aussie delivery of AU-43/46/47/48 as Aussie 1176 with support of KC-135 Reach 052. They are on their way to Hickam.
All four departed this evening from Honolulu to Guam with RCH051 (79-1946) and RCH052 (62-3566).

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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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tally wrote: 12 Feb 2022, 17:47
Bjorn wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 08:07
gluefan1 wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 05:29 Checked it with the IAF, that's a LM marking mistakes and it's not the first time (AS-03 was 903 and changed to 904)
The original Adir AS-30/949 (19-5556) arrived Israel on Sep 26, 2021 and the IAF changed it's marking
So it's confirmed AS-31 is 947, AS-32 is 949 and AS-33 is 951 just like your list above
Then the question remains what are AS-29 and AS-30 since their serials have been 'moved up'? As far as we are certain that AS-28 is 945 as was confirmed earlier.

Greets,
They are all confirmed as is. The question now is what is the "new" tail number for AS-29 and AS-30?

Tally.
To add to the confusion. We got an update from the Fort Worth spotter community who photographed all four of those on February 11th stating that the serials are 19-5555/5556/5557 for 947/949/951????? Now it's getting crazy.

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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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Bjorn,

Clearly they are looking at historical photographs if they are quoting 19-5555 to 19-5557 as that would be correct for the ones that delivered in September.

The info posted by 'Tally' this week is correct so one has to assume that AS-29 and AS-30 has been re-serialled in Israel, or that AS-31, AS-32 and/or AS-33 will be re-serialled post delivery (insert hand over face emoticon here lol!)

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Bjorn wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 09:09
tally wrote: 12 Feb 2022, 17:47
Bjorn wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 08:07

Then the question remains what are AS-29 and AS-30 since their serials have been 'moved up'? As far as we are certain that AS-28 is 945 as was confirmed earlier.

Greets,
They are all confirmed as is. The question now is what is the "new" tail number for AS-29 and AS-30?

Tally.
To add to the confusion. We got an update from the Fort Worth spotter community who photographed all four of those on February 11th stating that the serials are 19-5555/5556/5557 for 947/949/951????? Now it's getting crazy.

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F-35I delivery 24/26-09-2021
seen at Rota
945 19-5554
947 19-5555
949 19-5556

we could have two option
1st 945/947/949 recoded as 944/945/946
2nd 945 always 5554
947/949 recoded (possibily as 944 and 946)

Time will tell and....the hunt to new photos is on.

PS I remember that now some aircraft have the ‘F’ suffix

909 5155F
https://i0.wp.com/theaviationist.com/wp ... 1280&ssl=1
925 5324F
https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/P ... 100072.jpg
927 5326F
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkIEGlnWsAA ... name=large
928 5327F
https://defence-blog.com/wp-content/upl ... scaled.jpg
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raameagle wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 12:25 Bjorn,

Clearly they are looking at historical photographs if they are quoting 19-5555 to 19-5557 as that would be correct for the ones that delivered in September.

The info posted by 'Tally' this week is correct so one has to assume that AS-29 and AS-30 has been re-serialled in Israel, or that AS-31, AS-32 and/or AS-33 will be re-serialled post delivery (insert hand over face emoticon here lol!)

Regards

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They uploaded the new pictures 2 days ago. So no historical ones. But anyway. We 'go with the flow' and hopefully someones catches 19-5555/5556 in Israel with their new serials (and possibly also 19-5554 as we still 'miss' one spot there, unless some bird is serialled out-of-sequence).

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Re: F-35 Lightning II developments

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VFA-147 back home, is CF-30/169304 missing? the one in the drink
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Bjorn wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 09:09
tally wrote: 12 Feb 2022, 17:47
Bjorn wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 08:07

Then the question remains what are AS-29 and AS-30 since their serials have been 'moved up'? As far as we are certain that AS-28 is 945 as was confirmed earlier.

Greets,
They are all confirmed as is. The question now is what is the "new" tail number for AS-29 and AS-30?

Tally.
To add to the confusion. We got an update from the Fort Worth spotter community who photographed all four of those on February 11th stating that the serials are 19-5555/5556/5557 for 947/949/951????? Now it's getting crazy.

Greets,

That is incorrect. I was there on the 10th and 11th and all three flew on both days. I only missed the 947 on the 11th but the pics I posted in the photo section clearly show 19-5557/947 and 19-5559/951.

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Bjorn wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 09:09
tally wrote: 12 Feb 2022, 17:47
Bjorn wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 08:07

Then the question remains what are AS-29 and AS-30 since their serials have been 'moved up'? As far as we are certain that AS-28 is 945 as was confirmed earlier.

Greets,
They are all confirmed as is. The question now is what is the "new" tail number for AS-29 and AS-30?

Tally.
To add to the confusion. We got an update from the Fort Worth spotter community who photographed all four of those on February 11th stating that the serials are 19-5555/5556/5557 for 947/949/951????? Now it's getting crazy.

Greets,
Hi Bjorn,

The photog that posted photos on F-16.net the other day confirmed to me they were 5557/5558/5559. So the only questions remain what are the 947/5555 and 949/5556 delivered last year numbered at now?

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tally wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 23:15 Hi Bjorn,

The photog that posted photos on F-16.net the other day confirmed to me they were 5557/5558/5559. So the only questions remain what are the 947/5555 and 949/5556 delivered last year numbered at now?

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Ok, perfect. Like I said, hopefully someone catches 5555/5556 in Israel with their new serials. Or even 5554 because that was 945 but with 19-5557 being 947 now, it means we only have one 'blind' spot '946' between 5554 and 5556 and we have 2 airframes. Unless one bird is serialled 'out-of-order' now or 5554 has been reserialled as well.

19-5554: 945
19-5555: ?
19-5556: ?
19-5557: 947

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RAF F-35Bs delivery flight
14-02-2022
ASCOT9601 3x F-35B airborne Ft Worth
ZM159 025
ZM160 026
ZM161 027

tanker ASCOT9210 Voyager ZZ330
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First Flight AF-319, 19-5491/AK, 354 FW, 355 FS, Feb 18, 2022.

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First Flight BF-128, 169921, nmks, Feb 25, 2022.

GO UKRAINE. KICK SOME ARSE.

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