BM82557 said:
Are they still at Langley?
Brian
Yes, they sure are. Well...at least as of yesterday they were still there.
1153: COBRA 672 (Open Skies OC-135B, 61-2672, 45th RS) on the way into Andrews...30 minutes out, needs transportation for 10, airstairs and a power cart...he's concerned about parking next to COBRA 670 (61-2670) so they can load and unload equipment between them....378.1
1216: COBRA 672 Heavy w/TRACON on the approach to ADW...128.35
1236: Dover's newest C-17A, tail 07-7169, has been put to work as REACH 7169. He's overflying this area at FL 320 after arriving from Europe. He came in over Nantucket and I thought he was going back to Dover but he's scooting right past them...and us apparently.
And that reminds me...yesterday, one of Dover's other C-17s, tail 06-6168, departed home around 1400 and then was heard an hour or so later a couple of states to our west. He was flying under callsign ROYAL 01 which should indicate the commander as pilot or aboard the flight. I heard nothing further from them and they haven't returned yet - as far as I can determine. If anyone hears him coming back to this area, please make a note of it.
One of their other new C-17s, 06-6166, was flying earlier today as RIDER 75. He might have diverted into McGuire when done with his training mission.
Dover's 06-6165 is in Europe and was last logged in the U.K. in the 2100Z hour as REACH 490. All we're missing now is 06-6167 who was last heard yesterday and the day before that flying as RIDER 75.
1453: CRAB 56 (C-130J, 98-1356, 135th AS MD-ANG) calling CRAB Ops. He first called on the old 385.9 and then on the new 384.1. No reply on either yet.
1510: EVAC 33116 (C-17A, 03-3116, 183rd AS MS-ANG Jackson) arriving Andrews in a few minutes with litter and ambulatory patients, their attendants and all that goes with this type flight....378.1
As many of these flights as I've heard arriving here, I feel crappy each and every time thinking of their pain and suffering. I wish them all a speedy recovery and salute their service.
1520: EVAC 33116 with TRACON descending for the approach to runway 1L at Andrews....128.35
And, at 1730, that aircraft leaves Andrews as REACH 3116...w/TRACON 121.05.
Ref Below: Thanks Mark. That's what I was trying to determine - whether he went to the tanker conference in Nashville. I have a friend there that I'm hoping will send me a list of everything he saw there once he gets home in a day or two. If so, I'll post it.
That C-5 (87-0040) doesn't have much of a flight record around here. Other than the 2nd of the month you mentioned, I logged him on the 5th, 6th and 10th. But going back for the rest of the year, I only had him a couple of other times. His last European flight logged was way back in January. Sounds like it's one they don't trust. The hydraulic fluid bath might just be a symptom of why.
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