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JS Kaga just left Japan, headed for San Diego. Once there, she will conduct the first testing of F-35Bs from her flight deck.

The ship recently underwent modifications to allow F-35 operations.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... san-diego/

If you want to see these planes, the Snipers are still in town. According to adsb and other tracking sites, they are now flying out of KNKX, MCAS Miramar.

Saturday 10 August USMC VMFT-401 Snipers LS 04/761546 //F-5N Su 57 camo LS 01/761536 //F-5N blue camo LS 00/761586//F-5F CAG, skull on tail LS 02/761527//F-5N grey camo Been flying out of Brown all week, going offshore in the vicinity of the tanker parade. When I saw they were flying on a Saturday, ...

5-7 August all flying log Luftwaffe A400 54-19 //German 007 Heavy, departed via 18 US Navy VX-9 Vampires Boeing F-18F XE 210 //Centerline IRST fuel tank binoculars only 3xGrowler NL VAQ-131 Lancers // including CAG, these may be the 3 F-18s that flew over the city 2 days ago at 2340, they lost the ...

...via ADSB + Flightaware...

Luftwaffe A400 54+16 arrives from Memphis

...are the RIMPAC Typhoons making a ' round the world trip?

EDIT: 54+16 flies out to Hawaii on Sunday

Oh, I don't for one instant think I've caught everything coming in. There's only so many hours I can spend at the beach, and I miss a much as I catch. Last week there were Growlers, E-2s and F-35s that I only viewed from the living room window. On the scanner I heard Vikings, so I'm guessing that wa...

18-19 July All flying log Everything landing on 29 with exeptions noted Rampart Aviation "Kahuna" N238PT DHC-4 USAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 099211 //landed on 36, EVAC 99211 021099 //Pittsburgh tail flash USN VRM-30 Titans "Rudy" CMV-22B CODsprey 71/169456 //Mt Fuji tail pai...

After the fuel dock Boxer went to NASNI for a few hours, possibly having an Osprey craned off. She left the same day.

Nimitz + Tripoli came in today, as did VFA-27 Royal Maces, late of MCAS Iwakuni. Guess Reagan will be here soon.

12 July CVN 68 departs CVW-17 USS Nimitz NA tail code VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks F-18F 1xx CAG color bird + 1 other, no numbers VFA-94 Shrikes F-18E 201, 205 VFA-137 Kestrels F-18E 310, 311, 306 other USN VRC-40 DET 5 Rawhides C-2A 35/162170 Boeing C-40 Clipper 165835 USMC Lockheed KC-130J QD 9532 //...

11 July CVN 72 departs CVN 68 arrives CVW-17 USS Nimitz NA tail code VFA-146 Blue Diamonds F-18E 4xx CAG color bird + 1 other, no numbers VAQ-139 Cougars EA-18G 5xx 501, 505 // drop tanks, no jamming pods other USN VRC-40 DET 5 Rawhides C-2A 35/162170 Boeing C-40 Clipper 166696 USAF REACH 343 C-17 ...

10 July Civvies DHC-4 Caribou N238PT CASA 212 (N434CA) // observed walking to beach, didn't actually get numbers USN VAQ-139 Cougars EA-18G Growler NA 500 //CAG colors, drop tank, no jamming pods Boeing C-40 Clipper 166694 165836 VRM 30 Titans CMV-22B CODsprey 20/169445. //'DC' marking on tail is i...

9 July

Civvies
DHC-4 Caribou N238PT

USN

VRM 30 Titans CMV-22B CODsprey
31/169438
25/169435

VMFA 125 Rough Raiders F-35C
NJ 424

VRC-40 Det 5 Rawhides C-2A Greyhound
35/162170
21/162176

USMC
CH-53E 16200?

Piet Luijken wrote: ↑04 Jul 2024, 10:52 Found this on X:
Bamboo Eagle 24-2 is scheduled for this August for 9 days from Aug 3-12th. A zone between 270-315 NM from San Diego is planned to be used during the exercises.

Looking forward to viewing North Island AFB operations in a few weeks. Gotta hope it doesn't overlap Grey Flag.

6 July 106F/41C All flying log, RWY 33 in use DHC-6 Twin Otter N64150 N125SA //Grey shark Shorts Skyvan N4NE Douglas DC-9-21 N127NK Insanely hot, but Perris Valley has a big shade structure and the pool was open. Huge crowd, we had to park in the dirt section of the lot. Of course the star of the d...

It's a nice little collection. The F4C and the Huey are both SE Asia combat veterans. When I was there (12 years ago) they also had a D21 Tagboard UAV.