ETAR 24-03-2010

[Ian French]

Log for Wednesday afternoon:

12.30 Unidentified C-17A 437AW dep
00184 gn C-17A 62AW
21104 gn C-17A 62AW
33120 gn C-17A 62AW
33115 bl C-17A 183AS
70048 y/bl C-17A 437AW
77181 y/bl C-17A 437AW
40067 y/bl C-17A 437AW
30603 y/bl C-17A 437AW
10197 y/bl C-17A 437AW
77179 bk/w C-17A 21AS
01 C-17A SAC
70042 w C-5B TRAVIS
20375 C-37
U-06 Fokker 50
38036 bl KC-135R Utah
84406 C-130H AFRC
60419 C-130H AFRC
Local C-130J 37AS 88601, 88603, 88604, 88605, 88607, 78609, 68610, 68612 plus 1 hangered

Unidentified were:
C-130H-30 Adl'A departed mid afternoon
C-26
Bo105
UH-1D

[SF-25 piloot]

Log for Wednesday afternoon:

12.30 Unidentified C-17A 437AW dep

Unidentified were:
C-130H-30 Adl'A departed mid afternoon

Ian,
while my wife was shopping @ Kaufland, i was waiting outsite to watch the 'meanwhile' action @ Ramstein
the C-17 you saw departing was 97-0045 437AW.
i noticed a C-130 arriving from opposite direction as the other traffic, it was the French C-130H 5227/61-PL
i also saw later on the platform a C-40, C-26 and a couple of C-21's, UH-60's flying around.

greetings,
marco

[Eric van Lisdonk]

Log for Wednesday afternoon:

12.30 Unidentified C-17A 437AW dep
30603 y/bl C-17A 437AW
01 C-17A SAC
38036 bl KC-135R Utah
60419 C-130H AFRC

Unidentified were:
C-130H-30 Adl'A departed mid afternoon
C-26
Bo105
UH-1D

12.30u dep was C-17 97-0045
30603 was not seen on base that day. Maybe you saw 30602??
Are you 100% about your 01 C-17A SAC?? How late did you saw that one??
38036 KC-135 must be 38026
60419 C-130H must be 60418
C-130H Adla was 5227/61-PL
C-26 was 900531
Bo105 was 86+84
UH-1D there were 2 72+49 and 73+28

Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Eric

[Ian French]

Eric/Marco many thanks for the info.

You are right the C-17 was 30602 not 30603. A typo in my online report!

Yes 100% sure about C-17 01. This was already in when we arrived about 12.30 and hadn't moved by the time we left at 19.00. As you look at the base from the hill it was on the far left.

I assume the C40 was the based one. It was all white and sitting in itsusual place.

Rgds,

Ian

[SF-25 piloot]

Yes 100% sure about C-17 01. This was already in when we arrived about 12.30 and hadn't moved by the time we left at 19.00. As you look at the base from the hill it was on the far left.

Yes indeed it was standing almost next to aircraft 03-3115

Ian, which C-130's of your log where flying that day?

greetings, marco

[Ian French]

Hi Marco,

07 landed mid/late afternoon and that was it until four went out between 6 and 7. We'd already read them off by then so didn't really pay attention to the serials. Sorry!!

Rgds Ian