Second F-15QA Ababil delivery
The second batch of four Al-Quwwat Al-Jawiyyah Al-Amiriyyah Al-Qatariyyah (QEAF, Qatar Emiri Air Force) Boeing F-15QA Eagles have departed the Boeing facilities at St. Louis International Airport (MO) on 12 December 2021. They left late in the evening as call sign Retro61/62/63/64. A fifth F-15QA acted as a spare. They are expected to fly non-stop, with the help of a KC-10A Extender, to RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, arriving on 13 December in the afternoon.
17-0009 and 17-0019 ifentified with external tanks days before.
EGUN 13.12.2021
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Re: EGUN 13.12.2021
GOLD11 84-0186 dragged them over, just crossed from Scotland to England south east bound FL250.
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Re: EGUN 13.12.2021
F-15QA serials are 17-0xx NOT 17-00xx
RETRO61 landed
17-019
17-017
17-016
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RETRO65 F-15QA 17-015 (went OFF after start engine on 16-11-2021) performed a test flight today from EGUN
RETRO61 landed
17-019
17-017
17-016
17-009
RETRO65 F-15QA 17-015 (went OFF after start engine on 16-11-2021) performed a test flight today from EGUN
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Re: EGUN 13.12.2021
Thanks Starfighter, indeed the data block shows 17-0xx not 17-00xx, but we assess the full fiscal year is four digits after the hyphen, confirmend by source from St. Louis.
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Re: EGUN 13.12.2021
The F-15QA left behind from the last delivery, 17-015 performed a high-performance test-flight today, and is expected to depart with the above four this week.
GOLD11 was 305th AMW KC-10A 84-0186.
GOLD11 was 305th AMW KC-10A 84-0186.
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Re: EGUN 13.12.2021
Apart from the Qatar F-15s and related KC-10A, the following visitors were noted,
17-0078 A400M Türk Hava Kuvvetleri 221 Filo TUAF599 arr 07:07 from KDOV dep 14th/09:11 to ELLX
900530 C-26D AOD Sigonella CNV6312 arr 13:03 from LICZ dep 17:06 to EDDS
17-0078 A400M Türk Hava Kuvvetleri 221 Filo TUAF599 arr 07:07 from KDOV dep 14th/09:11 to ELLX
900530 C-26D AOD Sigonella CNV6312 arr 13:03 from LICZ dep 17:06 to EDDS
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