Kuwait Aviation Show 2018

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Mil noted today at the show at Kuwait International were:

149 Hawk KAF
432 F/A18C KAF
KAF013 AH64D KAF 04-0013
KAF107 Tucano KAF
KAF327 KC130J KAF
KAF343 C17A KAF 13-0002
KAF523 SA342L KAF 1379
KAF996 S92 KAF
KMOI-07 AS365N3
MOH-4 B429 Ministry of Health c/n 57231
MAB C17A Qatar AF 08-0202

There are about 30 assorted airliners, bizjets, helos and light aircraft if anyone is interested in those?

Flying only
KAF014 AH64D KAF
KAF015 AH64D KAF
KAF016 AH64D KAF
407 F/A18C KAF
409 F/A18C KAF
412 F/A18C KAF
426 F/A18C KAF

Flight Line
88-0029 F16C Turkish AF Solo Turk
Plus 1

8806 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8811 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8816 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8817 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8819 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8820 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
8821 Hawk RSAF Saudi Hawks
Plus 1 or 2 others

Ramp
KAF323 C130H KAF wfu?
KAF324 C130H KAF wfu?
(KAF326) KC130J KAF not read
KAF328 KC130J KAF
KAF342 C17A KAF
MM62229 KC767A Italian AF 14-04 Plus 1
(15004) CC150 RCAF Landed Not read
(15005) CC150 RCAF Landed Not read

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19 JAN 18

USAF C17 noted on military ramp shutting down. Couldnt make out serial or writing on tail.

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07-7173 (from SBS) from Dover landed a while back. There was also another Canadian CC150 that landed earlier today, possibly one of the two from Wednesday back?

[EvD]

Indeed, 04 again.

[JaffaPix]

Hi Guys,

Did anybody manage to ID the 2nd Italian KC67 & 2nd Turkish F-16 yet please?
I left on a freighter at 2200 on Thursday, but it was too dark to ID anything as we taxied out.

thanks
Dave @ BAH

[EvD]

88-0025 (fy not 100%)
We did not see another KC767.
8805 was the eighth Saudi Hawk.
All Saudi were inside this morning when we left. Probably not keen on the brownout conditions

Anyone id-ed the Super Puma on Thursday from photos yet?

Erwin

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There was another white Hercules noted half in a hangar this morning, I couldn't read it but presumably 322?
15004 landed again this morning and MM62229 departed just before us
There were two S92s on the C130 ramp for a while on Thursday but I couldn't read them

[EvD]

We read KAF325 on the Herk sticking out of the hangar.
We had KAF994 (with a question mark, my photo shows it ends with a 4) for one of the two S-92H on Thursday.
On Wednesday, KAF992 (large serial) was out for a short while too btw.
rgds
Erwin

[Stefan]

Anyone id-ed the Super Puma on Thursday from photos yet?

Not me, totally unreadable for me.

07-7176 C-17A 436th AW/Dover took off Wednesday (17th) afternoon.

Rgds,
Stefan

[EvD]

Back home now, caught a cold in the process, but we saw KMOI-02, H135, parked under the third white shed from the left (or: from the South).
It was there at least on Friday and Saturday morning. To be fair, we read it on Friday morning and assumed the one in the same spot on Saturday was the same aircraft.

Also, for some who do 'top halves' of aircraft, TA-4KU 882 could be partly seen sticking up over the wall and also the unmarked Hunter on a pole could be seen an instant while looking in between the buildings on taxing out.

Despite some half-baked promises there was no time, or the right person was not in the right place, to visit the friendly Police and Health services. So for all who venture here next time, stay until a day after the show and/or start early with making connections with them (at the show or otherwise).

Luckily, we gained access to the museum in the very last instance; by executive order , it held seven aircraft inside.

All in all, a very good trip to a hospitable country, not yet ruined by tourists

Erwin

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"We read KAF325 on the Herk sticking out of the hangar."

Thanks for the correction on that!

One other C130 there on Tuesday was RSAF 475 which had gone by Wednesday morning when I arrived. Probably support for the Hawks

[EvD]

Correction, the S-92 was KAF993
Sorry about the confusion.

Also we read the Qatari Herk, that was parked nose-on behind the KAF C-17 on Wednesday, as MAH.
Can anyone confirm that?

Erwin

We read KAF325 on the Herk sticking out of the hangar.
We had KAF994 (with a question mark, my photo shows it ends with a 4) for one of the two S-92H on Thursday.
On Wednesday, KAF992 (large serial) was out for a short while too btw.
rgds
Erwin

[Borispole]

Sorry for the req, but did anyone manage to tie up a Kuwait AF S-92 with hex code 7061FA by any chance? That one visited Doha 11-Nov-2012 and is a long-outstanding query.....

Thanks