ETAR 30-04-2012

[Viper810]

Calling Gateway
JALOP 59
Aircraft: C-21A
Serial: 84-0085 | 86AW | 76AS [Ramstein]
30 min out

[Viper810]

Early movents.
REACH 892 Arrived
C-17A 05-5140 | 452AMW | 729AS [March ARB]

REACH 785 Arrived
C-17A 04-4136 | 305AMW | 6AS [McGuire AFB]

REACH 273 departed
C-17A
03-3116 | 172AW | 183AS [Jackson Int, Mississippi ANG]

REACH 161 Deperted
Aircraft: KC-135R
Serial: 62-3510 | 434ARW | 72ARS [Grissom AFB]

[YOXA]

Early movents.
REACH 785 Arrived
C-17A 04-4136 | 305AMW | 6AS [McGuire AFB]

Hello,

Can you tell me about the helo's at this moment at Ramstein?

René

[Viper810]

I'm sorry. I'm not at Ramstein personaly. I follow everything on internet and my radio.

[YOXA]

I'm sorry. I'm not at Ramstein personaly. I follow everything on internet and my radio.

Oke,

a friend text message me :

4x CH47, +/- 21 AH64 and +/- 20 UH60

[Viper810]

Inbound
VALOR 60
C-21A 84-0083 | 86AW | 76AS [Ramstein]

[Viper810]

REACH 948 Departed
C-17A 06-6156 | 60AMW | 21AS [Travis AFB]

[Viper810]

REACH 162 Departed
C-17A 09-9208 | 437AW [Charleston AFB]

[Viper810]

REACH 803 Inbound
C-17A 07-7176 | 436AW | 3AS [Dover AFB]

[Eric van Lisdonk]

And another Eglin AFB MC-130P is now inbound Ramstein. Aircraft is using callsign Reach1012 and tail should be 66-0217 but that needs confirmation.
He's almost on the ground now.

Also inbound in sequence is C-5B 87-0044 as Reach744

Army26652 also arrived UH-60L

Cheers,
Eric

[andel]

And another Eglin AFB MC-130P is now inbound Ramstein. Aircraft is using callsign Reach1012 and tail should be 66-0217 but that needs confirmation.
He's almost on the ground now.

Cheers,
Eric

Hi Eric
REACH1012 came from Mildenhall and tail is correct landed overthere the 27th.

[Viper810]

REACH 775 Arrived/departed?
C-5A 70-0445 | 433AW | 68AS [Kelly Field Annex]

REACH 112 departed
C-17A 08-8192 | 62AW [McChord AFB]

[Viper810]

Calling Gateway
HERKY 718
Aircraft: C-130J-30
Serial: 06-8612 | 86AW | 37AS [Ramstein AB]
30 min out, A2 status

[Wrecks]

Noted today were

70-0445 C-5A TX AFRC
84-0062 C-5B Travis 3x AH-64 loaded into this a/c
05-5146 C-17A March
09-9210 C-17A McChord
07-7175 C-17A Dover
07-7176 C-17A Dover
08-8192 C-17A McChord
04-4135 C-17A McGuire
08-8195 C-17A McChord
09-9206 C-17A Charleston
09-9208 C-17A Charleston
06-6156 C-17A Travis
03-3116 C-17A MS ANG
04-4136 C-17A McGuire
69-5823 MC-130P
62-3510 KC-135R Grimson
85-0049 C-20C nb
90-0827/SP F-16C red emergency landing, blocked runway (flying shifted to other runway)
91-0366/SP F-16C 480FS comm mrks, oversoot only

2x CH-47F parked infront of the hangar with one more inside
07-08745
09-08071

To the east of this was (some moved during the day)
1x UH-60 Medevac
11x UH-60 in one line
5x UH-60 and 4 or 5x AH-64 in one line
9x AH-64 in one line

4x UH-60L arrived mid morning, 26642, 26652, 26690, 26679
later followed by 2 flights of 4x AH-64

Plus the based stuff

[EvD]

As for the Helos:

3 Apaches were towed in the morning (before 0900u) to C-5B 40062, did not physically see them go in but a couple were parked beside it for a while and around 1830 these were bvanished (in the Gallies' belly?)
2 Chinooks 8.70 and .074 were towed from a hangar into C-5A 00445 that departed 1730-ish but returned after an hour or so
3 Blackhawks were towed to C-5B 70044 and loaded into that around 1930, these were ..641, ..645, ..796 (or possibly 798 or 786). We saw 641 actually being towed from the row, so these were probably all still among the rows in the morning

On ramps between 1830 and 1930 (last three's that were read were white, rest all black s/ns), from hangars toward runway:

near western hangar:
_____ CH-47F inside (presumably the two CH-47F mentioned above came from this hangar?)
8745 CH-47F
8071 CH-47F

west side ramp, nose north toward hangars in two pairs the Blackhawks that landed (photoproof) in the morning:
26642 26679
26690 26652

western row (11):
_____ UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
__677 UH-60L
__639 UH-60L
__672 UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
__678 UH-60L
__681 UH-60L
__686? UH-60L

middle row (8):
_____ AH-64D
_____ UH-60L
_____ AH-64 or UH-60?
_____ UH-60L
_____ AH-64D
_____ AH-64D
__676 UH-60L
__6_5 UH-60L (looked like a 9 or 5?)

eastern row (9):
__682 UH-60L
__680 UH-60L
__651 UH-60L
__641 UH-60L (towed out, see notes above)
__692 UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
_____ UH-60L
_____ AH-64D
(I can imagine that this row headed by a Apache may have looked like Apaches, but from our angle above was quite clear)

No sign of the 8 AH-64D that landed from the east side in two groups 1055 / 1105, were they hangared immediately?

MC-130 was indeed 60217

Additions more than welcome!! Especially the arriving Apaches of course

EvD