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Scramble 468
02-3027 o/h RJTU F-2 type blue c/s 258824 mar18
The Japanese established their first SAR units 60 years ago
and to commemorate this, various aircraft (and helicopters)
have an extra sticker applied, for the U-125A placed on the
cabin door. U-125A 024 had a unit-name sticker applied but
this could not be deciphered.
Rikujo Jieitai (AR)
UH-1J
41801 NEH? unit nn RJCO, NH? 1J01 apr18
41832/832 UtsunomiyaKou no unit code 1J32 apr18
41881 NH unit now known 1J81 mar18
In February JG-1832 was seen at Yao without the white
“training code” (last three), but by April it was in use again at
Utsunomiya with the white last three applied.
OH-6D
31234 NH ex store? ex SU 6545 apr18
The OH-1 issue prompted the JGSDF to use OH-6Ds again
which had previously been withdrawn and stored.
CH-47J
52925 XIIH ex no unit code 5037 feb18
CH-47JA
52962 o/h RJNG no code, ex HGPVI 5062 apr18
52969 HGPV ex IRAN? ex HGPIV 5077 apr18
Kaijo Jieitai (NY)
SH-60K
8418 o/h RJNA nmks, ex 22 Kokutai 5018 mar18
8425 o/h RJNA nmks, ex 21 Kokutai 5025 apr18
8458 Mitsubishi HI f/n, test at RJNA 5058 mar18
P-1
5516 Kawasaki HI f/n, test at RJNG 16 mar18
P-3C
5048 2 Kokutai ex 203 ATS 9045 apr18
5076? Kokutai nmks, ex 5 Kokutai 9073 apr18
5087? Kokutai nmks, ex 2 Kokutai 9084 apr18
Orion 5076 was seen at Atsugi and 5087 at Naha.
Kaijō Ho’an-chō (CG)
All Bell 505s carry the name Amutsubame in Hiragana and are
assigned to 2nd Region at Sendai.
Mongolia
Mongolian People’s Air Force (AF)
Mi-8
MT-2002 303rd Regiment 2015
Pakistan
The Pakistan government has closed another deal with
Leonardo, the third one, for AW139s. They will be used by
various branches of the armed forces and government. Like
with previous orders, no quantities were released. We suspect
it will be around seven or eight again.
Pakistan Fiza’ya (AF)
Ce208B EX
... del aug14 208B-5079It was tracked online with PAF as operator.
JF-17 (Block-II)
17-240 nm t/f 18apr18 2P40 apr18Pakistan Fauj (AR)
OPMA = Mangla AAB
OPQS = Rawalpindi/Qasim AAB
AB205A
364 pres Rawalpindi ex wfu OPQS l/n apr02 4266 feb18This former Iranian Bell, 6-4364, is now at Ayub Park,
33.568699°, 73.081031°. This park also has Mi-17 58663 and
SA315 699. By early 2015, the old rusty tanks and wrecked
OH-13S 146 were refurbished. We believe that the Bell 47
moved on to the Army museum in town. It was last seen at
Ayub Park in February 2014 in the spot where the new display
area was erected.
IAR330L
2412 28AAsq f/n 2412 mar18The whole IAR Brasov production still mystifies us.
Mi-35M
786-002 f/n apr18
... t/f in Russia ...472 aug17
... t/f in Russia ...473 aug17At last! The first Mi-35M YouTube footage appeared
revealing what looks like 786-002 (first ‘0’ might be a ‘1’) in
full Pakistan army markings. It also confirms that two test-
flying Mi-35Ms seen last August in Russia were destined
for Pakistan. The country code for Pakistan is 586 whereas
normally the Mi-35M export version is type 558. These sets of
numerals usually precede the ‘last three’ mentioned above,
so 586558472. Although we must say that it is not certain that
these are the last three of the construction number at all...
O-1E
... pres OPMA gate, 1AAsq badge feb18