Cold Response 2022 Norway

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Cold Response 22 is starting Monday the 14th in Norway, a planned list of participants can be found in the SIS ( https://www.scramble.nl/planning/sis-summary). In this post i hope we can create an overview of participating aircraft. (no support, that would be a bit too much i'd say). So far the USMC has arrived with quite a few nice aircraft, identified so far from video's and pictures are (underlined is looked up in dbase):

Bardufoss
HMLA-269 UH-1Y 168502/ HF-80, 168507/ HF-87, 16****/ HF-90, 168508/ HF-91.
HMLA-269 AH-1Z 168279/ HF-58, 169499/ HF-60.
HMM-366 CH-53E 161184/ HH-01, 161257/ HH-03, 165243/ HH-04, 162010/ HH-08, 161989/ HH-16.

Bodo
VMM-261 MV-22B 166724/EM-00, 168305/EM-01, 166685/EM-03, 168019/ EM-05, 16****/ EM-13, 168330/EM-14, 166718/EM-16.

A total of 10 F/A-18's have arrived, last arrival on the 2nd of March, i/d so far:
VMFA-312 F/A-18C 164897/ DR-201, 164970/ DR-204, 164892/DR-207, 164659/ DR-211, 164627(no code)312, F/A-18D 165687/DR-217.
VMFA-115 F/A-18C 164653/ VE-25
No unit markings F/A-18C 165399/ (no code) 200
VMFA-(AW)-224 F/A-18D 164884/ WK-05, F/A-18C 165225/ WK-14.

VMA-223/WP 10 AV-8B's arrived the 3rd.
AV-8B+ 164554/ WP-01, 164551/ WP-02, 16****/ WP-03, 16****/ WP-05, 165592/ WP-06, 165596/ WP-09, 166287/ WP-10.

Pieter,

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Edited the list, images on Dvids show AV8B's WP-01,WP-02 and WP-03 with a questionmark, WP-01 looks like indeed like 164554 as per Scramble Dbase.

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WP-03 confirmed, and 3 more Harriers added, all from video.

[The DJ]

UH-1Y 168502/HF-80 and AH-1Z 169499/HF with what looks like a scrubbed 20 modex.
+ UH-1Y HF91

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Thanks, updated.

[The DJ]

Buno's of HH01 & HH16 are confirmed from photos. Also add MV22 EM13.

How sure are you about HF60?

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Thanks, edited message, and removed HF-60, looked back the video and indeed HF-80 it must be.
Beginning of : https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832360/2 ... ponse-2022

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UH-1Y 168502/HF-80 and AH-1Z 169499/HF with what looks like a scrubbed 20 modex.
+ UH-1Y HF91

That 20, could that be 60, see https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7084665/ ... escue-team for a picture of an AH1Z coded 60.
Pieter,

[The DJ]

That's a good one, its possible.
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7083390/ ... t-exercise

[The DJ]

169499 is indeed HF60.
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7091271/ ... ir-support

Also, HH03 161257 is confirmed, so is DR204 164970 and HF91 is 168508.
Add, F/A-18s WK05 and u/m modex 200.

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Thanks, updated

[The DJ]

A few more;
WP02 = 164551, WP09 = 165596 and add WP10/166287.
Also add MV22 EM05, plus F/A-18s DR201 and DR211. WK05 is confirmed as 164884 and u/m 312 as 165227.
HH08 is confirmed as 162010.

VMFA-312? F/A-18C 16*****/ (no code) 300

This is modex 200, no code or unit mks.

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Thanks, updated, one F18 and 3 AV8's to go.

[The DJ]

HH04 is confirmed as 165243.
Add F/A-18 WK14.

Other participants;
AS532 S-441, S-442
Merlin HC4 ZJ122/F, ZJ131/P, plus one with code 83 on the nose.
EH101 MM81484/2-05, 2-20

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I have added the USMC information. Most likely only 8 Harriers made it to Bodo, two stranded in Sondestrom/ Greenland and returned direct to Cherry Point on the 29th. So one AV8 missing.