Due to approaching Hurricane Matthew US Defence forces are evacuating their home bases along the Florida and South Carolina coast.
So far noted at NAS Fort Worth are the Mako F-16's from Homestead, P-8's from Jacksonville, F-18's from Beaufort. Some Jack P-8s have descended into NAS Pensacola.
More scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
Per ADSB:
P-8's: 168438, 169003, 168428, 168759. More are on the tarmac.
C-130: 85-0038 from Maxwell. Probably Homestead support.
14 F-16's on the deck at NAS Fort Worth. 9 More scheduled for today.
8 P-8's on the deck at NAS Fort Worth.
4-6 F-18's on the deck at NAS Fort Worth.
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The 158AS GA ANG from Savannah relocated their C130Hs to Dobbins ARB Oct 5th, with the following noted being prepared for departure that morning.
89-1181, 89-9102, 92-0548, 94-6705, 94-6706, 94-6707, 94-6708, 94-7321 all have the new red/blue tail stripe.
All but 94-6705, and 94-7321 were noted at Dobbins today
Over on the Army side at Dobbins were four GA ArNG CH47Fs
08-08760, 08-08768, 10-08076, 10-08080
Outside Lockheed were the following C130Js
14-5793 MC130J
14-807 rd C130J YJ "374AW"
(169)228 KC130J USMC
Plus one in the shelter that appeared to be just marked 010 on the nose in camo scheme
The F/A-18s used callsigns TBOLT51-54; 54 departed to Tucson (TUS). As VMFA-251 is no longer assigned to CVW-1 (replaced by VFA-81), the 'AB' codes appear to be removed (or faintly visible?) and the modex has reverted to two digits. Although these are late-production 'C's and as such have been referred to by one publication as 'C+'s, it is thought the 'C+' only refers to aircraft so modified at Boeing-Cecil.
All P-8As departed back to NAS Jax on 9 October. BuNo 168428 used callsign TALON84 (VP-16).
P-8A 169003 departed as TALON55, 168759 departed as TIGER56, and 168436/37/38/758/62 used MADFX34/22/29/99/84.
Also, E-8s PEACH67 and 69 were noted also on Sunday departing Tinker eastbound possibly to Robins.