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Red Flag 21-3

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Haven't seen anything posted for this yet so here is what I noted last week. I went up on the Thursday afternoon (5th) for the take off and recovery and a look over the fence early on Friday.

F22A 1FW “FF”
(04-4078) “149FS”, 04-4082, 05-4100, (08)-4153, 08-4159, (08)-4161, (08)-4163, (08)-4165, (09)-4174, (09)-4176, 09-4180, (09)-4189,
10-4192 “192WG”

F16C 20FW “SW” tig
90-0826, 91-0369, 92-3904, 93-0548, 94-0039, 97-0108, 97-0109, 99-0082, 00-0218, 00-0224, 00-0226
Plus one with a yellow tail marked “79FS”

F35A 388FW “HL”
15-5124 “421FS”, 15-5181, (15)-5200, (15)-5201, 17-5239, 17-5247, (17)-5273, 17-5276, 17-5281,17-5282 “419OG”, 18-5445,
18-5446, 18-5454

F35A 134FS/VT ANG “VT”
(17)-5265 “158FW”, 17-5266, (17)-5277, 17-5279, (17)-5284, 18-5336, (18)-5340, 18-5341, (18)-5343, 18-5349, (18)-5358, 18-5359,
18-5360, 18-5361

F/A18 VMFA-115 “VE”
164718/06, 164966/14 Plus four others, VE-01 with flag tail, VE-09, VE-15, VE-23

F/A18 VMFA(AW)-533 “ED”
164870/870, 165531/531 plus four others including (164957)/ED-00 with a white tail

EA18G VAQ-131 “NL”
168937/550, 166934/551, 16????/553

EA18G VAQ-138 “NL”
168270/510, 16????/511, 16????/512, 16????/514, 16????/515

B52H 2BW "LA" bl/wt
61-0016, 61-0020 plus two others that left on the 5th (60-0013 and 61-0013)?

KC46A 22ARW: 15-46009, 17-46032

KC135R 22ARW: 62-3534, 62-3549

EC130H 43ECS “DM”: 73-1580

HC130J 130RQS CA ANG “CA”: 15-5842 plus 16-5858 seen on SBS

RC135W 55Wg “OF” bl: 64-14842

E3B 552ACW “OK” rd: 78-0577

E8C 128ACCS “GA” bk/rd: 01-2005

There were a couple more HC130Js seen on SBS but I'm not sure they were involved, 09-0108 and 11-5719. There were also four AH1s parked on the ramp with the B52s and other heavies. Codes 40 and 46 read
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Thanks for posting. Additional F/A-18s:
VE01/165201
VE09/164879
VE15/(165176)
VE23/165686
ED872/164872
ED952/164952
ED881/164881
EA-18s:
NL552/168262
NL553/168900
NL511/168274
NL512/169137
No Buno's confirmed for NL514 & 515.
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First Red Flag scheduled in 2022: Red Flag 22-1 7 MAR - 18 MAR.

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Dutchmil wrote: 28 Sep 2021, 01:45 First Red Flag scheduled in 2022: Red Flag 22-1 7 MAR - 18 MAR.

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Hi René. Isn't that the dates of RF22-2? Do you have a source maybe?
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