ISRAEL : FOREST FIRE-FIGHTERS

[Starman]

Noted so far in connection with the Carmel Forest fire have been:
4 x Hellenic AF CL215s incl 2044 & 2052 (operating out of Ramat David AFB)
2 x Turkish AF B412s
1 x Securite Civile Dash 8
RA76393 IL76-TD plus a Beriev water bomber from the Russian Disaster Relief unit
and reportedly UK (Cyprus based) B412 and other helicopters operating out of Haifa airport.
The Evergreen Supertanker N479EV is in Ben Gurion, where some RS C-130Js have been seen - 8601 last night with 8608 planned tonight.
Due today in Ben Gurion are 4 Spanish CL215s (AME4305/6/7/8) and a CASA295 (AME2523) routing from Heraklion, and due tomorrow of course are the three Dutch Cougars!

More details as and when!

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted so far in connection with the Carmel Forest fire have been:
4 x Hellenic AF CL215s incl 2044 & 2052 (operating out of Ramat David AFB)
2 x Turkish AF B412s
1 x Securite Civile Dash 8
RA76393 IL76-TD plus a Beriev water bomber from the Russian Disaster Relief unit
and reportedly UK (Cyprus based) B412 and other helicopters operating out of Haifa airport.
The Evergreen Supertanker N479EV is in Ben Gurion, where some RS C-130Js have been seen - 8601 last night with 8608 planned tonight.
Due today in Ben Gurion are 4 Spanish CL215s (AME4305/6/7/8) and a CASA295 (AME2523) routing from Heraklion, and due tomorrow of course are the three Dutch Cougars!

More details as and when!

Starman,

Your Spanish CN235 should be AME3523.

[aviodromefriend]

due tomorrow of course are the three Dutch Cougars!

Apparently together with CH-47D D-103 that left EHGR today (source Otto at the Gilze-Rijen forum). Cougars are S-433, S-444 & S-456.

[Otto]

As allways confirmation on the Chinook is needed

[Lex]

According to nu.nl are the forest fires in Israel under control.
The Dutch helicopters are to return back to the Netherlands.

[Starman]

A third HAF CL215 has been identified, 2049, and two Turkish examples are/were apparently TC-TKJ & TKZ. The Beriev 200 was RF32767 and an open day yesterday at Haifa airport may reveal some rotary serials in due course. The Spanish contingent did not appear in Ben Gurion (even with the correct callsigns - thanks Mr B) but as part of the "mopping up" a pair of RS C-130Js have just arrived at Ben Gurion 68611/Herky34 with 78613/Herky35.

As reported elsewhere a group of Dutch Firefighters were involved, no serials noted!

[Starman]

OK, the Canadairs were operating out of Ramat David and noted today were:
866 (2046) CL415 Croatian AF
2044, 2052 & 2054 CL415 Hellenic AF
F-ZBFV/37, F-ZBFW/38, F-ZBFY/35 & F-ZBMF/45 CL415 Securite Civile with
F-ZBMC/73 DHC-8

The rotary fleet was based at Haifa Airport and noted today were:
CP-4 B.412 Cypriot Police
T-332, T-335 & T341 AS.332M Swiss AF
FHN-02 Mi-17 Azerbaijan Govt with an u/i Kamov-32D parked behind.
Two 84sqdn Griffins ZJ805 &ZJ806 departed Monday

[Le Addeur noir]

OK, the Canadairs were operating out of Ramat David and noted today were:
866 (2046) CL415 Croatian AF
2044, 2052 & 2054 CL415 Hellenic AF
F-ZBFV/37, F-ZBFW/38, F-ZBFY/35 & F-ZBMF/45 CL415 Securite Civile with
F-ZBMC/73 DHC-8

The rotary fleet was based at Haifa Airport and noted today were:
CP-4 B.412 Cypriot Police
T-332, T-335 & T341 AS.332M Swiss AF
FHN-02 Mi-17 Azerbaijan Govt with an u/i Kamov-32D parked behind.
Two 84sqdn Griffins ZJ805 &ZJ806 departed Monday

The 84 Sqn Griffins should be ZJ705 and ZJ706?.

[Starman]

Correct as always Mr B - but surprised you missed the deliberate error, the Kamov should be a -32A and according to a very informative Azerbaijani website, it is the FHN-05 (although I sometimes confuse the Cyrillic A and D symbol)