Aviation News — February 2018

(Darren Dugan) #1
RAF BRIZE NORTON
1/11 58-0118/D KC-135R 100th ARW, USAF dep 6th;
RF-36052 /87 blk An-30B Russian AF Open Skies.
2/11 15001 CC-150 437 TS, RCAF also 17th. 3/11
0454 C-295M 242.TSL, Czech AF. 4/11 51+06 Transall
LTG63, German AF. 6/11 10-0222 C-17A 437th/315th
AW, USAF. 13/11 MAO C-17A Qatar Emiri AF. 14/11
85-0004 C-5M 436th/512nd AW, USAF n/s. 28/11
177705 CC-177 429 TS, RCAF n/s. 29/11 54+08
A400M LTG63, German AF.

RAF CONINGSBY
2/11 ZJ221 Apache AH1 3/4 Regt, AAC. 27/11
CE-03 ERJ 145LR 15 Wing, Belgian Defence – Air
Component dep 30th. 29/11 ZJ690 Sentinel R1 5
Sqn, RAF n/s.

RNAS CULDROSE
16/11 N-175 & N-277 NH90-NFHS 860 Sqn, Royal
Netherlands AF. 20/11 N-260 NH90-NFHS 860 Sqn,
Royal Netherlands AF. The NH-90s arrived for a
detachment.

RAF FAIRFORD
5/11 03-3114 C-17A 183rd AS, MS ANG n/s. 13/11 99-
00102 UC-35A E/1-214th AVN, US Army.

RAF LAKENHEATH
13/11 08 blue C-27J TE, Lithuanian AF; CE-01 ERJ
135LR 15 Wing, Belgian Defence – Air Component;
07-7179 C-17A 60th/349th AMW, USAF; 50+81 Transall
LTG62, German AF n/s; 014 C-295M 13.eltr, Polish
AF dep 16th. 16/11 50+17 Transall LTG63, German

AF. 16/11 07-7186 C-17A 437th/315th AW, USAF n/s.
17/11 G-988 C-130H 336 Sqn, Royal Netherlands AF;
06-6156 C-17A 60th/349th AMW, USAF; CE-02 ERJ
135LR 15 Wing, Belgian Defence – Air Component.
19/11 06-6159 C-17A 60th/349th AMW, USAF dep
22nd; 87-0032 C-5M 60th/349th AMW, USAF n/s; 02-
1109 C-17A 62nd/446th AMW, USAF.

RAF LEEMING
8/11 ZZ404 & ZZ405 Wildcat AH1s 1 Regt, AAC. 21/11
FA-57, FA-119 & FA-101 F-16AMs Belgian Defence – Air
Component.

RAF LOSSIEMOUTH
2/11 168436/LA & 168437/LA P-8As VP-5, USN both
also 3rd. 6/11 11-5736 C-130J-30 37th AS, 86th AW,
USAF also 7th. 8/11 T-729 Beech 1900D LTDB, Swiss
AF also 27th. 10/11 T-784 Citation 560XL LTDB, Swiss
AF also 16th & 17th; 07-8608/RS C-130J-30 37th AS,
86th AW, USAF. 13/11 J-5005, J-5006, J-5013, J-5014,
J-5015, J-5018 & J-5026 F/A-18Cs Swiss AF; J-5232
& J-5233 F/A-18Ds Swiss AF, all Hornets dep. 6/12;
130616 CC-130J 436 TS, RCAF n/s. 14/11 163554 UC-
12F NAS Atsugi. 21/11 J-5238 F/A-18D Swiss AF dep.
6/12. 22/11 T-785 Falcon 900EX LTDB, Swiss AF. 28/11
T-721 Beech 350 LTDB, Swiss AF also 30th.

RAF MARHAM
13/11 ZZ410 & ZZ512 Wildcat AH1s 847 NAS, RN,
based for two weeks.

RAF MILDENHALL
1/11 02-0042 C-40B 76th AS, 89th AW, USAF o/s. 9/11
07-8608 C-130J 37th AS, 86th AW, USAF n/s; V-11
Gulfstream IV 334 Sqn, Royal Netherlands AF. 10/11
87-0027 C-5M 433rd AW, AFRC also 15th n/s. 14/11
08-8602/RS C-130J-30 37th AS, 86th AW, USAF. 16/11
16-0055 A400M 221 Filo, Turkish AF n/s also 21st
n/s; 169010/LL P-8A VP-30, USN. 17/11 07-0033 &
12-0065 CV-22Bs arrived for 7th SOS, USAF. 21/11 87-
0042 C-5M 60th/349th AMW, USAF n/s; 85-0002 C-5M
436th/512nd AW, USAF. 26/11 168071/BH KC-130J
VMGR-252, USMC dep 1/12. 29/11 165151 C-20G
CFLSW, Sigonella.

RAF NORTHOLT
1/11 97-00105 UC-35A E/1-214th AVN, US Army also
22nd. 3/11 1501 C-130E 14.eltr, Polish AF. 9/11 84-
0085 C-21A 76th AS, 86th AW, USAF. 10/11 CH-09
C-130H 15 Wing, Belgian Defence – Air Component.
14/11 MM62202 Avanti Italian AF; 258 Learjet 45 102
Sqn, Irish Air Corps. 16/11 F-ZBMC Dash 8-Q402
Securite Civile. 24/11 14+02 Global 5000 FBS,
German AF; 252 CN-235-100MPA 101 Sqn, Irish Air
Corps also 28th & 29th. 29/11 103 Xingu 28F, French
Navy. 30/11 011 C-295M 13.eltr, Polish AF.

RAF SHAWBURY
2/11 XX230/CM Hawk T1A arrived from Leeming
for storage. 27/11 XX247 Hawk T1 dep. by road to
Woodvale, to take up gate guard duties. 30/11 XX308
Hawk T1 dep. by road to East Fortune.

RAF VALLEY
20/11 89-26208 & 89-26212 HH-60G 56th RQS, USAF
both also 21st. 28/11 ZB129 Hawk 166 BAE Systems/
Oman AF.

RNAS YEOVILTON
9/11 ZJ196 Wildcat AH1 3 Regt, AAC. 10/11 ZJ223
Wildcat AH1 3 Regt, AAC. 30/11 143 Falcon 10MER
57S, French Navy.

Key: n/s night stop; o/s overshoot

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70 Aviation News incorporating Jets February 2018

AIR BASE MOVEMENTS


A selection of the most interesting aircraft
to visit air bases in the UK recently.

Lockheed Martin AC-130W Stinger II, 88-1305, of the 27th Special Operations Wing, departing
RAF Mildenhall on December 7. It had arrived the previous evening along with 88-1301 from the
same unit. Ryan Dorling

Danish Air Force Bombardier CL604 Challenger, C-215,
visited RAF Lakenheath on December 15. Justin Ward

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